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Bored&Stroked · 10-14-2019, 08:18 AM

As far as driving it goes: I just took the car out to the HotRod Hillclimb in CO. With a completely new/rebuilt front end, new rear end, new springs, shocks, etc - all new brakes - took it up to 13,000 feet on some steep, narrow and very tight roads - many of them un-paved. We did a 70 mile 'reliability run' - heck of a maiden voyage you might say. At the end of the event, drove the car the 40 miles or so on Interstate 70 - at 75 mph back to Denver.

Yes I like to drive the car, but it makes one feel a lot better knowing that I have the newly rebuilt components in it and brakes that are much better than what came on the car. Frankly, I would not have driven it where I did with the stock brakes . . .

Changes: I will be removing the 32 shocks -- not sure what I'm going to replace them with - have gone through 8 rebuilt ones and am not happy with the results. That will be another 'upgrade' . . .

10-14-2019, 08:18 AM	#10
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,245	Re: 1934 Ford Sedan Delivery As far as driving it goes: I just took the car out to the HotRod Hillclimb in CO. With a completely new/rebuilt front end, new rear end, new springs, shocks, etc - all new brakes - took it up to 13,000 feet on some steep, narrow and very tight roads - many of them un-paved. We did a 70 mile 'reliability run' - heck of a maiden voyage you might say. At the end of the event, drove the car the 40 miles or so on Interstate 70 - at 75 mph back to Denver. Yes I like to drive the car, but it makes one feel a lot better knowing that I have the newly rebuilt components in it and brakes that are much better than what came on the car. Frankly, I would not have driven it where I did with the stock brakes . . . Changes: I will be removing the 32 shocks -- not sure what I'm going to replace them with - have gone through 8 rebuilt ones and am not happy with the results. That will be another 'upgrade' . . .