The Ford Barn

felix37 · 02-07-2011, 07:08 PM

I left the 37 outside last night since I was working on a project in the garage yesterday,woke this morning to 3'' of snow,so I decided to drive her! You can't keep a good flathead down! amazing how quiet she rides in the snow,all the little squeaks and creaks disapear.

richard crow · 02-07-2011, 07:35 PM

it aint the snow we worry about up north it,s the salt.it would etch those alm wheels in a hart beat. looks like you got an inch there try it in 28"

Lawson Cox · 02-07-2011, 07:48 PM

Cars always run better in the rain. I guess it is the same in snow as well. P.S. Never buy a car you test drive in the rain. LOL

Tim · 02-07-2011, 07:55 PM

No problem, send some snow!

Tim

felix37 · 02-07-2011, 07:57 PM

No Thanks I moved from up north 20 years ago(Minnesnowta) you are right !the salt used up there is terrible and if I had to deal with that I wouldnt have driven it,luckly here they use sand and the snow doesnt usualy last more than a few days!

JM 35 Sedan · 02-07-2011, 08:19 PM

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try driving that '37 in this mess

wga · 02-07-2011, 08:23 PM

Yesterday SF bay area had epic weather - high 70's, took the 49 station wagon on a drive. Come July, we'll be freezing, while you're enjoying the summer!
"coldest winter I spent was a summer in San Francisco" - Mark Twain.

mj40's · 02-08-2011, 12:55 AM

Taken this winter.

Lanny · 02-08-2011, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by mj40's

Taken this winter.

THIS PICTURE SHOULD BE ON A CALENDAR, if the FordBarn ever has a Calendar.

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richard crow · 02-08-2011, 06:44 AM

man that looks like a norman rockwell painting that is a priceless. bob drake could use that picture on one of his catalogs

George/Maine · 02-08-2011, 09:42 AM

I drove mine in the yard to much salt on roads around here.

Hotrodladycrusr · 02-08-2011, 09:53 AM

Yeah, I've been known to drive my car in the snow a time or two.....with no top.

and 40 miles later I got to my destination no worse for wear.
Cleaned Big Olds up, put him in his display, then promptly won first place in my class in the Detroit Autorama. I don't think too many first place winners actually drove their cars there that night.

Bruce in southern OH · 02-08-2011, 10:20 AM

Snow again today, snow last night, got car out and could shift and spin through all gears in about 20 feet, to much snow in southern OHIO

JM 35 Sedan · 02-08-2011, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mj40's

Taken this winter.

Best looking early Ford V8 pu truck that Henry ever made IMO. Great picture as well. That would have made a real nice picture for a Fordbarn Calendar....if only we had one

. I figured we would lose that nice yearly calendar deal when Shelly gave up this site. I don't believe that Ryan has the same interests.

gavin m · 02-08-2011, 11:52 AM

Bit of snow never hurt anyone

Just try not to get stuck!

Hotrodladycrusr · 02-08-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

I don't believe that Ryan has the same interests.

Actually Ryan has been doing the most awesome HAMB calendars for about 6 or 7 years now. The lastest one just mindblowingly perfect. Just give him a chance to get everything straight on the Ford Barn and if there is enough interested here I'm sure he will comply.

Django · 02-08-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotrodladycrusr

Actually Ryan has been doing the most awesome HAMB calendars for about 6 or 7 years now. The lastest one just mindblowingly perfect.

Thanks Denise.

Would enough of the people on the Barn buy the calendar?

http://jalopyjournal.myshopify.com/p...a-m-b-calendar

It's generally 50% Ford from year to year as much as I try to not be too terribly biased, but of course hot rods, not stockers.

Ryan's call but I think with the new format, it wouldn't be too difficult to do a FordBarn appropriate calendar at the same time. The template would already be there. Just a matter of picking different images and scale back some of the bells and whistles maybe. I think it would be fun.

