Old Ford pics

[djfordmanjack]

And that is exactly why it has such a unique look to it, Tom ! The dropped tube axle is refreshing to see and also the custom made curved stainless spring shackles/brackets. I really like it a lot !

Thanks! It's not really much different from others like it except for the dropped 1937 oval tube axle & maybe those brackrts. It's very, very rare to see a Ford oval tube axle that has been dropped. I took off the straight triangle shaped shackle/shock brackets that had peeling chrome on them & made the curvy shaped ones out of stainless, drilled a hole in the center, polished 'em up & put 'em on with stainless hardware. They look much better & will stay that way.


I must have taken that pic a day or two after another one of our big earthquakes & before the earth re-leveled it's drunken self.

[Tom S]

This pic would have been a good one to use for one of those YouTube vids of the Hot Rod Race tune. It certainly would have been  accurate to the time that that tune came out. If you searched for that tune you may have seen the one showing a life-like drawing of a smokin' hot babe in short shorts bending over the open hood of one of those brand X things that many call 'Tri-fives'. I'd post the pic here if it didn't have that car in it. I'd probably get banned! Don't know what the babe was expected to do under the hood with the giant combination end wrench in her hand. It looks to be damn near 18 inches long. If I had a the right pic of a '57 Ford sittin' at the right angle with its hood up I could do a little photo trickery to post here.
BTW that '31 A-bone better be runnin' a real hot flatty V8 if he thinks he's gonna outrun that '49 Merc. Then again like the old saying says, 'You cant outrun Motorola'.

[CobraJoe]

c 1913 Ford Highland Park Assembly Plant rolling chassis storage neg 99165-2

[djfordmanjack]

Tom, my '49 has the original type rearend which is a 3.96. that is very low gearing. It means the Merc is quick off the traffic light. I don't know about top end speed. Whether or not if the fiery teapot carb is able to deliver higher rpms ?? probably yes ? I may find out...I plan to put a Flathead back in the 49. I have an og teapot carb and manifold and an NOS carb overhaul kit. Let's see if it leaks and put the car on fire...

BTW that '31 A-bone better be runnin' a real hot flatty V8 if he thinks he's gonna outrun that '49 Merc. Then again like the old saying says, 'You cant outrun Motorola'.

[CobraJoe]

[rmk57]

[Ecode70D]

I think that the guy driving that sedan is cheating.  He must have some sort of a 1950s low flying device attadhed to that 2dr sedan.  Is it a 1940? 

[Tom S]

I think that the guy driving that sedan is cheating.  He must have some sort of a 1950s low flying device attadhed to that 2dr sedan.  Is it a 1940? 

Yeah. I don't see a bump or anything else that could make that thing jump anyway near that high. I thought it was a 1939 or 40 but seeing that the engine compartment sides are open leads me to believe that it is a 1937 or 38 which have hoods much like car number 8 right behind it. The hoods on 39s & 40s wrap around the upper part of the cowl & wouldn't leave that much of the engine compartment sides open.

[FiveSevenLiter]

Randy,
I have the video on this run, he did not let off and went on to win the round.
T/F
 

[rmk57]

  Could have been a different pass.  Looks like the front tires are both flat with more damage I would suspect.


 

[FiveSevenLiter]

Different dial-in on the second picture, I will attempt to send the winning video.
T/F
 

[FiveSevenLiter]

Very Special Thunderbird logo. must have been a DSO (dealer special order) item.
T/F
 

[Tom S]

Buried 

[CobraJoe]

DECEMBER 05, 1966 8th Annual International Motorama - Great Western Exhibit Center. This Ford GT-40 was fitted with cameras for the filming of  John Frankenheimer 1966 movie Grand Prix staring James Garner.

[RICH MUISE]

Makes a hell of an air cleaner, lol. I smile because yesterday, at a car show I was parked beside a rat rod that had an actual tool box as an air cleaner.