The Ford Barn

1955cj5 · 05-14-2016, 12:50 PM

At least for me...

Brought it home the last week of April 2015.

One of the first things I did was to have Papanick rebuild the speedometer, which never worked while we've owned the truck..it always read zero miles...

I've taken the "work a little,drive a little" approach.

Learned plenty, thanks to the Barn and others, and have had lots of fun and some frustration....

But it drives well now and has many more miles left in it...

Better re-seal the gas gauge next!

Randy

Fullraceflathead · 05-14-2016, 02:14 PM

Here's to a Hundred Thousand more miles!!!

papanick · 05-14-2016, 05:53 PM

Hay I see that the speedometer is working fine in the photo. I'm just getting to old and my eyes are getting to bad. That is one sweet pickup have fun with it. Papanick

BILL WILLIAMSON · 05-14-2016, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by papanick

Hay If the speedo dose not work send the speedometer back. I will all way stand by my work. papanick.

Hey, Papa, adjust your glasses & look at the pic AGAIN, it IS wurkin'
Bill W.

Art Newland · 05-14-2016, 06:56 PM

A miles stone! Congrats.

papanick · 05-14-2016, 07:13 PM

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Hay Sorry about that. I'm just getting to old. But just can not give up on the cores. I just love working on them. My wife said that I will have to take my tools with me when I go to that big shop in the sky.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 05-14-2016, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by papanick

Hay Sorry about that. I'm just getting to old. But just can not give up on the cores. I just love working on them. My wife said that I will have to take my tools with me when I go to that big shop in the sky.

BUT, nothing will be BROKEN there----BUT, I "heard" that we can take our Model A's, IF we remove the BATTERY & drain ALL the FLUIDS
SA Bill W.

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Fullraceflathead Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chillicothe, Missouri Posts: 1,175	Re: The First Thousand Miles.. Here's to a Hundred Thousand more miles!!! __________________ "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask

05-14-2016, 05:53 PM	#3
papanick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: gouverneur n,y, Posts: 2,756	Re: The First Thousand Miles.. Hay I see that the speedometer is working fine in the photo. I'm just getting to old and my eyes are getting to bad. That is one sweet pickup have fun with it. Papanick Last edited by papanick; 05-14-2016 at 07:18 PM.

05-14-2016, 06:56 PM	#5
Art Newland Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Lynden, WA Posts: 1,564	Re: The First Thousand Miles.. A miles stone! Congrats.

05-14-2016, 07:13 PM	#6
papanick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: gouverneur n,y, Posts: 2,756	Re: The First Thousand Miles.. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Hay Sorry about that. I'm just getting to old. But just can not give up on the cores. I just love working on them. My wife said that I will have to take my tools with me when I go to that big shop in the sky.