The Ford Barn - View Single Post - strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects

Fe26 · 06-29-2012, 10:02 AM

Not something I found in the car but underneath. My first '38' coupe came from a very rugged area of the South Island of New Zealand (Yeah I know, every country has a 'special place' where rugged induviduals take pride in being...well, rugged induviduals)

The short brake lever that goes from the brake pedal to the actuating lever had been cut a little more than halfway through. This was surely an accident that was waiting to happen.

When I bought this car I was in my early twenties and was going to Hot-Rod it. After I discovered the sabotaged brake rod I decided to paint a logo of a brake rod at the moment of breaking in gold leaf across a lower corner of the boot (trunk) with the word Homicide written above, in the comic book style.

Like so many projects it took a different course, after restoring the body I sold it, without the suspect brake rod.

06-29-2012, 10:02 AM	#37
Fe26 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 949	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects Not something I found in the car but underneath. My first '38' coupe came from a very rugged area of the South Island of New Zealand (Yeah I know, every country has a 'special place' where rugged induviduals take pride in being...well, rugged induviduals) The short brake lever that goes from the brake pedal to the actuating lever had been cut a little more than halfway through. This was surely an accident that was waiting to happen. When I bought this car I was in my early twenties and was going to Hot-Rod it. After I discovered the sabotaged brake rod I decided to paint a logo of a brake rod at the moment of breaking in gold leaf across a lower corner of the boot (trunk) with the word Homicide written above, in the comic book style. Like so many projects it took a different course, after restoring the body I sold it, without the suspect brake rod.