1946 Ford Current Project (Not a Slick, or even a truck)

[JFCDeuce]

You may remember I sold my Slick, Here is the current project as it sat last week.



How it looked when I found it.




Some Progress Shots:

Home in my buddy's shop, with parts car (yes the parts car is actually cleaner, but I was gonna modify so much I figure I ought to start with the messy one...



1968 302

Frame

Body off

Previous owner making way for the C4

Properly making way for the AOD

Mmmmm... IF$


Explorer 8.8 mmmmm Trac Loc....swapped to 3:31 Gears it is a sedan after all...

new leaf rear..

More PO hacking...

More welding


Thats about the progress... I had to put the body back on to move it to Dallas... at least 1200 miles on a trailer should have the springs nicely broken in....

[Uncle Skip]

Deuce.
I hate you're not doing a Slick, but that is a nice old car. Great workmanship.
Keep us posted.
U@ss

[randyr]

You may remember I sold my Slick, Here is the current project as it sat last week.


Thats about the progress... I had to put the body back on to move it to Dallas... at least 1200 miles on a trailer should have the springs nicely broken in....

Deuce, nice job on the '46!!! The PO did some scary stuff to that chassis but looks like you're redeeming it quite well. I'm building a 37 Ford tudor humpback sedan w/302, T5, 9" rear. Glad to see you're putting a Ford in a Ford!

I sent you a PM with my # if you wanna talk about your old slick sometime.

Randy

[olliesshop]

Great work ... that's quite a project.

[JFCDeuce]

Deuce, nice job on the '46!!! The PO did some scary stuff to that chassis but looks like you're redeeming it quite well. I'm building a 37 Ford tudor humpback sedan w/302, T5, 9" rear. Glad to see you're putting a Ford in a Ford!

Randy

Yeah that motor I pulled out was a '68 302, with a complete Mustang drivetrain, (tran/rear end) what's amazing it the last registration on the car and the plate in it when I bought it were from '74. someone hotrodded it then with only a few year old musclecar drive line. Must have been cool in the day.

I've rebuilt the '68 long block (It had the High comp. "F" ? heads on it.)
It's got a verry mild Cam, and I'm gonna be running an '89 MAF EFI set up, with the '89 AOD. It is a sedan after all, not about to be a race car. I just want it to be a cruiser we can take anywhere anytime.
(I'm even thinking about building a teardrop to pull with it (and maybe using a lot of the parts car to build it from, so it will match... but that's a long way off.))

Thanks for the compliments.
I'll keep the thread going as I keep progressing.

[randyr]

Yeah that motor I pulled out was a '68 302, with a complete Mustang drivetrain, (tran/rear end) what's amazing it the last registration on the car and the plate in it when I bought it were from '74. someone hotrodded it then with only a few year old musclecar drive line. Must have been cool in the day.

I've rebuilt the '68 long block (It had the High comp. "F" ? heads on it.)
It's got a verry mild Cam, and I'm gonna be running an '89 MAF EFI set up, with the '89 AOD. It is a sedan after all, not about to be a race car. I just want it to be a cruiser we can take anywhere anytime.

The 302 in my 37 is a '69 block. My dad & I first built the car when I was in college many years ago. Ran the 302 bone stock with a 2V carb/C4 automatic for years. I started a complete rebuild on the car 2 years ago. Had the engine rebuilt bored .030 over, forged pistons, custom cam, GT40P heads. The cam designer recommended using a Weiand Xcellerator intake/Holley 4150 carb on it. I'll be curious to hear how your EFI conversion works out. I may have to try that on mine because I'm sure the gas mileage with the double-pumper carb will suck!
I haven't started mine yet cause the rest of the car is still in pieces. While I had it apart I went ahead and put in new floorboards, new firewall, did some inner wheel well work on the rear so the tires would rub. Still tons to do on it but I love it!