1942 Ford deluxe coupe project

[Tinker]

Originally Posted by 1942deluxe

meric42, just bought two more of the hood emblems off Ebay for spares. I have a spare of the Deluxe emblem that goes on the grille. Super Deluxe used the scripted emblem on the LF fender like the 1941. Tinker, had a chance to buy a twin of your 42 Tudor a few years back when we lived in eastern PA.. Car sold for somewhere around 10k to a "flipper in California. He tried to get 17k out of it. Engine was a 59 AB. He came down to low teens before it disappeared. Making money on old cars is a tough proposition...

Sounds vaguely familiar. Did better then 8k on my end. My ex-wife called it an accidental Ebay buy, well true. 6k ebay bid, transport, and other... I put a bid in not thinking it would sell at that price. Winner. hahaha... Had fun with it and sold it. It was a very solid car with no rust and a solid drive train. (not sure it was the same) Saw mine advertised though way over what I sold it for. Was able to keep the H&H heads I put on it. Sold the heads for $700. I don't think or care about making money on cars really. But if you do that's cool. It was a fun car, I experienced it, made it better, and off it went. If I was a golfer and quit golfing you can't ask for green fees either... it was fun though and I needed space at the time.


Just wasn't into the turtle back. Your coupe looks very nice.

[sugarmaker]

Folks,
A few more as John makes progress:


I am just amazed it is this great condition:




Regards,
Chris

[Tinker]

Solid floors.

[1942deluxe]

Got the Dennis Carpenter under dash wiring harness installed yesterday. Car will start using the remote button on the solenoid but not the starter button. Have a new NAPA starter button and a NOS Ford button coming. Any suggestions on how to test/diagnose the problem?

[deuce5wndw]

Is your NAPA starter button have two terminals? If so run a ground wire from the one terminal and from the solenoid on the other. The original starter button has one terminal and acts as a ground,

[1942deluxe]

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Deuce5wndw, got it running off the starter button (single terminal). I had the original solenoid and used it to replace the solenoid I had on the car. Thought here goes a waste of time but after a discussion with Charlie about solenoids I was desperate enough to try it. Had power right away and it worked!

[Mart]

Ford starter button grounds the wire from the solenoid, if it is an original type solenoid. Is that how you have it?

[1942deluxe]

Mart, yes and that is also what the wiring diagram indicated. The solenoid on the car must have had a short in it. Would work with the remote button but no power to the starter button. When I put the one that came with the car (that I was going to throw away but kept) I had power.

[sugarmaker]

Folks,
A couple follow up to John's post above with pictures, as John figured out that the steel cased selonoid had a bad internal wire connecting the power input to small terminal on the remote wire from the push button in the dash t. I can now see in my mind how this works. I have never had one apart but if we would have drawn out the wiring diagram on paper it would have lead us to the same conclusion. Bad internal wiring in the solenoid. John did a nice job cleaning up the bakelite selinoid and it functioned fine to allow the circuit to be completed and the 42 fired right off with the push button in the dash as designed.

These two pictures are the "bad" solenoid in place. All looked fine and the mechanical push button on the bottom work fine. And you could short from the power side to the small terminal and it cranked. That should have been the red flag.




Regards,
Chris

[AZ34]

Nice coupe love the 42 grill.

[Tinker]

Just a suggestion. Get some welding 00 cable and make up same ground cables. Battery to body, body to frame, frame to engine. Only one has to be seen. Your engine ground makes me think you already know.

The standard 42 grill was great and was a bit a reference to the earlier merc's of the time.

Best of luck!

[sugarmaker]

Folks,
Some pictures to update John's 42 Deluxe project! Tail light work:








Why does the song "Fat bottom girls" come to mind?




John has fresh parts to go in these areas of the tail lights. He will clean the backing plate, and they should be ready to re assemble with NOS and new parts..... More to come
The paint behind this was still very shiny.


John has had many visitors and "Cindy" has fired up every time, for show and tell! Nice work John! Love the 59AB flathead sound in the shop!

John also provided me with a tool box sticker from his Ford Dealership! A great addition to the shop!

Regards,
Chris

[flatford8]

I think of that same song when I see a coupe from that era!!!........Mark

[sugarmaker]

Mark, great minds think alike. The Band Perry's cover on the Letterman show is a good one of this song too.
Taking John's 42 thread off in the weeds here!

Regards,
Chris

[sugarmaker]

Folks,
John just completed the rear tail light rebuilds and install. Also he did a nice job completing the front parking lights. All of these units needed lots of attention to bring them back to working order. I do have some pictures, just need to get them resized and loaded up here.
Regards,
Chris

[sugarmaker]

Folks,
Some updates on John's work on his 42 Ford Deluxe.
Parking lights rebuilt and back in home position:


Headlight upgrades in process. He has all new wiring for all systems:




Tail lights and NOS housings secured and fresh:


Rear deck supports in place:




Trunk floor:


Some Ford history here!:


Regards,
Chris

[sugarmaker]

Folks,
Parking and headlights function correctly on John's 42 Deluxe!


He mentioned he is going to tackle the wiring from the front to the back soon too. The 42 will be road worthy.

Regards,
Chris

[Mart]

I like this car and I like the way you guys are going about working on it.

[1942deluxe]

The 42 Ford coupe project is back on track after a detour into the weeds. Completed the wiring except the horn and relay. All the gauges worked except the oil pressure gauge. Tested it and finally screwed in a mechanical gauge. 0-5 lbs. Out came the engine and back to the rebuilder. They were contrite. Ended up no bushing where the fuel pump pushrod goes thru and relief valve spring 1/4 short. Charlie Schwendler took a drive to their shop and got them on the right path. Not the first time he's done something above and beyond for me. 40+lbs. cold idle, around 20 lbs. warm and with RPM's back into the 40s. If Chris gets time we'll have some pictures of the rechromed rear bumper and some of the other improvements.

[Bored&Stroked]

Did you guys check the bearings when you brought it back to the rebuilder? Hopefully you had enough oil pressure to keep them properly lubed. With the fixes to the oil system, you should be good to go!