Life gets in the way and projects stall. That's the case here on a car I was building that is so close to being done, it is breathing hard. It is a '36 Ford with '37 Ford hdlt.s, Fairlane fiberglass rumble seat body with genuine steel grille and hood. I was building IAW a theme that older brother had to go off to the Korean War and he left his car with kid brother who wanted to take it to B'ville. Please note race wrapped ‘39 banjo steering wheel atop the same year column with key and lock to promote the theme of the build. Glide bench seat and door panels are upholstered. Dash and heater are burlwood finished. I have the seat springs for the rumble seat but they are not covered. I bought excess seat material for that job and more. Duval windshield has end wing air deflectors I made for the door convertible windows to snap to when installed. Never got that far to fashion the window frames. Top frame is not pictured but it is stainless with oak top bow and a front header bow designed to mate to the Duval. Stainless front nerf bar. I did a lot of bracing to the body and worked door adjustments to get them to close with a pleasing, solid “thud”. I built braces for the step pads at the tail light mount and peak used on the right rear fender for access to the rumble seat. 59A flathead 95% filtered oil system, 3/4 cam, custom Eddie Meyer 2X2 manifold and air clnr., Offy cermachrome coated heads, Chevy distributor, Fenton cast iron headers, alternator with stock fan bolted in original position in relation to the '36 radiator that has a custom built fan shroud. Intake is stamped “Sold by Wade Bedell San Antonio Texas”. I was told that Wade sold hop up parts to the racers who ran at Pan American Raceway on Austin Hwy long ago. Engine was run in the garaged car with 160* thermostats and I could not get it to warm up past 160*, so it appears to be a very cool running flathead. Trans is a Mustang top loader 4 speed with a Jeep shifter to get the stock look next to the hand brake. Out back is an 8” Ford with disc brakes. Discs are on the front with Chassis Engineering mounts at end of 4” dropped axle. As stated, I did get the engine running but a couple of problems prevented me from driving it. I has ‘39 Ford clutch and brake pedals with a Corvette master cylinder. I believe that interference between the floorboard and brake pedal is preventing full retraction of m/c pushrod and therefore not allowing all of the fluid to return which cause the brakes to not release. Another problem to be addressed is interference between the front tires and fenders in a hard l or r turn. Besides the dropped axle, I installed a reversed eye spring. I have a stock spring that I intended to install that I think will alleviate that problem. Time for it to move down the road for someone new to finish it and take the clear title I have for it. Interested? Call (210)695-8588 (no texts that #) and leave a message with the best time to return a call. Or, e-mail me, lfhoff@yahoo.com. Not so good at checking HAMB all the time, so a call/message is best. Thanx.
Not pictured are the un-installed '37 headlights, fender skirts, spun aluminum disc hubcaps, model shown was inspiration for this car.
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