2dr wagon score this weeken

last thing I needed was another project, but I ended up with 3 of them now. I scored 3 '54 ford ranch wagons. Always kinda thought a 2 door wagon might be fun as a "family rod." Trying to get the wife involved with this one as well, lets hope it does not end up painted pink. Anyway, anyone got any great examples of early 50's ford wagons done right?

 

i hope you got the trailer, too...

 

nope, but it belongs to a good friend of mine. Its a Pierce Arrow, they made very few of them.

 

Nice score Bro! That series has excellent cutomizing potential!

 

..those all look good, those Ford wagons have clean lines. Which one you buildin first?

 

I'll dig around in my photo albums and see what I can come up with.
Until then here is a magzine ad from 1954 for you to take a look at.

 

I also picked up a low miles y-block to go with the whole bunch, finned aluminum valley cover and t-bird valve covers, 4bbl intake manifold, rear dump exhaust manifolds, ECG-Z heads, cam, and mallory dual point dizzy!

 

I've been working on a 54 ranch wagon for the past few years,,,check out my fotki site for a bunch of photos of my wagon. HRP

 

Here's some pics...

 

Very cool! I had '56 Ford 2 dr wagon I regret selling. I love the styling of these cars. You done good!

 

Wanna sell one of em?
M.

 

yea, me too with a flathead that was built

 

The good news is if one of them gets painted pink, you still got 2 more.

 

Leave it to SoCalCarCulture to have a pic of any car that one is looking for. Such a great source that is on the HAMB here. May I ask, what did you pick up all 3 wagons for $$$$? KNUX!

 

those are great dude! the new arrival has a great visor on it. glad to see it saved, all 3 of them. how about some more info on that pierce-arrow trailer what year and what size is it? stay cool!

 

I just picked up a 54 Sedan Delivery for my next daily driver...lets see if I can post a pic..

 

take a look at the really long wagon thread, there may be a few in there/

congrats on the new long roof

 

Love those long roofs...great score man...

 

This one belongs to a buddy of mine. 351- FMX automatic, 9 inch rear end. 54 ford 9 p***enger 4-door. Who knew they could look cool. Pat.

 

Is that trailer for sale ? I've been looking for one for a while now . Thanks , Mike

 

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The one in the pics I believe is the 13'7" variety. I doubt it is for sale, but I will ask. its quite a neat find and he has plans to restore it back to its original glory. Here is a pic of how one looks restored:





And here is some info on them for those of you who do not know:


Pierce-Arrow, the builder of prestigious cars, was in financial difficulties during the 1930s. In what seemed a last attempt to save a proud name he decided to go into the trailer business and set up the Travelodge division. Production started in mid- summer 1936 and lasted until November the same year. Three models were offered: 19', 16' 6" and 13' 7" long. The trailer was full equipped with the usual equipment. Pierce-Arrow first built the all metal trailer and was one of the first manufacturers to offer brakes for his trailers. In this case Bendix brakes.
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