1955 Ford Mainline Makeover

You are going to get a lot of nice feedback. What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.

 

Beautiful story....awesome lady you have there....
Good Job...

 

FANTASTIC! A real "feel good" story with a happy ending!

Good going --- all that work and $$$ paid off in a way that you can be proud of.

 

Kudos to you-a great story, an even greater deed.

 

How cool is that! Good job. It turned out great.

 

Awesome story and awesome car. Nice job.

 

A great ending to a excellent project. I glad you shared this along with the progess pictures with all of us, I think some publication out there would be very interested in this story.

Michael

 

the perfect cherry on top of this great american pie! congrats again to all and I am glad you know you got a great family (specially wife!)

 

bravo!!!!!!!!:d

 

Great story, great car, great family effort!

 

What an awesome story and effort!!! Gotta take care of the folks...

 

May fantastic things happen to a great young man. Wonderful story!
Later,
Dick

 

Man-o-man I loved this thread! Great work! Great story! I guess I just gotta go out and get going on my '54 Mainline.

 

FANTASTIC from start to finish. You made your Dad a happy guy, such a great thing to do.

 

I think you could of seen your dad's smile from space!

I know this made me smile!

 

car turned out great..you made your dad very proud..
I have a soft spot for 55-56 fords.
all priceless memories.

thanks for sharing.

Rick

 

This is a great story. Good for you.

 

Born a Ford man. my favorite in a 29. The next is the 55/56. I love what you did with the old girl. The up grade moulding on the side is boss. It would be nice with the custom line moulding but the fairlane is boss. and if the color is not what you really wanted, the green is really cool. My 29 is green, not my favorite but it was green from Henry's shop and green it is, and a lot of folks really talk about the color. She's a beaut, feel proud of that one. Iceman

 

Glad I had the opportunity to read this start to finish...thanks for sharing.

Awesome story, and beautiful work...

 

Thanks for all the kind words. It was great to get the car done for my dad and feel like I was able to give him something he really wanted. My mom always wanted a pink Caddy - for now she'll have to enjoy riding shotgun in the ford!

 

Again, SUPURB.

 

Great job on redoing the car!

It was something most of us never get to do for our parents.

The pic where your dad has his arm around your shoulder makes it all worthwhile. Your wife was a real trooper also. She just had to know how much this meant to you, and helped, by offerring her support.

 

Beautiful job, great story, you should be very proud of yourself, thanks for documenting the build.

 

So AWESOME! Hell, I don't even know you and I'm proud of you. I can only imagine the people in your life.

The car looks fabulous but the pictures of your dad are the best.

 

great story
great car
good on you

 

What a great story, You can't see it but my hat is officially off to you...
You did a great thing, for you dad and all of us on the HAMB...
Ok now straight axle, pie crust slicks and Radirs all around,,,, just kidding,
It should stay this way and in your family forever, it is now an heirloom...

 

Darn thing overheats why don't you get rid of it and send it to me

 

Hey guys - I'm back!

Glad to report that my parents have been enjoying the car on a regular basis. As winter approaches, I need to make sure the heater works. The car has a simple looking set-up. I can see the heater core under the dash on the passenger side and there is one switch on the dash for the blower. There is also a knob mounted under that dash that is labeled heat, but I don't understand how it fits into the system. From memory, it is two post on the back - one was hacked into a 6 volt source but I can't remember where the other wire went. I'll be back home this weekend and would like to get it going for them if possible while I'm there. Here's a pic with the knobs. Any help is appreciated!

 

Its got the basic heater and I have only seen a couple of them,they kind of look like a dealer installed heater. My 55 has the other type heater.

 

The car look Great !! It has made me want to get started on a redo of my 56. Mother (wife) says 1 project at a time. I dont dare cross the boss.