I just found this forum and have some questions
My name is Dave and I live in Northwest Montana.
A rancher down the road has been cleaning up his place and was hauling alot of stuff off to the dump. I happened along just as he was loading up a 32 Ford tudor to haul to the scrap yard and he said if I wanted it he would rather haul it 6 miles to My house than 65 miles to town so he dropped it off at My place.
It's rough but salvageable.
The body and running boards with rear fenders and doors is intact, No glass, Floorboard is intact. Cowl is complete.
The problem is that someone cut the frame right at the cowl and took the motor. Frame and all.
The frame from the cowl back is still there.
He also gave me a complete front axle with wishbone and hubs and wheels still attached.
Here is the problem.
I want to make this car "Look" fairly original.
I am however going to put a modern rear end and newer motor in it.
Is there a way to use the wishbone in its original configuration and attach it to a welded in bracket on the frame so I don't have to split the wishbone.
The rear end is also gone on this car and I already have a Ford maverick complete with motor that is going to become a donor of parts like the rear end and motor,
I am just curious since I need to build or add to the existing frame if there is a way to build a connecting point to the frame so I can use the original wishbone and 32 front axle and have it look stock.
I'm not really building a hot rod. I just think it's a neat old car and would like to build it enough to just put around in.
I hope I You understand what I am saying. I'm not real good at typing My thoughts into a message.
Thanks
Dave