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This is the new hood with the hidden hinges. The louvers are the same pattern as stock. It has to be massaged a bit, and will fit nicely when it is held down by the spring loaded latches.
The center hinge is hidden as well, with a stainless trim strip.
The hood emblem is all Ford....there is another cool piece that goes on as well.
This is the new spare tire mount, with an old Ford axle pressed into service. The plan is to find another spoked wheel, and mount it without a cover over it. Then the wheel will have all 5 lugnuts on it....and will look proper.
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This is an inside look at the firewall and metal floorboards....much better, huh ? The steering coloum is polished stainless, and the holder (steering drop) is chrome plated....covered here for protection.
This is a side look across the interior floor, where the front seats go....it looks like it is supposed to look....all metal, and proper.
This tan colored piece was custom made to cover the open area in the back, where the top of the rear shock mounts extend up....and into the floor. A very nice piece of work....notice all the ribs for strength ? This will be completely covered by the rear seat....and will never be seen.
This is my steering wheel of choice....been wanting one of these for years. It's called a "banjo style" wheel....they were found in some of the nicer cars of the fourties and such....this one is a reproduction. The wheel itself is leather wrapped, however, it's so well done....that is looks like rubber in this picture. You have to see it to see the stiching. It has a horn button in the center, with a Ford logo, that fires off the "ahh-ooh-ga" horn....this is the car that came with that horn....
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The mounting of the new dash board assembly was of major concern to me, but was a piece of cake for the experienced fabricator. They had me sit on one of the seats, and hold the steering wheel where I wanted it....they did the rest. See that small silver coloded panel under the dash on the left ? That's a small control panel fot the heater control and fan, and a windshield wiper switch, and possibly a cigarette lighter.
It's hard to see, but the black box under the center of the dash is the main control panel. It is cut out for the radio already, and will also hold the ignition switch, the light switch, and the turn signal swithc.....almost all of the electrics will be inside this box. It will be painted metallic burgundy to match the ferders, and such. Nothing will be hanging off the steering coloum.
This was the clever part....but looks real simple once it is fabricated. Looking down at an angle into the innards of the dash....we can see the steel cross brace that was welded in....to be the main support for the dash assembly. See the bracket that bolts to it, and goes up ?
This is the top of that bracket, that bolts onto the steering drop....which goes down to hold the steering coloum. This bracket has a piece welded onto it....that runs forward, and fastens to the steel firewall. But instead of bolting it to....or welding it to the firewall.....a small bracket was fashioned, and welded to the firewall....the brace was then bolted onto that bracket....nothing showing under the hood on the firewall. ( and strong as heck )
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I don't know where these nice mirrors came from....the car didn't have mirrors on it....just a couple cheap-o accessory mirrors, clamped on to the wind-wings. The windwings were already etched....and were pretty.
All the fabricating is done....now we have to tear every piece back off the body, and the frame....for painting. Only the fuel line, the battery box, and the oil cooler have to be installed.
Right now I'm rebuilding the automatic transmission by myself.... (first time) and getting the engine ready.
Any comments....?
Dave.
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The Old car is getting along nicely....body work and paint time. This is one of the "body Guys". We're going for a total restoration type paint job....meaning all the windows come out, and all the rubber comes off....so that the every inch will have new paint.
We'll have new windows felts all the way 'round....new running board rubber, and door seals....as well as all the hood rubber bits.
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This shows the under-framing of the new dashboard. This Guy doesn't leave any bare metal anywhere.
We ripped out the headliner....some mice got in the car and made off with some of the stuffing, as well as ate a couple holes right through the headliner.
Most of the roof of the car is wood, as well as some of the window frames. Check out the chicken-wire on the roof. You have to remember how old this car is....it's only predecessor was the Model T.
The body Guys at the shop were impressed with this car....and they see these cars all the time....there's not a spec of rust in this Old car. The whole undercarrage will be undercoated before the painted body is placed back on the frame.
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Well....I almost made it.... ....I avoided having to mess with automatic transmissions for 57 years, but my luck finally ran out. I was getting the trans ready to paint and decided to remove the bell housing, so I could get the front pump seal out and replace it.
When I pulled the housing off, the front pump came about halfway out with it. The was alot of crud around the outer pump seal, so I decided to pull it off and clean it up a bit....that's where I blew it. That washer I'm holding fell down inside the trans, and I couldn't get the pump back on all the way. The good news was I only had to tear the tranny about halfway down to get it back right. I found out later that the pump is pryed out from the inside to facilitate removal, and this won't happen.
I stood the trans on end to put it bact together, so all the splines (about a zillion) would stay lined up....and everything would stay put.
I found out the tranny is a '65....and I think the engine is the same vintage (which would make sense) ....so the engine may be a 289 instead of a 302.
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Well, I got the tranny squared away....( I hope )....new seals front and rear. The pan was already chromed, and is in good shape. I got a neat shifter for it....a floor shift. It comes out of the center of the floorboard like the stocker in the original car, and has the same old fashioned bends in it, with a black knob. The center of the knob pushes down with your thumb, and that is the locking mechanism for the different positions.
The linkage is very adjustable, and the shifter can be mounted fore and aft on the tranny, so the shifter arm will come up out of the floor where you want it to. It has about a foot of range for the placement. It has a nice boot as well.
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Yo,Flyboy had no idea you were restoring the old car......looking real good, those old App. fine wire wheels are a good 25 years old, its time to upgrade to some McLean Wire Wheels...and of course I do have the hook up in the Wheel Industry......I can get you a real good deal, no retail price just a thought.
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Thanks, Tony....I just might take you up on that offer.
These are the wheels I like....
1. Street rod wires 2. Nostalgia wires 3. Thunderbird wires (pay no attention to the hubcaps on any of these wheels)
I have to see how the ride height on the car comes out....I'd like to use 16" wheels if I could. ....probably 7" wide.
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The street rod wires have the long/short spokes, real close looking to the Model A stock wires. You can get several different hub caps, the plain Ford logo which is nice....or the V/8 logo, like on the '32 thru '35's.
I'm just about sure I'm going with white walls....but these Coker nostalgia 3 1/2" wide whitey's are two bills apiece....
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Thanks, Tony....I just might take you up on that offer.