OLD...BILL · 02-08-2011, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

Best looking early Ford V8 pu truck that Henry ever made IMO. Great picture as well. That would have made a real nice picture for a Fordbarn Calendar....if only we had one

. I figured we would lose that nice yearly calendar deal when Shelly gave up this site. I don't believe that Ryan has the same interests.

""CALENDER"" Shelly said she would do a calender if it would be OK with Ryan ?? this was early in the new barn change-over ?? The OLD BARN CALENDER was/is (priceless) and was all flathead and people.
How do we persue this ?? and not get black-balled ....OLD...BILL

JM 35 Sedan · 02-08-2011, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD...BILL

""CALENDER"" Shelly said she would do a calender if it would be OK with Ryan ?? this was early in the new barn change-over ?? The OLD BARN CALENDER was/is (priceless) and was all flathead and people.
How do we persue this ?? and not get black-balled ....OLD...BILL

Bill, I remember Shelly making that offer on a post here in early 2010. Evidently no one here took her up on that offer. I may have been up for buying a HAMB calendar but since I rarely go on that website, I knew nothing about their calendar. Maybe we can get someone thinking about doing a Fordbarn calendar for 2012

Karl Wescott · 02-08-2011, 02:44 PM

This was taken several years ago. It does ocasionally snow in Oregon.

02-07-2011, 07:35 PM	#2
richard crow Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,770	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! it aint the snow we worry about up north it,s the salt.it would etch those alm wheels in a hart beat. looks like you got an inch there try it in 28"

02-07-2011, 07:48 PM	#3
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! Cars always run better in the rain. I guess it is the same in snow as well. P.S. Never buy a car you test drive in the rain. LOL

02-07-2011, 07:55 PM	#4
Tim Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Aptos, CA Posts: 332	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! No problem, send some snow! Tim

02-07-2011, 07:57 PM	#5
felix37 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 1,093	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! No Thanks I moved from up north 20 years ago(Minnesnowta) you are right !the salt used up there is terrible and if I had to deal with that I wouldnt have driven it,luckly here they use sand and the snow doesnt usualy last more than a few days!

02-07-2011, 08:23 PM	#7
wga Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yorba Linda, CA Posts: 900	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! Yesterday SF bay area had epic weather - high 70's, took the 49 station wagon on a drive. Come July, we'll be freezing, while you're enjoying the summer! "coldest winter I spent was a summer in San Francisco" - Mark Twain. __________________ Henry Ford designed the flathead without the aid of a computer.

02-08-2011, 12:55 AM	#8
mj40's Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Boi Angeles, Idaho Posts: 62	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! Taken this winter.

02-08-2011, 06:44 AM	#10
richard crow Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,770	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! man that looks like a norman rockwell painting that is a priceless. bob drake could use that picture on one of his catalogs

02-08-2011, 09:42 AM	#11
George/Maine Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mid coast Maine Posts: 1,878	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! I drove mine in the yard to much salt on roads around here.

02-08-2011, 09:53 AM	#12
Hotrodladycrusr Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Livonia, Michigan Posts: 266	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! Yeah, I've been known to drive my car in the snow a time or two.....with no top. and 40 miles later I got to my destination no worse for wear. Cleaned Big Olds up, put him in his display, then promptly won first place in my class in the Detroit Autorama. I don't think too many first place winners actually drove their cars there that night. __________________ Your Topless Cruzn Pal, Denise

02-08-2011, 10:20 AM	#13
Bruce in southern OH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Proctorville Posts: 1,582	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! Snow again today, snow last night, got car out and could shift and spin through all gears in about 20 feet, to much snow in southern OHIO Last edited by Bruce in southern OH; 02-08-2011 at 11:13 AM. Reason: clean up & add additional photo

02-08-2011, 11:52 AM	#15
gavin m Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 33	Re: Drive em in the snow! They won't melt!! Bit of snow never hurt anyone Just try not to get stuck!