37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[bluestang67]

Randy thanks spent the last hour sipping coffee looking at them . Now its time to head to the place that funds this hobby .

Talked to the owner last night all go for this Saturday road trip . Just 3 more days till i get up and roll .

[34_40]

I'm cleaning up the dash wiring today as well as installing the tach adapter (@#$% MSD ignitions) - those nylon wire ties have about caused exsanguination from all the nicks and gouges on my hands

Exsanguination (also known colloquially as bleeding out) is the fatal process of total hypovolemia (blood loss). It is most commonly known as "bleeding to death". The word itself originated from Latin: ex ("out of") and sanguis ("blood").

That's enough of them 10 dollar words! I had to go find wikipedia to figure out what you're saying!

Bluestang. I'm excited for you! I remember the night before bringing home any of my cars! Always a sleepless night! I think you did well with your purchase. Heck - they just don't makem anymore and I think they are the last of the good looking cars!

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[QUOTE=34_40]Exsanguination (also known colloquially as bleeding out) is the fatal process of total hypovolemia (blood loss). It is most commonly known as "bleeding to death". The word itself originated from Latin: ex ("out of") and sanguis ("blood").

That's enough of them 10 dollar words! I had to go find wikipedia to figure out what you're saying!

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Just a bit of "food" for thought - that is assuming you're a vampire - and this is the time of year (Halloween's coming) for those beasties

Bobby - the '37 could have only been better (IMHO ) if it was, my fave, a rare club coupe.

[bluestang67]

Mike I know the feeling Friday will be a hard day to relax .

Dave those Club Coupes are rare , they have a back seat also am i right . That making it a larger roof line .

Thats only a $10 word has enough letters to be at least $50 .

[34_40]

Thats only a $10 word has enough letters to be at least $50 .

I couldn't even pronounce it with that many letters in it! I wonder where he dug that one up from?

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I couldn't even pronounce it with that many letters in it! I wonder where he dug that one up from?

Just a font of knowledge (spelled B-U-L-:..... aw heck, you know the rest of the story )

[bluestang67]

Now there is a $33 dollar one , I think I am going back to school cars are tough enough . But keep it going a worked mind is a comforted soul .

[bluestang67]

Well it is home and not as clean as i hoped for but still a nice car for age . I will have to replace the front cowls inner and outer the right door bottom and the quarter lowers .

The floor i received with it is clean but i am thinking of a full front replacement eliminating the wood at the toe panels .

The chassis work has made up for all the down falls of it though . some good lower pics , none of the floor yet with the pillar work required .

[Don Shillady]

Maybe you don't know what good is? The trunk floor is excellent, all it needs is some black paint! If you knew how many rusty trunk floors I have seen in '37-'40 coupes you would appreciate the excellent metal you have!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

[bluestang67]

Don I guess i have to much memory of the cars 20 + years ago . He said the old frame was bad so car must have been close to the ground . I agree that the the rear is great but i was hoping for prime and paint LOL . The sheet metal will be easy just some added expense i was hoping to go with out . But in the end I know it will be a good solid car . Just will have to put some hours In it .

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Bobby - that car is better then the club coupe that I had in the '60s. Nice solid find (tho mine had a perfect grille, trim and good rechromable bumpers for some reason). Sighhhhhh

[bluestang67]

Dave the pic distorted the grill the bars are straight but there is light rust on it . The center piece has some dents but i think i seen them for sale .

Now to get rid of the 31 and focus just on this and the Mustang .

[Don Shillady]

Although I am not a body man by any stretch of the imagination, I have messed (messed is the proper word) with '39 and '40 Ford bodies at a time when I did not have the funds to do things right and I studied the available patch panels as well as pieces cannabalized from junk bodies. One of the most common problems needing patching is the quarter panel of course but that is relatively easy to fix. The more serious problem is that so-called tool space at the back of the trunk floor which requires a talented body man to cut out and weld in the new "duck tail" of the body. Because that space is below the level of the floor it tended to accumulate water and many of the '40s I looked at had serious deterioration there. Extensive patch panels are available for the whole floor of those cars but yours is superb! Just light sanding, priming and the usual black or body color (99% were black) paint will make it look like new! I know what you mean about how cars used to look, I used to take great interest when I would find patches of original black paint on the old bodies but it was usually surrounded by patches of rust. That body is really nice!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

[bluestang67]

Don worse part is the pillars to the floor are rusty and separating pretty bad . Both inner and outer cowls and front body mounts are in need of serious replacement . The quarters have been patched awhile ago and are going again . I am glad that the replacement panels are available because it will need every one . The total I added for parts if I go with a new steel floor instead of the original I got with it will be about $1300 . I will also need to find the dimensions to pull it all back together and square it all up . I did receive the new tool tray and will have to get the rear outer roll pan . The rear floor is the best inner piece it has .

The upper part of this body is a 10 but when I put some picks up of floor and pillars it turns into a 5 or 6 real quick . It's hard to understand how the body stayed so clean and the floor went home to the earth . The parts aren't big either but they sure are expensive . If i had a brake I would try to form the inner cowls myself they are $105 a piece .

Don stick with me here sounds like you will have some answers I may need as I get to it soon .

Don I just looked at it and see what your saying about paint , Most of the cars that sat outside are solid surface rust . This car does look good as compared to some of the others .

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Don worse part is the pillars to the floor are rusty and separating pretty bad . Both inner and outer cowls and front body mounts are in need of serious replacement . The quarters have been patched awhile ago and are going again . I am glad that the replacement panels are available because it will need every one . The total I added for parts if I go with a new steel floor instead of the original I got with it will be about $1300 . I will also need to find the dimensions to pull it all back together and square it all up . I did receive the new tool tray and will have to get the rear outer roll pan . The rear floor is the best inner piece it has .

The upper part of this body is a 10 but when I put some picks up of floor and pillars it turns into a 5 or 6 real quick . It's hard to understand how the body stayed so clean and the floor went home to the earth . The parts aren't big either but they sure are expensive . If i had a brake I would try to form the inner cowls myself they are $105 a piece .
Don stick with me here sounds like you will have some answers I may need as I get to it soon .
Don I just looked at it and see what your saying about paint , Most of the cars that sat outside are solid surface rust . This car does look good as compared to some of the others .

Bobby - don't be discouraged. The car is maybe not a 10, but I'd give it an 8. If you went to Michigan to pick it up and that's where it's from, it still has a body from a rust belt state. To date myself nearer to Don's age, I purchased my '37 Coupe in 1961. The floorboards, front to rear, were street signs and Havoline cans. The drivers door was total rot and the pass side not much better, but I was able to get two perfect replacement doors for $15. It had a big dent over the pass side rear window and the clutch was frozen to the flywheel - but I only paid $50 for the car. Yours, 47 years older, is for a fact a better car.

Now, if you want to part with it, and with inflation added to the original $50 that I paid for my coupe, I'll be generous and offer you, say $125 for a 71 year old car (of course I paid a bit less for my '37 Hump in 1956 - $8.00, but that car had more hurt)