[Graeme / New Zealand]

I love these big old fordoor Mercs and Fords. Fordoors were the staple in NZ for US sourced cars.. known as "houses" here as you can bloody well near live in them. You have the basis for a real nice car. When i bought my first v8 in 1979 I bought it for the looks, I always liked the look of old fords over other stuff, I knew nothing about them mechanically, in fact I nearly bought a 46 ford b/coupe with a 283 SBC in it (glad I didn't). I eventually got a stock 47 cpe complete with flatty, I taught myself about them and hung around with the right people. As others have said no question here is stupid, there's a font of knowlegable folk so if you strike a problem someone is bound to have the answer. I've just finished restoring the 48 club cpe you see in my avatar, I would have been lost without their help. Oh also..welcome to the Barn

GB