Paul Dobbin

He must be a boat guy too, with that shifter location. I kind of liked it. I"d trade my Lowe's wheelbarrrow for it.

Now that's one for the Paint job thread. I'd love to paint it if I owned it. I drove Ted Holden's Milburn in Palm Beach, great car but didn't have enough range to do the Electric Car Race/Tour.

A good Body Shop with a good painter can give you a show car look within your budget. Body work in preparation to paint will add to your costs. I agree with the idea of talking to other car guys at local shows and find where they had their work done, then visit those shops. Don't mention "Restoration" because what your are describing is a repaint. If your car is a drivable , make appointments with a few shops for "in 'person" estimates. Without seeing the car they're just selling you a dream. I also agree that by removing bumpers and other trim, you and the shop will get a better idea of what's involved. Materials costs can make a big difference in the cost too. Red cars are more expensive in material costs, than other colors. Base coat clear coat is really two paint jobs. I like Acrylic enamel with a hardener, buffed out looks like lacquer and is very durable, costs less too. Cheap is not always good, but expensive is no guarantee of satisfaction either. when you find a shop you feel good about, return often to see other projects as they complete them. Good luck & have fun!

The Early Ford V8 Club of America offers a 1932 Ford Restoration Guide that would be of great help in buying an restoring the 400 B. see https://www.earlyfordv8.org/Shop.cfm?id=15&pid=2

1932 Oldsmobile towing a 1937 Travelo Trailer in the Redwood Forest in 1937. See story at http://www.tincantourists.com/BetseyStory.pdf

I bought a set of Reproductions for a 57 Truck. They look exactly like the car ones. Got my new interior in and love it.

if it has a serial #, you'll probably have to title it. In NC they even assigned me a serial # for a home made trailer so I could title it, then Tax it. Each state makes up thier own rules. $*%*@!

Pretty car! Makes a good Glidden Tour car.

Thanks guys, I used SMS and LaBaron Bonney and the 57 Ranchero is now on the upholstery shop

That lite yellow on a 4 door car it a whole lot of yellow. Will make the car look real BIG. If your 46 is loaded with stainless trim it would look pretty nice.

I tried to figure it out by finding all my tool locations: 1. Main box by the biggest work bench with all the drawers. 2. Work bench beside the lift with some of my father s tools and mine mixed. 3. Roll around took box at the front of the lift is my favorite because I can roll it to whatever I'm playing with anywhere in the building. However all the specialty tools are in the box @ #1. 4. Each car has it's own tool box or bag (8) 5. The motor home has it's own 7 drawer tool box. 6. Our ATV/Golf Cart has it's own tool bag and shovels. 7. The tractor shed has hand tools and outdoor power tools. 8. The house garage has it's own 4 drawer tool box and drawered work bench and small hardware bins. 9. Grandpa's tools are mostly in workbench drawers. 10. Don;t forget the tools in the kitchen drawer and the basement utility room. To count all those hand tools is a bigger project than will ever work it's way up the list of projects. I still look at tools anyplace we go and think the only "Stubby wrenches I have, are one's I cut. I guess a car addiction led to tool addiction. But, I'm a happy addict.

Kieser31, Its great that your wife is a car spotter like you. I see it has a 390 engine badge on the fender. Our 57 Ranchero also has a 390, which is way more power than a pickup should have. However, it makes a great go-getter. Maybe the Ford guys can tell us if you could get it new with a 390 in 67. I know you couldn't in 57, but I love it,

I think Hudsons have won more times than any other make. At least in the early years when I raced and the cars had to be Pre WWII. Now they take up to 1972, hardly a antique car yet, plus it's shorter in time and distance. But, still a ball I would guess.

Contact Mike West in NY. He brought my 57 Ranchero to Franklin NC and make regular runs to Charlotte. MaWest729@gmai.com

I agree th i see Chrysler Airlow influence in many vehicles after 9 Great America Races in this one. Style & Beauty, maybe but durability for sure.

I think Chrysler got a few ideas too. Grill, fender shape an chrome on the fender skirts.

I know " If is sounds to good to be true, it probably isn't" However, I see this infomercial on the Internet for "EZ Battery Reconditioning." It's a long infomercial and I've never made it to the end where i suspect he'll offer to sell me the secret. In Florida there was big battery rebuilder who rebuilds car batteries and sold them under the name "Electro Batteries", lots of folks swore by them because they were cheaper than anything else available. How do you rebuild a battery? My neighbor has a golf cart that needs 6 new batteries to replace his 6V Interstate Batteries that are 5 years old. It can ho;d a charge to the mail box and back on flat ground, but dies immediately on a hill

I love it/ Reminds me of my teenage years in the 60's. I painted whitewalls on most of my cars. Then discovered that gas stations didn't fix flats on the new tubeless tires, they gave them to me. I would put boots in them and a tube and have great tread. Then try to paint the same width whitewall so they would all match. Worked great! My brother an I drove our 56 Ford to the Seattle Worlds fair in 1962 on booted Free tubeless tires with tubes. It was FL to NYC, then west to Seattle and down the West Coast to LA, thru Las Vegas to St, Louis, Michigan, NYC and back to FLA. We camped and visited old friends (4 teenagers with $100 each) What a ball! ( I did"t paint any tires in the trip either) I published this whole story several years ago with pictures on this Forum.

I flipped to a Florida Auction and saw a real pretty red Cadillac Conv. that I thought a friend of mine might be interested in, an called him. He said "I was there yesterday to preview the auction and looked at that car. When I opened the door an felt the bottom of the door, there was nothing there, totally rusted away. One of those cars with nothing more than a nice paint job". Madé me glad I was not a phone bidder! That may explain why some cars seem to sell cheap. No substitute for eyes on buying.

Bob, I don;t think you missed anything, unless you enjoy seeing people pay to much for pretty personalized muscle cars. I flipped past it and had no interest. Today we took a "Leafless Tour" with a few other pre WWII cars on the mountaln roads here in the Smoky Mountains. A rolling Road Show on two lane roads with real cars and car collector/restorers. A warm spell melted most of last weeks snow and we had the roads to ourselves. Driving real old cars is much better than a Sunday afternoon watching a car auction.

Got to be quick on this Forum

The "BOO Bros." trying out some heavy equipment at the AACA Show in Gulfport FL, about 1997. The Caterpiller is a 1 HP B & S powerred former pedal tractor.. Still have the truck, sold the tractor.

You can also write your reply or thread in email, spill check it an then copy and paste it in the FORUM Reply box. We'll all think your are great fart smeller.

Speed is a thing of the past for me too. I've owned some really fast cars but prefer a nice ride on secondary roads in a car older than I am.

Terrible. As my insurance customers always told me, "Not me, it will be somebody else." and I would reply, "To me, you are somebody else". Take lots of pictures, regularly. Fire extinguishers are cheap, get several. Keep the kids out too.