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Praying for Vern's place and all other's near these devastating fires.
Great score! Glad you befriended him the way you that you did.Sometimes us old guys just like to have company...means a lot when someone stops by...
That's a great thing this young man is doing...my hats off to him!
Love the pic with the Hemi in the back!!
Great post Tuck! Love the old 57-59 Rancheros....my avatar pic has my old 57 in it before paint..428 4 speed at the time...pic is of first paint...
No,i am not the one with the 40 for sale...but i do have a 39 parts car and a rusty 40 frame here...along with all my other junk,haha!
1935-1940 car frames work,and 35-41 trucks.Truck frames do not have the 4 body mount brackets on them.Hope this helps.
[ATTACH] My Dad in 62 with his 53 Merc. powered coupe..just one of many pics i have of his old rides.I can post more but don't want to hog this...
I'm digging the Buick drums and ET mags....had a set on my old forty ford coupe in my avatar....keep up the nice work buddy![ATTACH]...my mags are...
I found the front 1/2 here on the HAMB a few years ago...then it took me 3 more years to find a back 1/2...couldn't have found a more perfect...
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Yes,Kume..it's the 'Land of Misfit Airflow's"...lol..
I hope you find it..your Dad sounds kool!
Looking good my friend! I need to give you a call again from swampy Florida!
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Oh man..did the accident drive the grille and all that far back? Glad you are on the mend...and your kool truck too....i will be rooting for you!
...Now that i look at the photo full size...the car looks more like a 52-54...judging by the 'A' pillar and door strikers..any suggestions?
Can anyone identify the candy red kustom in the above post?I want to say it was a 56 Ford...but that was 40 years ago. Here's another shot of the...
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Here's my little sweetheart...low mileage...no rust....and it ran when it was parked!
Congrats Tuck! I'm very happy for you!
A lot of good tin in there for sure.Thanks for posting!
did you srr the "Toro" rear wheel? What the hell is this thing??
Aircraft V-cleaner at that..comrades...
Look at the sail panels..53-56 F-100...I think that this is a very early Merc. version of the 36 Ford Southern Plating..Deliverie?
make that ten...
Crap..I have 5 of them...
Nice build..great attention to details...I also have 2 of those finned delco coils...too kool!
I was gonna post some more pix of this old custom..but after seeing the less than "Tepid" interest..Why bother? Must be a million 49-51 Merc....
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