Projects My 36 ford project. Or how to ruin a perfectly good car

Picked up this nice 36 sedan a few months ago. It's in real good condition. Planing on doing a nice cruiser. View attachment 2168964 . The day it was delivered to Texas. For being from Minnesota it has almost no rust. Someone converted it to a slant back. View attachment 2168965 View attachment 2168966
Dropped in some new floors.
And new inner fender panels


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Not sure why those didn't work


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Got some more rest repair taken care of


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Pulled the manifold found this
A little rats nest don't ask me how that in there. Got my new radiator and overflow tank mounted. And made a cover for the radiator


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Cruzing thru the post this morning metal work looks good I enjoy checking out good craftsmanship keep it rolling the top of that overflow is sick!! Looks like I need to add some tools to my shop to keep up



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That overflow tank's cool as hell! good work mate.

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trying to decide what to do with the body whether to chop it or not. Then my seven-year-old daughter told me that hot rods with roofs are lame I agreed.
Phaetons are cool


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You have balls for going Phaeton with one of my favorite years and body styles!

-Ben

 

So the first step was to create a perimeter for the doors and dash with 1 in tubing. Since I don't have a real Phaeton or roadster to go by I had to wing it with pictures.
Then set the door gaps


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Next I worked on the door tops . Then the cowl .



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Then inner doors and dash1 dash2 dash3. I liked this one but realized I cannot use my cowl vent which I really need. It Gets hot in Texas . So I made a new one from scratch similar to a stock rooster . It's Starting to look like something.


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Wow, great work, a brave but obviously very talented man. I look forward to seeing this one come together.

 

Talented no. stupid yes.
It's really just a drive to accomplish something. its just metal.


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Very nice looking job!

 

Have you seen FlyinBrian48's 36? He has since sold it, a tudor 36 with the haircut also. Nice work on yours, its gonna be sweet.

 

Great job Mate!! LOL very nice rod, very quality work, makes me enviouse(?) of your skills. I listen to my grandkids also, they open up a whole new world of ideas!!

 

Next came the door jams and door latches. Stock one would no longer work

I think at some pointing will move the top hinge down and rework the jam. I'm not super happy with it


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Next I needed a windshield. I hade an old one one the wall from a previous project. It will work for now. For the stantions I bought some 1 in aluminum. (Luckily I was able to find some pre war traditional aluminum none of that fancy new stuff). Made a pattern and cut it out on my bandsaw. Then I fit it to the cowl. And finished machining it. Still need to make a new frame and polish them.





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Not what I expected...i'm intrigued and subscribed! Keep up the good work.

 

Love it, but then I love 2 door 36 phaetons


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Well, since I came this far no sense in stopping. So off the back came.
I bought the EMS tail Pan. had to widen it an inch and a half to fit the sedan body. I don't think anybody will notice the difference
Went to my buddies house and made some patterns off of his 35 five window and made a skeletal frame out of 1 inch by half-inch square tubing and some half by half for a buck
And that's where I'm currently in this project. Still need to do a lot more fit up of the frame but I think It will work out just fine


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If any one needs the back of a slant back let me know.


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And here your daughter thought there was going to be a back seat for her and her crew to ride in.

That is some impressive work you are doing on that.

 

Actually her exact words were she doesn't want to have a backseat because she doesn't want her older sister to roll with us. love that kid. She really liked our last roadster we had and cried for almost a week after I sold it. So I figure she is the future hot rodder.


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Cool project and great skills. I'm looking forward to seeing more! What brand is that radiator and how does it fit? I'm working on a pile of '35 Slantback...

 

This is some impressive work going on there . Good job !

 

I bought the radiator off eBay sometime ago it said it was specifically for a 36 Ford. Fits okay but you have to weld on the hood mount. But it was 100 bucks so kind of hard to pass up


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Excellent work. Fearless and very skilled.

 

I was wondering if it was one of those eBay radiators. They make them for '35 too and I can't find anyone with a build thread using one. With Walkers being $700+ the eBay ones are sure tempting. Thanks for the info.

 

Shoot for the moon! So far you're ahead of the curve. I will definitely check back in. Nothing I love to see more than a man juggling three chain saws!