Hot Rods 34 ford coupe in bare metal

Frank,

you are right, the tabs are just welded to the decklid. dave did that to fit things and left them there for me to make it easier to lift the lid off when in go to install the weatherstripping.

plus, the hinges arent mounted in there yet since i need to get rear window wood still.

and i agree on not letting to go too. but it's not my call.

 

haha. no 5 windows arent bad either. and i will be happy if that's the one i end up with. i want this one for the family nostalgia more than anything.

 

thanks stephan. i am stoked to get hitched to this girl. she's pretty awesome.

and i think you might be right about simard. when i was last at his place, i swear i could hear his voice, but his lips did not move. and he was wearing a cloke.

no, i swear.

 

drewfus, you are absolutely right on all counts. the pain we weigh now is my mother's. can she bear to look at this often (as often as she would see it when she visits me, or i, her)? we are a close knit family and live close by one another, so it would be often.

and my mom and dad's dream was to have this built to be driven, and to travel the country together. so, she has to decide whether the reminder of that dream unrealized is bearable. or if parting with it altogether is better. and only she can decide it. and as she is the rightful keeper of all things dad's, i will abide by her wishes.

she has already given me the 5 window body which is featured in the link to my other post at the beginning of this thread, so i will not be completely without legacy car-wise. that car was to be a retirement project for me and dad, and mom thought it fitting for me to have it. so i will concentrate on that, and if fortune should smile on me and i get the 3w too, all the better. and i can do him proud twice.

oh, and thanks for the marital well wishes...