1942 Ford project

Thanks a lot Mitch!!!

Thanks David! Your Ford looks perfect!!!

In between i have the blackwalls mounted at the front axle and now i wait for two more blackwalls that i have ordered.

Also i have started mounting the door and kick panels and i added some ‘poor man’s chrome’ to my dash, i just polished the glove box door and the ashtray. I did this with the garnish moldings too, of course it doesn’t have the same look as real chrome but it looks good and matches the used condition of other parts on the Ford and the old paint.

And i just have deleted my taillights and will mount 48 Pontiac taillights. This is going to be a challenge for me, because the shape of the pontiac taillight housings doesn’t fit to the fender at a first go.

Ah yes, now i remember the story of your ’36, i read it here somewhere!

About the screwdriver shift knob, i don’t know how to explain, but the transparency of the old screwdriver handle has just a special shimmer to it, also it feels a bit softer than regular plastic. But i think i will not do more knobs, maybe it would look too much with all the other changes i did in the interior.

The ‘new’ ’41 you mentioned sounds like a real bargain!!!

My ’42 was ‘restored’ (not so well) somewhere in the 80s, it still has the original V8 and 6 Volts. In the last 40 years or so it got a nice used look to it again and i don’t have too bad a conscience to customize it, because the paint isn’t original. But i keep that old repaint, i like it, just touch it up where necessary. For the next time i don’t plan any more modifications, except for a decent hood peak and maybe some grill improvements. The goal is to get it on the road soon and keep it as a Mild Custom for now.

Do you have some more pictures of your ’36?

All the time since i started my project i wasn‘t sure about what to do with the grill, now i know!

Last year i saw a 46 Buick grill for sale here in germany for very little money, but i couldn‘t imagine that it would look good in a 41/48 Ford, so i didn‘t bought it. But two days ago i saw a picture on kustomrama of a 41 Ford with a such a grill and i immediately changed my mind and of course i was annoyed that i didn‘t bought it. As i searched for the ad again, i saw it was still available! I called the seller right away and picked up the grill yesterday. Today i had put it in front of the old grill opening and i think it looks very good in the wider 42/48 front too, maybe it needs to be shortened a bit at the bottom. When i removed the stock grill i discovered that the whole front sheet metal incl fenders are slightly bent from an old accident that was badly repaired, so i have to fix this and then i can start to fit in the Buick grill…

Yes indeed! I couldn’t imagine this when i first saw the grill alone!

Thanks Dave! I think i have to remove something between 1 and 2 inches, and it will look a little less massive, more like in the picture of the 41. On the 41 the grill is just mounted lower and hides a bit behind the bumper i guess.