Taillights Mocked Up

After we removed the stock tail lights we cannibalized the trim rings and use them on the new bezels. We popped the rivets out and used the light buckets on the new bezels. They fit perfectly.

The first two photos show the light bucket removed from the stock trim ring.

Here is the old and the new side by side (we will be replacing the old wiring before we install it.)

Here is how the lens and bezel will look together then they are on the car

Got the visor installed

Well its green, but the visor is on. We also took the tail lights apart and mocked up the new frenched tail light assemblies. I will follow up later with pictures of that. For now here are some photos with the visor on the car.

Removed the trim last night

We got the dent in the hood knocked out, the larger holes in the rear door filled in and the trim removed last night. 

If you are looking for trim, hood, trunk or door parts I am selling everything that is coming off the car.

Ordered the Parts for Frenching the Taillights Today

Have looking at other Fords and different lenses I have decided to use bezels from Moon Eyes and will modify them to use 56 Chevy lenses with glass blue dots.

Door, script, trunk holes filled in

Keith is on a roll, he has filled in the holes where the Customline Script, Stone Guards, part of the door handles, and all of the trunk holes except the lock.

Got the Hood Ornament and Ford Emblem Removed Today

I had to work and missed helping out on the initial body work on the car today. Kieth removed and welded up the hood ornament and Ford emblem holes. The hood ornament was hiding a pretty good size dent so we will have to work that one out.

 

Took the Ford in for a shave

Took the Ford to Averill Custom Automotive last night. They are going to nose, deck, shave the antenna, side mirror, remove some trim pieces, remove the rear door handles and french the taillights. I will be giving them a hand during the process and will post pictures of the progress.

You can see some of their work on Facebook. 

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Her new stance

Here is a picture of how she sits after the lowering the front end.

Speedometer Rebuild

My current speedometer didnt work except for the odometer. I picked up a used working speedometer and swapped the guts out. The speedometer seems to worked fine but the odometer doesn't work. Will have to play with it some more to see if something might just be stuck.

Sun Visor

I am picking up an original Ford Sun Visor, hopefully it will be here in a few weeks so I can mock it up to the car. I am going to try to find or see if someone will make me some primer to mach my roofs color. If I can do that I will paint the visor with that and then mount it to the car.

 

Finished the Front End

Finished the front end last night. The new rotor I received from Summit (Summit Part Number BEN-PRT1018, Bendix Brakes Part Number PRT1018) was exactly what I needed. I still have a few minor things to do to it. If the weather is nice this weekend I will clean her up and take her outside for a better profile shot of her stance. Plus I noticed putting in the shorter shocks dropped her a little bit more.

292 Y-Block Purchase

Well I have decided to rebuild a Y-Block instead of going with a 302. I picked up a great deal yesterday. I was able to get a 57' 292 with the B style 4 barrel intake manifold, AFB carb with the smaller air horn, Ford tin valve covers, later style distributor, and 5752-113 heads. So after I finish getting the front end finished I will start tearing down the motor to see what shape it is in. I was told by the owner it was rebuilt 4 years ago just before putting it into storage. All in all though it was a great buy for $25.