ClassicCar

I purchased this car in October 2004,with the intentions to street rod it. I thought maybe a few years it would be done and on the road. Things did not go as planned, life and kids had taken priority and I just did a little bit to it now and then over the past 6 years. Now here in November of 2010, I am back on the project in full force and hope to have it on the road by spring 2011. In my 6 years of slow but steady progress,I have totally boxed in the frame,installed a beefy ford 9 inch rear end, a mustang II front end,car is sitting on Air Ride Technologies air ride all around with Wilwood brakes. I totally rebuilt a Ford 351W engine and a Ford AOD transmission, thus the name 39fudson with all the Ford parts,have my wife to thank for the name. I custom made a new firewall,floor pans and tail pan, put in a recessed licence plate and 3rd brake light below the rear windows, filled in the dash holes and glove box and moved the lines of the dash, some other little body mods here and there. I have also custom built a 25 Gallon Stainless steel gas tank. To get this car back on the road for now I am going for the barn find look on the exterior(Patina)except 95% of this patina will be real. Originally gun metal blue in color someone had brush painted over it with black paint. I am going to try to match all new metal to look like the rest of the body,use the old door handles, pitted and rusty gas cap, original tail lights. I have the center grill but am going to have to custom make some side grills. Car will have no stainless trim or bumpers,I sold those on ebay long ago, and side mirrors are a must for safety issues. The inside will be new and somewhat nice with suede and leather interior, a chrome ididit steering colum with shift on the column that matches the rims along with Vintage A/C. It wont sit anymore, I am ready to drive it! In full force, ready set go - wish me luck!!!