The Ford Barn

flatford8 · 05-18-2020, 12:53 AM

Wow!!....about a year from the original post and your in the seat going down the road!...good for you!!....I can see the the smile on your face from here!!!....congrats!!..Mark

Owlseye · 05-18-2020, 01:21 AM

Even better if you consider that I didn't get it home from Montana until September 2019. Yes I went and got it myself. It was supposed to be a 132" wheelbase not a 157". And that's when the fun started. Didn't fit my trailer that I brought from Florida. Made it fit by leaving the ramps extended 18". Then too tail heavy. Started swaying at 15 mph with my original tow vehicle. Rented a 20' U-Haul box truck in Great Falls MT to tow it home. Put my van inside the U-Haul truck. With the added size and weight of the towing vehicle it towed OK up to 65 mph. $1400 dollars I didn't expect to spend for the rental truck one way. What you going to do? I was there, it was loaded and paid for. Got to get them home some how. Just waiting for this virus crap to be over and car shows to start again. Hope to have it at Turkey Rod Run in Daytona for Thanksgiving. Not bad for 9 months work. just shows they are still out there. Just have to keep looking.

Tinker · 05-18-2020, 02:26 AM

Hell or high water to get it done. Turkey run is a great event. Nothing like walking around the center of that track.. well other things are great too. No comment on our invisible tag along. Best to all

Ggmac · 05-18-2020, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Owlseye

Even better if you consider that I didn't get it home from Montana until September 2019. Yes I went and got it myself. It was supposed to be a 132" wheelbase not a 157". And that's when the fun started. Didn't fit my trailer that I brought from Florida. Made it fit by leaving the ramps extended 18". Then too tail heavy. Started swaying at 15 mph with my original tow vehicle. Rented a 20' U-Haul box truck in Great Falls MT to tow it home. Put my van inside the U-Haul truck. With the added size and weight of the towing vehicle it towed OK up to 65 mph. $1400 dollars I didn't expect to spend for the rental truck one way. What you going to do? I was there, it was loaded and paid for. Got to get them home some how. Just waiting for this virus crap to be over and car shows to start again. Hope to have it at Turkey Rod Run in Daytona for Thanksgiving. Not bad for 9 months work. just shows they are still out there. Just have to keep looking.

Will be looking for you !

alanwoodieman · 05-18-2020, 05:50 PM

pictures are worth several thousand word to Ford flathead nuts!!

05-18-2020, 12:53 AM	#21
flatford8 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lyman,ME. Posts: 2,623	Re: Stuck brakes on BB Wow!!....about a year from the original post and your in the seat going down the road!...good for you!!....I can see the the smile on your face from here!!!....congrats!!..Mark __________________ I'm thinkin' about crankin' My ragged ol' truck up and haulin' myself into town. Billy Joe Shaver

05-18-2020, 01:21 AM	#22
Owlseye Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: DeBary, Florida Posts: 69	Re: Stuck brakes on BB Even better if you consider that I didn't get it home from Montana until September 2019. Yes I went and got it myself. It was supposed to be a 132" wheelbase not a 157". And that's when the fun started. Didn't fit my trailer that I brought from Florida. Made it fit by leaving the ramps extended 18". Then too tail heavy. Started swaying at 15 mph with my original tow vehicle. Rented a 20' U-Haul box truck in Great Falls MT to tow it home. Put my van inside the U-Haul truck. With the added size and weight of the towing vehicle it towed OK up to 65 mph. $1400 dollars I didn't expect to spend for the rental truck one way. What you going to do? I was there, it was loaded and paid for. Got to get them home some how. Just waiting for this virus crap to be over and car shows to start again. Hope to have it at Turkey Rod Run in Daytona for Thanksgiving. Not bad for 9 months work. just shows they are still out there. Just have to keep looking.

05-18-2020, 02:26 AM	#23
Tinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: MN Posts: 7,053	Re: Stuck brakes on BB Hell or high water to get it done. Turkey run is a great event. Nothing like walking around the center of that track.. well other things are great too. No comment on our invisible tag along. Best to all Last edited by Tinker; 05-18-2020 at 02:50 AM.

05-18-2020, 05:50 PM	#25
alanwoodieman Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: upstate SC Posts: 2,963	Re: Stuck brakes on BB pictures are worth several thousand word to Ford flathead nuts!!