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Really cool idea to keep that OEM look!
What I learned from a dude who has powder coated for a living since the late 70's.... he explained to me that you can use an adhesion promoter to...
lol i had the same problem when used a rattle can method on my 59 Ford... the kryponite primer was eating up sand paper like a sandpaper eating...
CHEERS! dad-bud... reading that made me choke up! it would be hard to get my first one back and i can always wait down the road to find the right...
That's good to hear I was going to crawl up in there tomorrow to check for an engine vin # or some type of marking. THANKS!!!! greasyknight for...
My daily driver dream car is what you have... to own a '40 MERC ledsled is to live life to the fullest!
After looking at it closely and comparing to pictures of the models you mentioned... I've concluded it's possibly a 215 or 223.... to me those two...
Sorry for any confusion you got from me being a rambling man... I'm trying to figure out if the original owner replaced the engine before 1973.......
WOW, that would explain a lot... the original buyer was a hotel owner in Havana, Cuba and moved to Miami, Florida sometime in the late 50's. His...
The center airplane hood ornament I know isn't original. It was a gift from my grandfather before he passed away, it was from his 55 Oldsmobile......
Thanks for the idea on the possibilities of what it may be... I never replaced the engine... I just wasn't sure if it was replaced in the past by...
Do you know what's it worth? BTW I like your signature! I dropped the mechanic because I found him to be smelly and incompetent. I've decoded...
Modifications I've made to it.... I've installed electronic pop locks to pop open the doors, fuzzy dice on the mirror, skulls on the interior...
Thanks for the very warm so-cal welcome @the-stig and I appreciate the advice on not selling it... that's something that's been weighing heavily...
I've been lurking on the H.A.M.B. for years and this is my ever first post!
I've owned this '59 Ford tudor since I was 16. I want to find out what kind of engine and transmission are in it? I recently pulled the gas tank...
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