The Ford Barn

cdan34 · 10-02-2025, 10:25 AM

I'm glad your business is there, I've been a customer, at times, through the years. Having restored 3 cars and listening to my wife's complaints about the mess in the process, I had to share the video with her and her comment was
"you're one of them"

Good goin'

cdan34

Newc · 10-02-2025, 12:27 PM

Local fellows can't stand my place- "You have price tags on everything" yep it's all tagged for my estate [someday] sale. Seen tooo many of those 'dump it all sales'. Newc

rockfla · 10-02-2025, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Newc

Local fellows can't stand my place- "You have price tags on everything" yep it's all tagged for my estate [someday] sale. Seen tooo many of those 'dump it all sales'. Newc

Dale

Ive been doing the same thing....SORTA....Been pulling all my parts off the shelves and boxing, labeling and on "some" of them writing prices on them so IF something happens to me, my wife will not get completely taken advantage of. Some things I cannot box I have tagged like you!!!

40Bud23 · 10-02-2025, 12:52 PM

Thanks for the tour. As we all have said we are glad you love the business. Happy V8ing.

Bart

GB SISSON · 10-02-2025, 01:00 PM

I too, love your obvious passion for parts. There's always room for a few more parts (we just may need) even when your available car bays are full. And then making a business of it is so much the better. Great video. I kept looking for the messy part but didn't see any.

nelsb01 · 10-02-2025, 01:33 PM

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I have had this thought for a long long time --- sell a vehicle-----you have an empty stall ----- you must fill it with something! It's a circle..............that just keeps going around.

Model51 · 10-02-2025, 01:34 PM

Michael - Thanks for sharing the video of your shop. It looks remarkably like my garage and basement.

I've always been impressed by your accumulated knowledge and ability to accurately identify parts and really appreciate your service to the EFV-8 hobby!

Like some others, I've been boxing, tagging and identifying my 1935-36 truck parts so someone can come along after me and know what the heck these parts fit as truck parts are often different than car parts.

mfirth · 10-02-2025, 03:08 PM

Looks like my wife's craft/sewing room only with better stuff and more space.
THANKS Michael !

34fordy · 10-02-2025, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nelsb01

I have had this thought for a long long time --- sell a vehicle-----you have an empty stall ----- you must fill it with something! It's a circle..............that just keeps going around.

Sell a vehicle, receive money.
Spend the money.
Now you have neither the car or money!

Joe B. · 10-03-2025, 08:21 AM

Awesome place! Thank you!

Bored&Stroked · 10-03-2025, 09:37 AM

Oh, I get it Michael . . . and my collection is nowhere near as extensive as many of you guys. However, in an effort to "compete" (laugh, laugh, laugh), I'm building a new 40x48 shop building here in South Dakota . . . "sistered" onto my 44x48 building. This will allow me to move all my "junk" from Ohio to SD. This will also give me more space to fill with all sorts of automotive crap . . . that I'll probably never have time to get "roundtoit".

Thank God we have folks like you in this world - we need yah!

Kens 36 · 10-03-2025, 11:23 AM

Michael, I have a deal for you. Leave your shop unlocked while you are in Hershey and we will "clean it up" for you.

Ken

nelsb01 · 10-03-2025, 07:34 PM

Ken,
Bring bait for the killer protection cat.

custom_lettering · 10-04-2025, 08:35 AM

Just have to say THANK YOU for all the your help over the years. Your parts are always top notch and you always have an answer for any questions I throw at you. Thank you and you knowledgeable staff. Bill Bergen in NJ

flatrod · 10-04-2025, 09:05 AM

Michael,
I enjoyed your video, it's much like my own place! I bought an old 50's Ford dealer parts inventory many years ago. It's now a bunch of stuff I will never use, so all I can say, is do you need some more parts?

Seth Swoboda · 10-04-2025, 10:52 AM

The last time I was there you charged me $10.00 for a tour? What's up?

Just kidding, of course. I hope to see that mess real soon, live and in person. Don't clean nothin'.

TomC750 · 10-04-2025, 08:40 PM

How about answering my email?

37 Coupe · 10-05-2025, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TomC750

How about answering my email?

Same question from me.

Terranova · 10-05-2025, 07:03 PM

4:30. Well shit, I was all ready to ask you if you'd be interested in giving me a credit toward my shock cores. Supply and demand says... "yeah, no". lol.

Honestly though, I've bought probably a third of my fordor from you.

WRA · 10-06-2025, 04:23 AM

Impressive! Ive been a customer from the start and always my first choice.

