Thread: 1940 Ford Pickup

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That did sound awesome and the plane looked very nice too!

1st flight of Se5 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jy68qph2r8...0Only.mp4?dl=0

Wow very cool! You must feel proud restoring this!

40"S DOOR REPAIR pic

Originally Posted by stovens

Wow very cool! You must feel proud restoring this!

I'm pleased with it, it was not really a restore it was mostly built from raw materials except for the metal fittings, gauges and engine. I could have built 3 or 4 hotrods in the time I've spend working on these plane over the the last 10 years. Now I hope to at least finish this 40 for next summer .

I'm getting antsy to do a little flying again-take a stress test/ekg'echogram next 2 days for FAA class one physical--would love to take that one up for an hour or so-------

I'm with Steve, that plane is so cool.. Congrats to you and the team in getting it done.

Now, back to the 40! Looks like the door bottoms want some lovin'.. 8-)

just spent some time looking back through my post and now I'm wondering what the hell happened ? It seemed I was making progress and now its a crawl forward with leaps backwards. If I don't get this in paint by April it will go up for sale and I'll take up knitting.

April Huh??? Hmmmm...

Got any plane overhauls lined up?? (yes, I'm smirking!)

Originally Posted by Navy7797

just spent some time looking back through my post and now I'm wondering what the hell happened ? It seemed I was making progress and now its a crawl forward with leaps backwards. If I don't get this in paint by April it will go up for sale and I'll take up knitting.

I'm right there with you. I was making good progress on mine and then life and everybody else's stuff came first again.

Originally Posted by Navy7797

just spent some time looking back through my post and now I'm wondering what the hell happened ? It seemed I was making progress and now its a crawl forward with leaps backwards. If I don't get this in paint by April it will go up for sale and I'll take up knitting.

If it helps, I got so sick of working on mine I'm actually thinking about cleaning house and purging myself from all my other projects. But on the same note I'm glad I finished it.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

If it helps, I got so sick of working on mine I'm actually thinking about cleaning house and purging myself from all my other projects. But on the same note I'm glad I finished it.

I'm sorry to hear that, but you know you don't want to tackle the old camaro. I mean, you couldn't even decide on an engine for it. I've got the trailer empty.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

I'm sorry to hear that, but you know you don't want to tackle the old camaro. I mean, you couldn't even decide on an engine for it. I've got the trailer empty.

HEE HEE HEE.. Now who's poking the bear!?!?!? 8-)

here's an update on the truck. Over the years of building this I have changed things, springs control arms , rear end. In doing so the stance changed and now I have to correct that First I tried to modify the shock mount cross member, it worked to lower the rear as needed.

In doing so it put the air ride shocks way out proper angle.

The only way to fix these mess was to cut it all out and start new, new shorter shocks and raise the cross member to its highest point. Currently waiting on new shock before I install cross member just to be sure.

Of course I had to cut the tail pipes off to make adjustment there. In the end it will be better looking riding etc I just look at the other stuff as prototypes. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Yep, first (couple'a) times for practice right!?!?! LOL..