I've been dabbling in restoring antique cars for a number of years, Model A Fords so far.. I've got a plane ticket to Hartford, CT see/buy this car in two weeks. To me this is way cool, a 36 Ford woodie survivor, kept in good condition since new. I did have to promise to my wife to sell my 2 Model A Fords, a 1929 roadster and a 1928 roadster pickup truck.

Looks like a fun hobby to me!

mrtexas wrote:

I did have to promise to my wife to sell my 2 Model A Fords, a 1929 roadster and a 1928 roadster pickup truck.

...and are you actually going to to that?

I was already going to sell the roadster, yes I'll sell the pickup as well to get the woodie. I'm running out of garage space and 4 antique cars is too many. I have a 1963 corvette as well.

I have dabbled in older cars some. Not as much as you as my dabbling has been limited to acquiring and very little work although I do have a 57 F100 that I am slowly restomoding. It is stripped to the frame and I have added a front IFS. I own a 67, 69 and 70 Mustang that will be worked on after retirement.

The Woody looks sweet. My affections lie with the Fords.

That's up in my neck of the woods. It'll be nice and cold for your visit.

I love looking at old cars, but haven't acquired any yet.

This one looks nice too in cocoa Beach, FL:



Interesting that the woodie shops are selling off their cars as few have money to buy toys with the economy in the tank.

I got the woodie a few weeks ago.

It is now apart:



I took the fenders and other sheet metal to a soda blaster this week. The dash is out and will shortly be send to be wood grained. The instruments are out to be restored. Interesting that the temperature gauge is a liquid filled tube ending in the thermometer like gauge. I will convert it to an LED meter that looks like the original. Gas tank is out today. Transmission and front/rear axles are out. New running boards have arrived. I got a 1942 crab style distributor with electronic ignition installed. I took some miscellaneous parts to a chrome plater. I got the windshield taken out of the frame and will send it to the plater.

I got some 40 wheels for it so I can put disc brakes on the front. I'm looking at wide white wall radials.

Next job is remove the hood and engine. The plan is to then take the bare frame and body to a local sand blaster to get rid of the surface rust on the bottom of the floor boards and frame. I'll replace the two water pumps while I have the engine out. I bought a spare tire cover for the back as it was missing. It is mounted on the tailgate. I'll probably mount it without the tire as the tire make the tailgate very heavy to open.

Condition is really pretty good for the old girl. She was restored in the 70s but still has original wood and top. Body work is minimal. The rear fenders both have some rust where they attach to the running boards but a small patch panel will fix that.

Colors in contention are all 1936 colors. I don't like the tan color which is what they all came as. I'm getting 4 colors mixed up. You buy a quart and get an index card with the actual paint sprayed on it.

The 4 colors are armory green, bright vineyard green, grey vineyard green, and bambalino blue

Phil, very nice hobby. You should show your high wheeler bikes also. I think the members would enjoy seeing them. My cousin is into restored old model A Fords. He has some 30 restored cars, which he keeps in two barns on his farm. He also has a fully restored old hearse, waiting for his last ride. When I was a kid my mother had a woodie. - Millet (338 ABo-)

Mr. Texas,

Thanks for the update. I hope that you will continue to post some pictures and updates as your work continues. You mentioned having the dash woodgrained. Is that a vacuum process where they affix a vinyl woodgrain?

Are you going with a dual mastercylinder to compliment the disc?

Again please keep updating this post.

The one on the left is an antique 1889 Royal Mail.

The other one is a reproduction of no particular bike built by Kennedy in the 1970s. I had the whole thing nickel plated. It looks very close to an antique. Most reproductions out there don't look anything like the real thing(once you've had a good look at an original). Both are 54 inch wheels. They ride just like a safety bicycle (both wheels the same size) once you get up there. There is a small peg on the backbone you step on to mount/dismount.

You must be careful not to run into curbs or and obstruction. Do that and you could do a header where you go over the handlebars and your head hits the pavement at a high rate of speed. I must say though that it is quite a hard fall if you fall off. When I was a beginner I fell off(not a header) twice. It hurt too. I do ride them but infrequently.

That is an interesting technique for applying the woodgrain.

The 57 I'm restoring had a brake MC and a clutch MC. I am installing a automatic which was an option that year and that eliminates the need for the clutch MC. I will use the clutch MC (which will be reconfigured), a balance beam and the reconfigured original Master cylinder to provide a dual cylinder system.

Thanks for the update.

Oh No not a Powerglide. This project is a restomod. It originally had a Y-block 272 but I found a 57 Fairlane with a 4 bbl 312 in it. I also have an original 312 T-Bird McCullough supercharger setup that I am installing. The auto will be a modified FMX that bolts up. The FMX is heavy and heavy duty. Parts are easily available and they are tough.