Projects Part of the Fat Fender Ford club now!

Hello everybody! As some who follow my build threads might have seen I sold my 57 Ranchero yesterday..was a hard decision to make but I ended up getting something way cooler.
1948 Ford 4dr sedan
This car is VERY solid and believe to be original paint and interior.
It runs but doesn't want to idle so that's the first step and YES the headlights are being thrown away!
My plan is to shine it up, lower it and drive it as is for awhile.

 

I was fortunate to bring along a family friend of mine who has a 46 4dr sedan, and his Dad and Brother have a 46 and 47 2dr sedan.

 

To quote @anthony myrick , I’d drive it. Hehe.

 

And doesn’t even need painted

lucky

 

More doors, More fun. What do the young ones think, especially your daughter? Sounds like it's time to rebuild the carb, the fun begins!

 

This is probably not your engine issue but I would see if that fuel hose runs all of the way to the tank. If it does, then I would swap in pipe from the tank to the firewall and then a bit of hose to bridge the gap to the fuel pump. There is a chance that the hose is not rated for fuel and could be gumming up the works but my concern is the fire hazard aspect.

 

Yeah I haven't been able to work on it yet with my work schedule BUT the previous owner told me there was a new hardline installed but they thought it was too small so they put new one in and it may all be rubber.

 

Beautiful Beautiful B e a u t i f u l
WOW

 

very nice! I'm seeing more and more of those ugly modern headlights at shows theses days, its just sick to think thats an improvement.

 

Yeah when we bought our 50 Shoebox it had some dumb*** lights in it too

 

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Nice solid looking car !

Is that one of those overseas versions of the Holley ‘94 ?
I just bought one as after hearing and seeing some good comments.
Funnily enough, mine idled beautifully after adjusting the throttle blades to where they should have been, but then would not run properly at revs.
Power valve seems to be incorrect rating, so will look at that next.

 

Very nice solid looking car. I can smell that interior just looking at the pictures. Lol. Get er running and drive it !

 

Nicely roomy and very comfortable... I love mine!

I would install seat belts as the door latches on these tend to pop open in accidents.

 

Getting better! Changed headlights and started polishing.
Got it running smoother, gonna swap carbs to a non Japanese one and get some heat cycles through it..got some sticky valves.


Also removed front bumper guards after I took this pic.

 

They are only original once …

 

"That'll buff out". Really. It will look as good as it needs to at 70+ years old.

 

Here's some pics before I washed it, sos-ed the chrome and went around the block
Picked up a good rebuilt carb yesterday and a reverse eye front spring.

 

Traded my way into some goodies.. and got some sweet 48 plates.

 

Wiped it down with wd40.
Swapped carbs and still having running issue..have a plan..we will see how it turns out this weekend.

 

Very cool congrats!!

 

Only update I got is I officially got it registered in my name..Haven't worked on it at all, been preoccupied with lovely house projects/yard work. Soon!

 

Daughter Approved!!

 

You already know to watch those rear doors. They are not child proof. Mom an dad had a 46 when I was very young. We had a near miss.

 

Today I got rid of the rubber fuel hose and hooked the steel line back up. Tried to drain what was left in the tank but stripped out this br*** plug....


So I used the old fuel hose, a HF electric fuel pump with a dewalt battery and emptied the tank, it had maaaybe a gallon in it.
That's all for now!

 

After doing that ^ I put 5 gallons of clear premium in it, fired it up and still having the running/surging issues. I'm almost thinking maybe something in the fuel pump is wonky.. a new pump isn't too expensive so I may just order one as a last ditch effort.

 

Couple days ago I pulled the distributor out to have a friend of mine run it on his machine to see if the pertronix is working or not. Upon him messing with it discovered I'm missing part of the vacuum advance mechanism so he is on the hunt. I am also converting to a crab cap instead of the 48 style one.

 

Well I drove it around our little town today..what an adventure trying to get it running the other morning when I got home from work.. now it feels as if the carb is junk or atleast needs an accelerator pump.. always something!

 

Fun With (old) Cars!!

 

Sorta have an update. I picked up a known good running carb and put it on, ran great revved up great, try and drive it and it would bog out. I rigged up an electric pump and it ran perfect down the road. So I ordered a rebuild kit for the stock mechanical fuel pump, I did that yesterday and got it put back together. Wouldn't start, had to prime the pump, got it going went and drove it and right back to the beginning except this time it died about a block away from home..so I pushed it with help from a neighbor back to my driveway. Grabbed the cheap electric pump, rigged it back up and pulled it into its spot.

This car is kicking my *** I've ordered a offenhauser stock mechanical pump as a last chance effort before it gets electric pump permanently installed. I should also mention I inspected the push rod and it looked new and was correct length.