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- Tale Gunner October 2009
1936 Ford V8 3 window
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My father-in-law is in the process of restoring a 1936 Ford V8 3 window with a rumble seat. I will be adding the pictures and creating the log for his work. WARNING this could take some time LOL.
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This car has been in the family since the 1960's I believe. I could be wrong but this has been a very long work. My wife was supposed to be able to drive this car to high school. That never happened LOL. Since I have been in the family, this car has been in the garage and never on the road. The past 6 years the momentum has changed and work has escalated since his retirement, but that's not to say fast. Nothing is done fast or slow. It’s a speed called NS (inside joke).
The previous owner tried to hot rod the car but the focus here was to return it to original status as best as possible, with one exception, the motor. More HP was disired so a later motor was installed but still a flat head. (I believe it to be a 1948 AB Motor)
Back to the frame. It was coated with a metal ready agent to prepare it for paint. This frame should outlast most of what is on the road today.
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Just so you understand, we have nothing against rodders here. We just feel that there are only so many 1936's left in this world. We want to preserve the history of this car. Every step is being taken to restore this car as best as possible. Sometimes you will see changes made to the car (reversing the trunk to a rumble seat as an example) just because it was offered as a option for the car but not on this car. The rumble seat required that the channel be changed.
The water pumps have been rebuilt since siting for so long. This motor runs great. My children have rode in the rumble seat when he moved it around the yard.
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Well lets get back to the progress of the frame. Here is the front axle.
The desire here was to get the frame cleaned, polished and painted. The sandblasting finish was a little rougher than desired so body filler was added to some of the areas on the frame that would be visable. Then the frame was painted.
When the previous owner had the car, he cut out the support for the battery on the drivers side. It has since been replaced. Looks original now.
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I have a lot of pictures to go through and there are things I do not know so please be patient. I have to converse with my family to make sure that I minimize my mistakes.
Here is the front axle for the car. As seen earlier the axle was sand blasted and now painted.
Here is a better view of the frame after painting.
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Major work has been performed on the underside of the body. Everything has been removed, cleaned, primed and painted.
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Work today has been centered around the rear axle. Having cleaned and painting the reassembly has begun.
New hardware was added to the ole axle.
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The headliner is the only thing left on the inside of the cab.
The door liners have been removed to preserve the interior of the door.
Rear fenders were removed. The bolt holes were repaired to original using a welder to fill in the hole then resized.
He is trying not to forget anything. Let me assure you that my father-in-law is extremely knowledgeable on the Ford V8 line. It impresses me, when we go to car shows, the amount of information on the different autos of this era. -
The intent here is to get the frame completed, motor and transmission installed and wheels on the axles to move the frame back under the car. The backer plates reinstalled on the axles, and brakes connected. Anything that can be finished prior to reattaching the body will be completed. No tires on the rims though. The garage cannot support the body going any higher.
Here the master cylinder support has been reattached.
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The frame was rough coming back from sandblasting. Attention to detail here, as some of the components were smoothed by body filler, then painted as shown. (lots of dust though :eek:)
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The transmission has been gone though, cleaned and yes painted.
I'm thinking that there is a new style dash board here.
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His intentions are to put the banjo steering wheel on the car. He has several and this is just one. The one going on the car has been expertly repaired and painted.
With limited space for storage things get placed everywhere.
There were holes drilled in the firewall that had to be repaired and a large cutout had to be repaired before any paint could be considered.
Like I said storage is an issue. -
One thing I failed to show everyone is that sandblasting gave us some inside information that we may not have otherwise seen. Here is a close up of a bracket for the steering mount. Note that it has a crack and the previous owner had drilled holes for a different steering box. All that has been corrected for original.
While it may not have presented a problem, care was taken to make it as good as the day it rolled off the line. -
The rear gear ratio was changed when it was rodded. Searching for the correct rear end took some time but worth the extra effort. Then came the time to go through the new axle and reseal it.
