33 Tudor restoration project - Part 1
 

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The day it all started in June 2011. Just picked up the "barn" find and transported it to the shop

I have received innumerable tips and great suggestions from many Barners I have never met in person but I am so grateful for havingc infeted with this incurable "flatties car loving" disease. It has been a fantastic time and sure will keep on going. So here it is, my first old Ford, a 33 Tudor Sedan with a model B engine, located in Paraguay, South America.


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Disassembly and metal work repair in progress. Everything removed. Pockets of rust found in usual places including a bit on one frame rail

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Frame patched with thick steel plates. Front and rear axle will come out shortly after


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Engine, transmission, brake, clutch, all original. VIN number on shiny spot on L rail


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Rear end. Everything there but in need of restoration



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Frame on primer



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Frame finished on glossy polyurethane black. No sandblasting available so everything repaired by hand. Lots of sanding went here!


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Repaired shell bolted to frame early on to assure good alignment.


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All body parts reassembled to fine tune alignment, finish priming and ready to paint



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Original grille before repair



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Grille ready waiting its turn to be mounted. Rechroming not top notch in this part of the world but decent



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Rear brakes with original style woven lining. Have Ted's energizer kit but will wait until we finish, adjust, etc and then place it



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All 5 17" wheels restored, on primer


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Front axle being rebuilt



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Rear axle being reassembled. Drums, springs, brakes all done



Part 2 will follow shortly. Apparently there is a limit of 20 pictures that can be added to a post, so I will do it separately

Re: 33 Tudor restoration project - Part 1
 

looks good!

Re: 33 Tudor restoration project - Part 1
 

We're some of the photo's reversed? The frame photo looks right hand drive but the other photo shoes left hand drive.

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Thumbs up from Downunder. Looking good.

Re: 33 Tudor restoration project - Part 1
 

Jim,

They seem to be consistently RHD (unlike a '32, both the right and left chassis frame rails were made to accommodate both LHD and RHD steering on all 112" wheelbase chassis).

Re: 33 Tudor restoration project - Part 1
 

Caught me again. I feel like Grasshopper in kungFu. The second picture looked like RHD to me. Looking a second time I can see it differently

Re: 33 Tudor restoration project - Part 1
 

Jim,

It's the ones where you think are LHD where you're mistaken. It was originally a RHD car and it is being restored that way.