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Old 08-03-2017, 01:25 PM   #1
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They are trying to figure what this Ford really is on the AACA site.

http://forums.aaca.org/topic/296606-what-ford-is-this/
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Old 08-03-2017, 02:30 PM   #2
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It's a mess, to say the least.
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Old 08-03-2017, 03:25 PM   #3
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Looks like a Henway.
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Old 08-03-2017, 03:36 PM   #4
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Looks like a Henway.
You want me to ask or wait for a rookie?
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Old 08-03-2017, 05:05 PM   #5
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OK I'll ask what's a hen weigh?
About 2 lbs.
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Old 08-03-2017, 11:16 PM   #6
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Definitely an odd duck.
Tail lights are 49-50 Ford turned 90 degrees. Rear window is bigger than it should be, but the trunk emblem is 47-48 Ford.
Looks like someone made this out of every spare part they could find.
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Old 08-03-2017, 11:47 PM   #7
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It not have costed him a dime.
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Old 08-04-2017, 01:45 AM   #8
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An interesting exercise.

There's no way there is any factory involvement in that one, it's just one mans project. (I'm guessing). Probably had access to various wrecked vehicles and pieced together something from what was to hand.

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Couchbuilt!
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Old 08-04-2017, 11:41 AM   #11
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Was Johnny Cash an owner at one time?
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Old 08-04-2017, 12:22 PM   #12
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Hard to be sure with all the damage and rust, but it looks like the builder did a decent job on the tin work if not the aesthetics...some of it must have been pretty involved, like the windshield area. The seams between regular Ford and alien tin seem, within the limits of the photos, to be invisible.
My guess...he'd had enough of trying to back up with the original rear window. After he fixed that, he caught rabies or something...
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Old 08-04-2017, 06:44 PM   #13
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I was thinking he lost a bet
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Henway, Piecost, or my favorite, a roll of "flight line".
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Looks like a Plymouth back window.
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