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02-14-2020, 10:20 PM | #1 |
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Maiden voyage accomplished!
Well, the last of my flathead cars is now on the road! PO bought it in 1957 with a freeze cracked engine, I took it out of the garage in about 2005. He bought lots of NOS parts for it, never did anything but accumulate parts, 2 sets of NOS fenders, running boards, 2 gas tanks, pretty much everything you could buy at a Ford dealer in late 50s including a new in the crate 59 series engine. I have a 40 coupe album that shows progress. Engine has 4" crank, Ross pistons, metric rings, mild cam with lobes at 114 degrees, Holley 390, Columbia rear. Should be some good cruising this summer!
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02-14-2020, 10:25 PM | #2 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
What a junker! hahaha cool
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02-14-2020, 10:26 PM | #3 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Good cruising? I should say so! You have gotten a lot of this together in the last two months since we stopped by. Dang it, what a beautiful car!
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02-14-2020, 10:27 PM | #4 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
I love 32's and 36's But a 40 is just a doll. In high school a buddy had a 40 two door sedan with a Cadillac V8. I remember that the back seat was huge. Good memories
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02-14-2020, 10:28 PM | #5 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Has it been 2 months Gary? Anyway Thanks!
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02-14-2020, 11:03 PM | #6 |
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02-14-2020, 11:21 PM | #7 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Amazing what happens if you turn off the computer and TV
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02-14-2020, 11:42 PM | #8 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Good for you, deuce!...
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02-14-2020, 11:47 PM | #9 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Nice job on a great looking car! Enjoy!
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02-15-2020, 12:18 AM | #10 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Beautiful job! For those who haven't seen Mike's work it is impeccable. Pictures don't do it justice.
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02-15-2020, 01:22 AM | #11 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Thanks for the compliment Tom! It isn't perfect but as we say when we are working on our own car "It's good enough for who it's for"!
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02-15-2020, 07:02 AM | #12 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
She’s a wee beauty mate. Great work.
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02-15-2020, 07:09 AM | #13 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
It looks beautiful. It's a credit to you. You "bought right" though, what a find. All those parts the PO had collected was a godsend.
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02-15-2020, 08:21 AM | #14 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Nice looking '40, is that Lockhaven green?, enjoy your ride.
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02-15-2020, 08:47 AM | #15 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
I am VERY happy for you! Thrilled in fact. Good for you!!!
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02-15-2020, 09:36 AM | #16 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
Beautiful car, I enjoyed looking through your album on this project. Fantastic!
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02-15-2020, 10:03 AM | #17 |
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CONGRATULATIONS. You hung in there all those years. Now your dream came true.
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02-15-2020, 10:15 AM | #18 |
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The album states the colour as cloudmist grey.
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02-15-2020, 10:25 AM | #19 |
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02-15-2020, 10:40 AM | #20 |
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Re: Maiden voyage accomplished!
great lookin car, a 40 coupe ranks quite high on my list
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