This car shares the garage with the 1948 Diamond T mentioned yesterday. It was restored some 30 years ago by my late uncle, who owned a restoration shop specializing in Fords. The car was originally being restored for resale, but when the car was finished he liked it so much he kept it for himself.

You can’t see it in these photos, but there is a small dent in the hood scoop. The last thing my uncle did when finishing this car was install the threaded rod that secures the air cleaner. He then dropped the hood and immediately realized he had forgotten to cut down the rod. It popped a low, dime-sized dent right into the center of the hood scoop. Fixing the dent would have been an easy task for him, but he decided to leave it as a reminder to himself what a little carelessness can do. Thirty years later there is still no intention to ever have the dent fixed.