1952-59 Ford Yard Art is up and running

Finally the yard art is running!!!

Lights, turn signals, brakes, clutch, throttle... it all works!!!! One minor problem developed..... six of the rocker arm adjustment nuts backed off and made a lot of noise... kind of sounded like the 300 Ford six was going to loose a rod!!!! I've had these engines before and you can only adjust the rockers about twice and then have to replace all the adjusting nuts.....So that's minor compared to all the work done. Interior work starts right after the Christmas weekend and then it's ready for noisy cruising and then Bonneville for our push car next August. After that.... up for sale to start another project or do a complete re-construct on the '53.

 

I call BS! No pix! You know the rules, Geno...

 

I got a video on my phone!!!!! How do I get it on here!!! I got proof!!!

 

Email the video to your personal and then upload the video here.

Eric you're hilarious, but right.

 

I got the video to my personal email and file but the album picture would not let me upload without an error..... It's got a nasty idle !!!!!

 

Yea? Well I'll believe it when I hear it!

 

Hehe, no pics I'm calling " BS" .

just kidding , looking forward to a "look see" tho !



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Try uploading the video to youtube or photobucket then loading it here.
Ken

 

if you got a photo bucket. you can email it to it . then post the link here.

 

Any one can tell that they have this and that with the touch of their finger but like the old saying goes , " A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words"

I want to see something that's Worth a THOUSAND Words !

Jim

 

Boy, tough crowd around here tonight.

I believe you Gene. Heck once I saw a spaceship in my backyard - took a pic but can't pull it up off my shoe-camera.... I think they were runnin' a SBC... Eric, can you confirm for me?

Too funny, this place is a hoot! Wifey's sitting across the room wondering what I'm laughing at.

 

Psh, I got my photos and videos uploaded... What's takin ya?! Can't wait to see it. That thing is bad.

 

What a tough crowd!!! I have the latest pics in my "yard Art" album. I can weld and bend metal but I'm really handicaped with the computer stuff. I just got one of those fancy push ****on phones for the house and retired the rotary dial one!

Hey Eric.... let me have your cell number and I can send it to you!!!!

 

Mine's a rotary, too... Sorry.

You're gonna have to figger out how to post a video, Geno. Besides, the guys want proof, too...'specially Ron, who's been seeing SBC-powered aleens in his back yard pool.

All Texas aleens are Ford-powered.

Michigan aleens are smarter, I s'pect.

But what the heck do I know...?

 

here's the best I can do for now until the wife can figure it out!
varoom varoom... choppy idle for a bit.... varoom..... more choppy idle.... hummmmm smells a bit rich.....really loud varoom to clear it out...... crisp choppy idle...... that help?

 

Nope.

Tough room.

No slackers.

Video or cleavage.

It's up to you.

 

If I knew how to upload cleavage I would upload the video!!!

 

See... You should'a got the de-luxe phone like Rocky did. He downloaded both...

 

Try this!!!!!!


http://s1094.photobucket.com/albums/i448/genosslk/?action=view&current=1219100936.mp4

What's all that stuff mean?

 

DAAAYUMMM!! That sounds awesome! But just cuz you got a video of it idling doesnt mean its drives! LOL. Just teasin. Good work!

 

I drove it sunday for about a 1/2 mile... really hauls ***! It has a stout cam that really likes the carbs and the manual 3 speed. I have two black stripes down my driveway for about 20 feet! Pissed off the neighbor from the open header.

 

Looks and sounds great Geno! Glad to see it up and running.

 

Nice! We ****oned up my car around 9 or 10 at night. With just exhaust manifolds, I'm sure I pissed a few people off as well. But none of them would ever say anything to me about it. To them, I'm not the approachable type. Hahahaha cracks me up.

 

Aawww sheeeuuuwt , now Ron really is gonna think he's seeing ufos !

Looks like a pile of Fun Geno, thanks for the vid

 

Wow, very nice! Glad you were able to download the video so we could see the 'proof' of your efforts. It should quiet the doubters, eh?

Eric, that one I saw in my yard wasn't local, I could'a swore I heard Bob Wills calling out from it. . .

Or maybe it was ol' ET and the Troubadors. . .

Damn, if I could only download the video!

 

Very, very nice, Geno! I've always liked warmed-over 6's ever since a guy in high school gained a reputation as unbeatable in a bare-bones Chevy II with a big six, big gears and 4-speed. Wasn't much for top end, but he was top dog in the stoplight drags. That car just lunged forward when he dropped the hammer.

Yours looks like big fun, and I'll beg it'll haul balls if you can get it to hook up. Talk about bare bones car! I like it!

Are you going to finish it out...or go back to the basic tree interior? Cool beans either way!!!

 

Thanks Eric! I had to replace all the wood framing for the body with tube steel but I plan to cover the tubing with wood and use it throughout in the interior. The top will be wood lapstrake with plywood over the top to look like a woodie from the inside and black vinyl covering the outside. Door windows will be operated with straps for the up and down. Metal on the front floors and from the seat forward and wood to the rear. Now that all the mechanicals are done the rest is easy. I will be running a gl***pack to save my hearing.

 

Nope.

Tough room.

No slackers.

Video or cleavage.

It's up to you.

i vote cleavage, but thats just me

 

Impressive! Can't wait to see it on the road.

 

Nasty idle to say the least . Now do you have a video of it going down the road , smoking the tires off ?

Jim