ford nut
Local nut case
Tonight my 14 year old and I spent two and a half hours in the last car my father built.
He started me young handing him tools and making him crushed ice for his pepsi.
Put the tools away he would tell me that was my main job.
He built a lot of cars most of them were ford coupes, A few 50s cars, and fewer 60s cars.
He made me a ford man, thats the cars "we" built.
The car he always wanted the funny thing is... a plymouth.
He was in his early 60s when he called me and said he had found the car he always wanted to build and I shoud come and look at it.
This is what he found.
I wish I had a picture of how bad the fenders were on this car it was a total mess.
How could he want to take this on at his age I thought to myself.
But I said ok dad make him a offer and if you want it I will go get the car hauler.
$1500 was the deal they struck I was sure my father was insane.
Funny thing he wasent crazy but he was sick we just didnt know it.
Half way thru this build we found out he had cancer....it didnt stop him he finished the car in his early 70s
The last ride we took in it we went well over 100 mph.
He left me this car with only 500 miles on the build.
This is the first year I could drive it....just too hard.
The motor is old skool hemi a 341 out of a 57 desoto.
Trans is a torque flight 727
8 3/4 rear.
Torsion bar front end.
He started me young handing him tools and making him crushed ice for his pepsi.
Put the tools away he would tell me that was my main job.
He built a lot of cars most of them were ford coupes, A few 50s cars, and fewer 60s cars.
He made me a ford man, thats the cars "we" built.
The car he always wanted the funny thing is... a plymouth.
He was in his early 60s when he called me and said he had found the car he always wanted to build and I shoud come and look at it.
This is what he found.
I wish I had a picture of how bad the fenders were on this car it was a total mess.
How could he want to take this on at his age I thought to myself.
But I said ok dad make him a offer and if you want it I will go get the car hauler.
$1500 was the deal they struck I was sure my father was insane.
Funny thing he wasent crazy but he was sick we just didnt know it.
Half way thru this build we found out he had cancer....it didnt stop him he finished the car in his early 70s
The last ride we took in it we went well over 100 mph.
He left me this car with only 500 miles on the build.
This is the first year I could drive it....just too hard.
The motor is old skool hemi a 341 out of a 57 desoto.
Trans is a torque flight 727
8 3/4 rear.
Torsion bar front end.
