Projects Rusty 47 Ford Reserection

Lol I already have that figured out gonna tell them it was an ultra rare Monarch coupe... I even have the Monarch only hood ornament for it to back up my claim!


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Thanks Ricky !i am gonna try my best to drive it at least once next year...my back or cash flow which will cause a slowdown lol .I am in PEI today/ tomorrow buying some salvageable 35/36 stuff for Rustys older brother...going to follow up a lead for a cheap rusty 3 window body.... with my luck it's prolly a 4 door Dodge !


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For F*&% sake Steve!

The car looks fantastic!

I actually had to go back and look through the thread to remind myself that this was a sedan. I am sitting here in awe.....Damn good work Steve. I don't know how else to articulate what I am getting at. You know better than all of us what time and effort this took. I am amazed at the transformation.....still.

As a side note, what is the engine angled at? Looks steep, prolly my beer goggles..

Alcohol doesn't help with an emotionally unstable person in love with cars....makes us sound crazy.....good night folks

 

Thanks Jaws, it freaks me out to go back over the pics...when the whole thing started I was hoping to have the 4 door beater done in less than 2 yrs lol!I noticed that with the engine too its been added to my to do list, I swapped the springs for a set with some leaves removed and there is still a few hundred lbs of sand in the trunk and the front clip missing its sittingpretty low in the back....of coarse I may have forgot the trans mount too

Spent another couple of days on the front clip and got it filled and primed.







The front pan still needs work but at least now it wont rust...might even cut the front part off and make a new one....





Got some paint similar to POR given to me for free so I used it on the insides of the clip after I blasted it inside and out..




I just had to lay the grille in for one last pic! I am still looking for a set of the 42-47 truck ribbed headlight rings stainless or presentable chrome to help finish the front end, any leads appreciated !!

 

Looking FANTASTIC!!!

So glad to see you making progress again. I'm so excited to see another early styled custom coming together!!!!!

 

Front end looks great....Jim

 

Geeze, Steve... lookin good.
What is the paint that is similar to POR that you got around here?
How was the PEI trip?

 

How'd you make out on the 35/36 parts. I'm not a Ford guy, but I'd love to have a 35/36 3 window, late 40s style taildragger custom. I'm certain you would build one up right and I can live vicariously through you!!

 

WOW...just WOW. You are the man.

That more door is now the sweetheart of the ball!! What a great accomplishment.

Drive the beasty to MOOOONTANA for a celebration. (We live in Southern Canada).

Russ

PS My 42 convert got the nailhead, '54 dash, tilt steering. That is enough for this old man...time to go to Arizona.

 

Hey Steve, its good to see you're making progress again. That front clip came out great!

 

Did you get that rusted out three window body? I want to see pictures.

 

Thanks eh!

Thanks Jim

Thanks Joe ! I forget what its called at the moment but a friend picked it up in Carlisle and only needed a bit, so he gave me almost 2 quarts so I am using it up lol. I know a place that is starting to carry the POR stuff in Sackville..

I have lusted after a 3 window for a long time, I will have to find the pics I took, and will post them, the wife downloaded the camera and I couldnt find them last night

Thanks Russ, we need to see some pics of the progress on the 42 then!!

Thanks Eli! Looks just like your rendering eh!

I wish lol! Well it was a Ford and it was a coupe...39 standard, man it was rotten,and all apart. It was the property owners son's car he said the hood and fenders were stored indoors but the rest is pretty far gone.I could not get a price ,his son is workin in the states right now so he said he would call me after he talks to him.I could use the trunk area/upper quarters and rear fenders too. Hopefully it wont be too expensive ...almost all of the front of the roof ,and the top of the cowl and most of the pass quarter are rotted away,plus its been sitting on the ground, off the equally rotten frame. The old fellow is a body guy for over 50 yrs lots of neat tools and projects he was doing for people, I must have spent close to 2 hrs yacking with him, hes redoing a 49 Ply bus coupe hes had since 1964.

 

Looking good Steve! Nice to see you back on it.

 

Nice work on the clip, as usual. So glad your back is allowing you to work. Chevy project is stalled for Life reasons, counting on you crazy Canadians to get after it this winter for my build fix!

 

Yeah it does! I think this looks much cleaner than the factory stuff, plus I'm sure you'll have a few old farts looking at it and trying to figure out just what you did. lol

 

It s a shame to prime it, because we can t see the job you did anymore.
For other people, it begins to look as a real car.

Cornelius choice ( Ape Planet )

 

Man, this thing is turning out bad ass!

 

Amazing job there Steve, great work. Coming together!

 

I tried not to look ahead but I finally had to cheat!.. Looks awesome... back to page 50.

 

Thanks Lowcoe .I have been doing the chop on that 41 Chevy cab during the week and doing other shit around the yard cleaning up ,throwin down some gravel and fill, moving cars etc etc the last few weekends ,I will try and get a few pics of the chop up.

 

Good cause I'm jonesin'.

 

Dont worry it will be cold enough here soon that I wont want to do anything outside ...plus I am off work between christmas and new years and hope to get quite a bit done on Rusty then!Should hopefully have this cab chop all done in the next couple of weeks too!

 

Try and load a few from the phone


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Wow it worked lol!


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See how rusty stuff gets here! Look at the spring on my mint 51 merc

15 min quickie repair on the roof!


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Oops got behind the shop built up with free hand shoveled rocks and Merc and 36 outta sight how do you like my 36 rat rod on an s10 frame lol?! At least I can move it around a little easier


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Now wait a minute.
Hold the phone..
Back up the bus...
Whoa camel
You have HOW many projects on the go now??? Sheesh!
Do you have a separate thread for this one (truck)? Did I miss that?