10-02-2025, 10:25 AM	#21
cdan34 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mill Valley, Calif. Posts: 134	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY I'm glad your business is there, I've been a customer, at times, through the years. Having restored 3 cars and listening to my wife's complaints about the mess in the process, I had to share the video with her and her comment was "you're one of them" Good goin' cdan34

10-02-2025, 12:27 PM	#22
Newc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,053	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Local fellows can't stand my place- "You have price tags on everything" yep it's all tagged for my estate [someday] sale. Seen tooo many of those 'dump it all sales'. Newc

10-02-2025, 12:52 PM	#24
40Bud23 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2023 Location: Texas Posts: 17	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Thanks for the tour. As we all have said we are glad you love the business. Happy V8ing. Bart

10-02-2025, 01:00 PM	#25
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY I too, love your obvious passion for parts. There's always room for a few more parts (we just may need) even when your available car bays are full. And then making a business of it is so much the better. Great video. I kept looking for the messy part but didn't see any. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

10-02-2025, 01:33 PM	#26
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 870	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I have had this thought for a long long time --- sell a vehicle-----you have an empty stall ----- you must fill it with something! It's a circle..............that just keeps going around.

10-02-2025, 01:34 PM	#27
Model51 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 934	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Michael - Thanks for sharing the video of your shop. It looks remarkably like my garage and basement. I've always been impressed by your accumulated knowledge and ability to accurately identify parts and really appreciate your service to the EFV-8 hobby! Like some others, I've been boxing, tagging and identifying my 1935-36 truck parts so someone can come along after me and know what the heck these parts fit as truck parts are often different than car parts. __________________ 1935 157" 1 1/2 ton stake truck undergoing full original restoration 1936 131 1/2" panel truck rescue preservation Author of the 1935-1936 Ford Model 51 V8 Truck book published by the Early Ford V8 Club of America

10-02-2025, 03:08 PM	#28
mfirth Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: ohio Posts: 1,165	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Looks like my wife's craft/sewing room only with better stuff and more space. THANKS Michael !

10-03-2025, 08:21 AM	#30
Joe B. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2022 Location: Westmont, Il. Posts: 173	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Awesome place! Thank you! __________________ thread killer

10-03-2025, 09:37 AM	#31
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,906	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Oh, I get it Michael . . . and my collection is nowhere near as extensive as many of you guys. However, in an effort to "compete" (laugh, laugh, laugh), I'm building a new 40x48 shop building here in South Dakota . . . "sistered" onto my 44x48 building. This will allow me to move all my "junk" from Ohio to SD. This will also give me more space to fill with all sorts of automotive crap . . . that I'll probably never have time to get "roundtoit". Thank God we have folks like you in this world - we need yah!

10-03-2025, 11:23 AM	#32
Kens 36 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 572	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Michael, I have a deal for you. Leave your shop unlocked while you are in Hershey and we will "clean it up" for you. Ken __________________ https://www.nirgv8.org

10-03-2025, 07:34 PM	#33
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 870	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Ken, Bring bait for the killer protection cat.

10-04-2025, 08:35 AM	#34
custom_lettering Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 58	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Just have to say THANK YOU for all the your help over the years. Your parts are always top notch and you always have an answer for any questions I throw at you. Thank you and you knowledgeable staff. Bill Bergen in NJ

10-04-2025, 09:05 AM	#35
flatrod Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Anchorage Alaska Posts: 322	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Michael, I enjoyed your video, it's much like my own place! I bought an old 50's Ford dealer parts inventory many years ago. It's now a bunch of stuff I will never use, so all I can say, is do you need some more parts?

10-04-2025, 10:52 AM	#36
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 4,213	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY The last time I was there you charged me $10.00 for a tour? What's up? Just kidding, of course. I hope to see that mess real soon, live and in person. Don't clean nothin'.

10-04-2025, 08:40 PM	#37
TomC750 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2024 Location: Eastern Tennessee Posts: 305	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY How about answering my email? __________________ TomC750 1949 8NV8 Ford tractor 1930 1 Ton White 1941 Mercury Sedan Coupe

10-05-2025, 07:03 PM	#39
Terranova Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Grove City, Oh Posts: 257	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY 4:30. Well shit, I was all ready to ask you if you'd be interested in giving me a credit toward my shock cores. Supply and demand says... "yeah, no". lol. Honestly though, I've bought probably a third of my fordor from you.

10-06-2025, 04:23 AM	#40
WRA Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 411	Re: Third Gen Auto inside ----MESSY Impressive! Ive been a customer from the start and always my first choice.