The Ford Barn

Mart · 07-16-2012, 04:01 PM

Just spent the last 3 months working on a survivor 33 5W coupe. This post will cover the first month, roughly mid April to Mid May.

The car had been laid up in a barn in 59. It used to run around Kansas City Missouri in the mid to late 50's. It passed through a few hands recently and was blown over in black primer and the chromework painted silver, but what attracted me to it was that it was almost complete, had some mild mods from back in the day, and best of all it had never been stripped to a bare shell, as so many have.

Most of the posts will be pasted in from another forum so will be written as they were happening, rather than in recap form now. I tried to lump a load of posts together, but can't do that as there are too many images. I'll have to keep replying with the next installment.

Mart.

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Collection:

Got up at 5:15 this morning, on the road at 5:45.

Nice easy ride down. In the '58 GMC towing a very nice hired trailer. Bit of traffic, not too bad, got to Chatham at about 9:30.

Russ from R and R turned up and we got the coupe pushed outside.

After making a right arse of myself reversing the trailer, I managed to get it loaded up.

And on the way out took a shot by the cranes:

It was raining by now, thje paint is much more matt than it looks in this shot.

A couple of the obligatory "tailgater" pics:

Home by 2:30, and managed to reverse alongside the house. GMC is now known as "The CHAMP".

And as luck would have it, a mate just happened to be passing so we were able to offload the 33. (I offloaded it and he helped me push it into the garage).

So now it's safely tucked up in my recently tidied garage while I make my mind what to do. I can guarantee though, that much tinkerage will ensue. Will start a proper build thread when appropriate.

Mart.

07-16-2012, 04:01 PM	#1
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 9,086	Mart's three month 33 survivor. Just spent the last 3 months working on a survivor 33 5W coupe. This post will cover the first month, roughly mid April to Mid May. The car had been laid up in a barn in 59. It used to run around Kansas City Missouri in the mid to late 50's. It passed through a few hands recently and was blown over in black primer and the chromework painted silver, but what attracted me to it was that it was almost complete, had some mild mods from back in the day, and best of all it had never been stripped to a bare shell, as so many have. Most of the posts will be pasted in from another forum so will be written as they were happening, rather than in recap form now. I tried to lump a load of posts together, but can't do that as there are too many images. I'll have to keep replying with the next installment. Mart. =============================================== Collection: Got up at 5:15 this morning, on the road at 5:45. Nice easy ride down. In the '58 GMC towing a very nice hired trailer. Bit of traffic, not too bad, got to Chatham at about 9:30. Russ from R and R turned up and we got the coupe pushed outside. After making a right arse of myself reversing the trailer, I managed to get it loaded up. And on the way out took a shot by the cranes: It was raining by now, thje paint is much more matt than it looks in this shot. A couple of the obligatory "tailgater" pics: Home by 2:30, and managed to reverse alongside the house. GMC is now known as "The CHAMP". And as luck would have it, a mate just happened to be passing so we were able to offload the 33. (I offloaded it and he helped me push it into the garage). So now it's safely tucked up in my recently tidied garage while I make my mind what to do. I can guarantee though, that much tinkerage will ensue. Will start a proper build thread when appropriate. Mart.