1955 Ford Club Sedan Refresh Blog

[KULTULZ]

You young fellas...

Just have to have them loud pipes. I never did anything like that...

Looks and sounds good!

[mercman from oz]

Daniel, Your 1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan is looking good. Congratulations on a job well done. Regards Mercman <><

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Thanks fellas!

I got up underneath the car on Memorial Day afternoon to change the oil (no problem with a full size, spin-on filter - I have seen that become a topic here on the forum, go figure), torque the control arms and front sway bar links (that work had not even been accomplished yet!), and to give everything a general once over. Things looked pretty good. I did have a very small drip at the transmission but after checking a few of the bolts they needed to be tightened at least 3/4 of a turn. Nothing has leaked out and there are no drips, no runs, no errors after the last few days.

I plan to get it officially titled today. I have been running on a temporary tag.

[zoegrant]

A Y-block without drips...now that is a great accomplishment.....congratulations .
Great looking car...

[KULTULZ]

Originally Posted by zoegrant

A Y-block without drips...now that is a great accomplishment....

A Y-BLOCK does not drip. It is just marking it's territory ...

[scicala]

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Originally Posted by KULTULZ

A Y-BLOCK does not drip. It is just marking it's territory ...

Must be a close relation to Harley Davidson.


Sal

[KULTULZ]

Originally Posted by scicala

Must be a close relation to Harley Davidson.

Sal

Or an old DETROIT DIESEL 318.

Never had to change oil, just keep adding make-up oil ...

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Originally Posted by KULTULZ

Or an old DETROIT DIESEL 318.

Never had to change oil, just keep adding make-up oil ...

I have dealt with some old Detroit Diesels back in the day! A little leak here, a little leak there. The 6v92 we had in the MCI Coach, yep - always had a few gallons of extra oil on long trips.

Today I drove down to the BMV here in Milford and officially titled and registered the car in Ohio. I also drove it to the gas station for the first official fillup in quite some time. Finally, we tested the overdrive - and the rpm's went down considerably. Once I get it lined up I will be eager to find out what we experience on the interstate.

That will have to wait until July most probably, the Hot Rod Reverend will be at several churches in VA, CA, and FL of all places during the month of June.

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Originally Posted by zoegrant

A Y-block without drips...now that is a great accomplishment.....congratulations .
Great looking car...

We will see how long it stays it way, after a 30 minute trip and the temp gauge showing 200 at times, we still have no leaks. Only the condensation drip from the evaporator.

Every once in a while a blind hog finds an ear of corn!

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Next post on hotrodreverend.com now live, you can also sign up for free alerts when new posts are made. The format on the website provides for easier posting of graphics and videos to the blog.

thanks!

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Here is the latest video i have made... information on the 55 Ford Heater Controls.

https://vimeo.com/280181044

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Been a busy summer, but I was able to get some work done recently. On the final clear coat of the roof (which I did in my driveway mind you) I was never happy with the results because of the mess of bugs and junk that got in the coat. It was horrible although it looked good from 5 feet away. I decided to recoat and do another cut and buff. The video is long and there is a final reveal but it was worth it in my opinion.

https://vimeo.com/286988345

and

https://vimeo.com/287361579

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Thought this was a helpful discovery I made last month!
https://vimeo.com/308734207

[Ford56]

An amazing and informative journey you've taken us on, and greatly appreciated.

[Hot Rod Reverend]

thanks Jim - hopefully I can keep this up and bring more things to light as we head on in to 2019 and all that will bring! Happy New Year

[frank long island]

looks great as I said earlier in your project its all worth it when people look at it and say what a beautiful car who did it and you can say I did

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Fellas, this thread has the most views by far when compared to any other thread on this part of the forum - I attribute that to the generous advice from all of you. I cannot thank you enough. Tuesday night the 55 roared to life to conquer the interstate. What.a.drive. With the 292 wound up we took the entrance ramp, the overdrive kicked in and we simply cruised down the road 70 mph running about 2000 rpm.

I have quite a bit on the hotrodreverend.com website. I hope you will subscribe soon if you have not already. There has been all kinds of action lately with plenty of writeups, photos, and videos. I have many "friends" from around the world who enjoy the blog posts. Who would have thought?

https://www.hotrodreverend.com/singl...rock-to-Holley

Here is a video on the move from using an Edelbrock to a Holley 1850. Needless to say, I am very happy with it.

https://vimeo.com/340429671

And, after the cruise on the interstate, the wife wanted to take the wheel on the residential streets! Enjoy this one too:
https://vimeo.com/340120208

I could not be more happy with the performance, function, and what this thing is ending up to be: a superb driver. Again, thank you to so many that continue to give sound advice!

[Hot Rod Reverend]

It has been a looooooong time since I have posted to this thread, but I cannot believe the view count...far and away the most views in this section of the forum. At any rate - all of you that have joined since last summer may be interested to know that I began my own website last year because the videos, photos, and content was taking up so much space across a few forums that I frequent. If you like the mid-50s Fords I suggest you subrcribe here: https://www.hotrodreverend.com/blog-subscribe. The website I built is through Wix.com, a very trusted, secure, online company.

There are well over 100 blog posts with over a 1,000 pictures, videos, and diagrams. Use the information to help you out on your build or just to get a good laugh at my mistakes! There are a number of helpful tags, or keywords, that you can use to sift through information since I put the blog post into particular categories.

For instance, if you click "paint and body" on the header bar, all of these articles pop up.
https://www.hotrodreverend.com/blog/...paint-and-body

enjoy!

[Hot Rod Reverend]

for many of you (and I mean many - this thread has the most views in this section of the forum and the number two most viewed post only has the view count lol) - I do apologize if you missed the email update that went out today. Obviously, this thread was taking up waaaaaay too much space here on the site and I decided to build my own website over at hotrodreverend.com.

Here is the link you need:https://shoutout.wix.com/so/99NZhUxEh?languageTag=en

You may want to visit the subscribe page to re-enter a current email address over there to make sure you are getting the blog updates and all.

[mercman from oz]

Thanks Daniel for your ongoing contribution promoting "Y" Blocks and to Ford Barn enthusiasts. in general.
Your 1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan looks great.