The Ford Barn - View Single Post - A note regarding research on the FordBarn... Or, Off-Topic as you wish.

GB SISSON · 01-09-2026, 11:45 AM

I will add what my buddy Skip said earlier in the week, directed to a brand new member/poster. Make the thread's title relevent to the subject at hand, as a good title aids the next generation of 'Fordnuts' to get the answers they need. I have broken this rule many times in the past and looking back, some were straight outa left field. Notably, 'A Covid excuse to play hookey'... huh? This was a lengthy and detailed thread about how I converted a rusted out Japanese 4x4 station wagon into a poser Desert Rat 42 ford to resemble the vehicles used in the North Africa campain during WW2. Horrible title. Then there was 'Winter without a project?' About a complete build of a '46 tonner express from parts donated by 3 parts trucks. Many pages of detailed text and photos that nobody working on a tonner will ever find. Choose a title for the next generation! End of rant. GB

01-09-2026, 11:45 AM	#2
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: A note regarding research on the FordBarn... Or, Off-Topic as you wish. I will add what my buddy Skip said earlier in the week, directed to a brand new member/poster. Make the thread's title relevent to the subject at hand, as a good title aids the next generation of 'Fordnuts' to get the answers they need. I have broken this rule many times in the past and looking back, some were straight outa left field. Notably, 'A Covid excuse to play hookey'... huh? This was a lengthy and detailed thread about how I converted a rusted out Japanese 4x4 station wagon into a poser Desert Rat 42 ford to resemble the vehicles used in the North Africa campain during WW2. Horrible title. Then there was 'Winter without a project?' About a complete build of a '46 tonner express from parts donated by 3 parts trucks. Many pages of detailed text and photos that nobody working on a tonner will ever find. Choose a title for the next generation! End of rant. GB __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)