I'm new here...but old everywhere else. I was born a car enthusiast. I always thought that "welcome to the machine" was about car nuts being born into the Earthly realm. I have a couple projects that I want to get road worthy as soon as I can. They are a 51 Ford 2 door sedan and a 56 Chevy 2 door sedan. I've been gathereing parts slowly and need a lot more. I killed a deer with a motorcycle back in 1991 and life took a pretty extreme turn...where I became pretty disabled...but not dead yet. So, I want to do some things to my two cars that I always wanted to do to cars. In 58...Thunder Road came out and I couldn't get my fill of it. Had a thing for 49 and 50 Fords ever since. The 51 will become a 49-50. I have a 53 Ford for a donor...it is a V-8 stick OD. I'm looking to get hooked up with like-minded brothers and git 'er done. The 56 is rough too and needs a lot...any good used stuff around? I want to dechrome..fill the holes, shave door handles and put a shaker in the hood. I need rear brake hardware and the wheel cylinder pushrods. Things are hard to find in these parts. So...howdy cousins....lets rock.
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