The Ford Barn

Dewshan · 11-24-2022, 05:07 PM

https://youtu.be/bJdlVNu3IrU

After a three year struggle this Victoria is back on the road! It feels good to be able to hop in and go for a ride! Just need upholstery now. If anyone have some rear seat armrests let me know.

Planojc · 11-25-2022, 10:57 AM

Love it. What kind of mount are you using for the camera?

Bob Bidonde · 11-26-2022, 08:00 AM

Lets see some still pictures of it, inside & out.

Dewshan · 11-26-2022, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Planojc

Love it. What kind of mount are you using for the camera?

Its a custom mount.....My hand! steering with one hand to do it.

ronn · 11-27-2022, 08:05 AM

Lets see some still pictures of it, inside & out.

Dewshan · 11-28-2022, 10:18 AM

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Rob Doe · 11-28-2022, 12:29 PM

Nice. Real nice.

Dewshan · 11-28-2022, 01:39 PM

It has a rebuilt engine from Bert's in Denver, lightened flywheel, high compression head, insert bearings, Also had them rebuild the differential- and added higher gearing to that. rebuilt the steering box. The gas tank was filled with some nasty sludge when I took over the project- eventually got it cleaned out and treated with evaporust. I had to source two new front seat frames- and had to alter the width of one to make it like stock. I also added a driver seat adjuster to it.

Just need upholstery now including the top. I am having issues with the hood not fitting well at the lower cowl area- not sure if its due to frame sagging etc but its ok for now I guess!

JayJay · 11-28-2022, 02:29 PM

I noticed the TR-3 in the background of one of your pictures. Brings back memories of my time playing with old British sports cars. I had a '58 TR-3 in that same light blue, wire wheels and all. Absolutely the worst car I've ever owned, and I've owned a bunch of bad ones. Finally sold it to someone in the next town over and skedaddled away from there to deposit the check as fast as I could.

JayJay

Dewshan · 11-28-2022, 03:28 PM

Our current car club president here in Estes Park has a business that restores British cars… that one is show quality. He also has one of the oldest triumphs in the country supposedly. I had a mgb in high school and eventually traded it for a paint job on the other model A in the pictures. Was tired of working on it!

JayJay · 11-29-2022, 01:15 PM

My Dad had a series of British sports cars in the 1950's - MGTD, Triumph TR-2 (second one brought into the SF Bay Area), Austin Healy 100-6. Traded the 100-6 in on a Corvair! in 1962, then had a series of American muscle cars until he finally decided he needed to grow up and started his series of Cadillacs. By the time I started driving in the late '60's all the sports cars were gone, but I remembered them and always wanted one. Finally got the TR-3 sometime in the 1980's and it was horrible. Someone had replaced the SU carbs with Zenith-Strombergs and I could never get, no less keep, them in tune. So I got rid of it and have never looked back.

But, if I could ever get my hands on a Jaguar XK-120...

JayJay

11-24-2022, 05:07 PM	#1
Dewshan Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Estes park Colorado Posts: 53	Showing off the Victoria today! https://youtu.be/bJdlVNu3IrU After a three year struggle this Victoria is back on the road! It feels good to be able to hop in and go for a ride! Just need upholstery now. If anyone have some rear seat armrests let me know.

11-25-2022, 10:57 AM	#2
Planojc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 844	Re: Showing off the Victoria today! Love it. What kind of mount are you using for the camera?

11-26-2022, 08:00 AM	#3
Bob Bidonde Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 3,466	Re: Showing off the Victoria today! Lets see some still pictures of it, inside & out. __________________ Bob Bidonde

11-27-2022, 08:05 AM	#5
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11-28-2022, 10:18 AM	#6
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11-28-2022, 12:29 PM	#7
Rob Doe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 491	Re: Showing off the Victoria today! Nice. Real nice. __________________ "It ain't what you know for certain that gets ya in trouble. It's what ya know for certain that just ain't so!"

11-28-2022, 01:39 PM	#8
Dewshan Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Estes park Colorado Posts: 53	Re: Showing off the Victoria today! It has a rebuilt engine from Bert's in Denver, lightened flywheel, high compression head, insert bearings, Also had them rebuild the differential- and added higher gearing to that. rebuilt the steering box. The gas tank was filled with some nasty sludge when I took over the project- eventually got it cleaned out and treated with evaporust. I had to source two new front seat frames- and had to alter the width of one to make it like stock. I also added a driver seat adjuster to it. Just need upholstery now including the top. I am having issues with the hood not fitting well at the lower cowl area- not sure if its due to frame sagging etc but its ok for now I guess!

11-28-2022, 02:29 PM	#9
JayJay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,076	Re: Showing off the Victoria today! I noticed the TR-3 in the background of one of your pictures. Brings back memories of my time playing with old British sports cars. I had a '58 TR-3 in that same light blue, wire wheels and all. Absolutely the worst car I've ever owned, and I've owned a bunch of bad ones. Finally sold it to someone in the next town over and skedaddled away from there to deposit the check as fast as I could. JayJay __________________ JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan

11-28-2022, 03:28 PM	#10
Dewshan Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Estes park Colorado Posts: 53	Re: Showing off the Victoria today! Our current car club president here in Estes Park has a business that restores British cars… that one is show quality. He also has one of the oldest triumphs in the country supposedly. I had a mgb in high school and eventually traded it for a paint job on the other model A in the pictures. Was tired of working on it!

11-29-2022, 01:15 PM	#11
JayJay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,076	Re: Showing off the Victoria today! My Dad had a series of British sports cars in the 1950's - MGTD, Triumph TR-2 (second one brought into the SF Bay Area), Austin Healy 100-6. Traded the 100-6 in on a Corvair! in 1962, then had a series of American muscle cars until he finally decided he needed to grow up and started his series of Cadillacs. By the time I started driving in the late '60's all the sports cars were gone, but I remembered them and always wanted one. Finally got the TR-3 sometime in the 1980's and it was horrible. Someone had replaced the SU carbs with Zenith-Strombergs and I could never get, no less keep, them in tune. So I got rid of it and have never looked back. But, if I could ever get my hands on a Jaguar XK-120... JayJay __________________ JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan