Lucky Penny 49'
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January 27, 2015 at 03:04 #21669PaulieParticipant
Here is a quick run down of my 49′ Ford in progress build.
A few details first.
49′ Ford Full Custom
Target build date of 56′ updated to a 57-58′ circuit look.
HUGE shout out to Chris at Shoebox Central. Without him this car wouldn’t be what it is. (Whatever that is haha)Ive done the vast majority of the work myself. I’ve farmed out a few things. Luckily my friend has a sand blasting co and let me co-opt a corner of the shop to come in and work on the Ford in my spare time. I’ve lost quite a few build photos over the years (computer crash) so this is glossing over the whole thing.
\/ the Ugly period (what she looked like about the time I bought her)
I drove it for a month to have some fun and well…it wasn’t fun.Time to sell what Im not gonna use and slap her back together with some halfway decent parts. Maybe grind a few miles of weld along the way.
January 27, 2015 at 03:07 #21670PaulieParticipantWell let’s get her naked and see what she’s hiding
Crusty gross frame. Not too abnormal. I’ve got some permanent physical, mental and emotional scars getting her broken down this far.
Meh not horrible I guess…..for an East Coast car.
Holy cow! The other side was actually worse though. I could put my fist through the Dr side Quarter Panel without punching metal.
What am I getting myself into? Look at those tires hitting the lip. Sooo gnarly…
January 27, 2015 at 03:17 #21671PaulieParticipantJanuary 27, 2015 at 03:32 #21672PaulieParticipantJanuary 27, 2015 at 07:28 #21676PaulieParticipantCleaned up the frame first.
Lowered it 3″ blocks, 4″ de arched springs in the back. Plus I used 51′ shackles for a total of 8″ static drop.
Had to modify the shock mounts. I cut the curved lip off to make them straight. I then Flipped them side to side and upside down. To avoid any scrub line issue.
I also rebuilt a 9″ out of a 58″ Wagon with a 3.63 traf-loc and Daytona pinion support. It’s overkill for a flathead but whatever. Large “police” drum brakes round out the rear axle.
Some detail painting and I pinstriped the sides of the frame. Matched it on the passenger side.
\/ before I modified my shock mounting plates to allow for correct safe scrub lines. I could tell I would have scrub line issues at this point.
January 27, 2015 at 07:41 #21677PaulieParticipantThen I replaced the entire bottom 6″ of this car. Horizontally and vertically. From the floor braces to the floor pans (Paul Bradley), to the lower Cowl, inner fender supports, quarter panels, inner and outer rocker panels etc. the boring stuff haha
On to the fun stuff. I’ll start here. I don’t have a gas tank at this point so why do I need a gas filler neck hole?
You can see the QP replacement. Por-15 the I side of the wheel well and B pillar where dirt likes to hide. I also used a wand to coat the closed off inside rocker panel area with por-15 after I replaced that area.
I got so amped to shave that filler neck hole that I did the whole firewall too! (Except the choke cable, main wiring loom and e brake hole)
I spent a good deal of time smoothing the Trans tunnel lip on the firewall as well. Getting everything all blendy and smooth.January 27, 2015 at 07:49 #21678PaulieParticipantLike I said I lost a lot of photos. I smoothed all the seams and cussed at it a lot. After that the Car got a squirt of primer.
After many nights of wishing I would wake to to this car finishing itself I started doing stuff like this.
Now you eagle eyes will notice the huge hood gap. I messed with all the front sheet metal and got it all square but recall it’s a 49′. That means the hinges suck. So I replaced them with hinges from a 50′ and pie cut the length of the fender to set my hood side gap. I did both sides.
I also molded the bottom of the fender to the rocker panel and rounded those corners.
January 27, 2015 at 07:54 #21679PaulieParticipantJanuary 27, 2015 at 08:02 #21680PaulieParticipantWell you’ve already probably noticed that I’m using a 51′ pan. There’s a reason for that but that’s getting ahead of myself so ignore that for now.
So instead You can see the in progress shots of the grille I made using a 51′ Accessory Mercury bumper guard and over rider.
Here’s another view. when I made the grille I left the original mounting tab in the uprights which later I used for the mounting tab to float this thing. I trimmed down and re bent a front bumper bracket and ran it off a lug on my radiator support to get it floating.
Here it is loosely mocked up in my grille cavity.It sits flush with the forward nose of my grille shell. I warped an area so I Cut that section out. I need to repair and metal finish it before it goes to the plater.
Here’s an older loose mock up for the heck of it (it’s noteven bolted in on this shot)
January 27, 2015 at 08:17 #21681PaulieParticipantJanuary 27, 2015 at 08:35 #21682PaulieParticipantIn between bouts of severe love/hate aspects of my working relationship with my car I’d do things like paint this or chrome that or cable lace that cloth covered wiring. (Updated earlier style remember)
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Or detail paint trim. Or drive myself insane finding that one year make/model only gold faced speedo and matching clock.
January 27, 2015 at 08:40 #21683PaulieParticipantJanuary 27, 2015 at 08:44 #21684PaulieParticipantJanuary 27, 2015 at 09:26 #21685Rik HovingKeymasterThanks for sharing your project Paulie.
Very nice… impressive work on the grille and grille surround. I really like those.
I never knew about the bad hinges on the 1949 Models…. what is that about? what is wrong with them?
Enjoy the beauty of Customizing
January 27, 2015 at 16:22 #21708PaulieParticipantIts a side to side flimsy design. Plus the C channel in the 49′ hood does not extend the full length of the hood. What that means is as the hinge itself flexes it often cracks a tab on the hood hinge brace, which in turn lifts a weak area on the back of the hood. Also the geometry is wrong which means you often have to pull forward on the hood while lifting or the back of the hood hits the cowl.
They came out with a stronger brace and hinge, also they extended the hood C channel in 50′.also they fixed the geometry so the hinge lifts the back of the hood first. Getting it up above the Cowl.
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