Nicole F

Good point! Maybe all the stuff we have isn’t original (part of the car) but just collected over the years. Hard to know.

I was finally able to find something similar online and you are absolutely right! Published in 1970s. What a weird thing to do!

Right? That’s what I was thinking but who would stamp a car color booklet with a Third Reich stamp (it looks somewhat official!)? So odd (and disturbing)!

So we recently purchased a 1946 Ford Super Deluxe convertible and it came with a lot of cool stuff. Like the original tool kit, manuals, gas rationing sticker and brochures/ads. It also came with an original Ford paint chip color booklet “Kolorkardz” On the back of the booklet there is a German stamp with a swastika??? I can’t seem to find anything online - does anyone know what this is about? Was the paint company affiliated with the Third Reich? Or was the previous car owner a Nazi? Yikes!

I’ll have the mechanic check this out too! Thanks!!

Thank you so much Jeff!! This is an incredible amount of information (I have saved it for future reference). Thank you for taking the time to write all of this! So helpful! I also purchased these books (as others recommended). So hoping to be able to be better at understanding all of this. I have an appointment with a classic car mechanic in July 5th and I will have them do a complete brake inspection. I would love to keep the original brakes. Thank you again! Nicole

The driving part I can do! I’ll also add that to the list of questions for the mechanic in July.

Update! The battery finally measured as fully charged on the tender. I left it off over night and she turned over this evening perfectly! Will keep an eye on it but I think it was just a drained battery - much have been that way when we got her. I think the many suggestions to better ground the cable is a really good idea. So I will look into doing that! In other news, I think I’m finally getting the hang of driving her! The gears are so touchy and it’s easy to grind when trying to shift from 3rd to 2nd… my husband who has a class A license suggested to give her a bit of gas with the clutch in to get the rpm’s up to the proper spot and then shift down (that’s what they have to do in the big rigs)… and it works great. Smooth as silk! Any other suggestions to make sure I’m not putting any undue pressure on the clutch or transmission are greatly appreciated! I’m hoping these old cars are a bit forgiving while I learn their ways! And question… sometimes when starting out of the garage, she doesn’t want to go into reverse or 1st, even after going back and forth from 2nd and 3rd. So I finally had to just go for it and it grinded a little before going into gear. How do I avoid that?

Sassy and temperamental. Check. 😉

Thanks so much! Will add this to my notes!

That’s a gorgeous car! One of our cousins in ID has the same model and year - convertible. Much fancier than the economically marketed super deluxe. 😉 I think they did a lot of modifications to the engine though - it’s an automatic transmission, which isn’t listed on the specs. I have a pic of the engine and it makes mine look like a lawn mower! I read it’s 300hp!! Mine is like 100, which is less than my Harley Fatboy. Haha! But that’s okay. She’s just for cruising 😊

Interesting! That’s good advice for when we put her up for the winter. Do you guys use any fuel stabilizer (we put that in the motorcycles for winter storage)?

Thanks so much for the support and encouragement! Unfortunately I doubt I will ever be able to devote enough time to this (or any hobby!) to be an expert, but I do really love learning about this stuff. I have a full time, very stressful job in finance that requires that I travel quite a bit. Also have a family and several animals that deserve my attention. And I’m in graduate law school right now. But I hope to at least gain enough knowledge to give Patty Lou (named after my grandmother’s childhood nickname) the garage/home she deserves 😊 And I feel like I really came to the right place - you guys have been SO helpful!!

Thanks Terry! I’ll take a look!

It does seem to be worse after driving and then is dissipates after a few days.