The Ford Barn

Hasler55 · 05-04-2013, 04:00 PM

Hello everyone

I am new to The Ford Barn posts. I have been a Model A Ford owner since 1988. My first model a was a 1930 murry body fordor. It took me a year to do the restoration. I drove this car for several years untill I had found my fathers car buried in a farmers field. I dug the car up and restored it. I wrote an article about it and it was published in the mafca restorer back in dec of 1992. The car was a slant windshield town sedan and it took me 5 years to locate the parts and put it back together. I have been driving it since 1996. It is a great driver. My current project is a 1931 speedster.
My boys are of the age to learn about cars and I thought this would be the appropriate project for them. I just wanted to say hello to everyone and have enjoyed reading the posts.
Thanks
Hasler 55

TinCup · 05-04-2013, 04:37 PM

Welcome aboard!. Anyone who dug something up and restored it is most welcome here.

brum1 · 05-04-2013, 04:57 PM

Welcome aboard- would love to see some pictures of your work

1931 flamingo · 05-04-2013, 06:02 PM

Welcome ! ! ! !
Paul in CT

Tom Wesenberg · 05-04-2013, 07:52 PM

Welcome, and I too would like to see pictures of a car dug up.

Mitch//pa · 05-04-2013, 09:08 PM

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welcome hasler sounds like a good story.
please post some pics

MikeK · 05-04-2013, 09:24 PM

Welcome Hasler! What part of the planet do you call home?

Mike V. Florida · 05-04-2013, 09:28 PM

Let me add my Welcome.

fordcoupe · 05-04-2013, 09:49 PM

Welcome to a great site !!

Hasler55 · 05-04-2013, 10:02 PM

I am not very good with uploading pictures. But I will give it a try. This is the car after I had spent 3 days digging it out of the ground. It was a long time ago.

Hasler55 · 05-04-2013, 10:06 PM

I live in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin.

Steve Wastler · 05-04-2013, 10:07 PM

You are the man!! Awesome! Be sure to post progress of the speedster....

Onlybackroads · 05-05-2013, 12:29 AM

Great article Hasler, very inspiring! I love reading stories of restorations like that, when cars left for dead get brought back to life and have such rich history like that. I wish I knew what happened in my cars life, but unfortunately I have no info on it.

Tom Wesenberg · 05-05-2013, 12:41 AM

That was an amazing recovery. How much of the body was still usable? Did you locate any of the other missing parts that were originally on the car?

montanafordman · 05-05-2013, 03:28 AM

Great story! As a relatively new model A'er I picked up about 15 years worth of Restorer magazines at a club auction last year that was a benefit to our newly opened Lemay America's Car Museum. It only took me a few months to digest all those issues while cementing my Model A addiction - this story stuck out and I remember it! I think thats awesome to have that kind of history and connection to the car all the way back to when it was new! I'm with everyone else that I would LOVE to see pictures of your restored car!

Tiny · 05-05-2013, 12:16 PM

Welcome to the barn! Neat car/story.

Rock Hornbuckle · 05-05-2013, 02:06 PM

Always nice to have a published author among us, welcome.

columbiA · 05-05-2013, 06:08 PM

I remember reading that story years ago.My 1st car in 1953 was the same model.

Hasler55 · 05-05-2013, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

That was an amazing recovery. How much of the body was still usable? Did you locate any of the other missing parts that were originally on the car?

My dads car had a lot of rust damage to it. I had picked up another slant windshield body and I cut the back window section out of my dads car and welded it into the other body. My fathers car also had most of the inside window frames and garnish molding which went into the other body. The front visor and top metal roof bracket was installed to the car too. Also I had peeled off the top half of the rear door and welded it into the car. So only parts and sections of my father's original car were salvaged. The seat from my dads car was welded and repaired by me and is going into the speedster that I am building. I wouldn't have bothered at all with the car being in such sad shape,but I just couldn't let go of it because of the wonderful memories attached to it regarding my father.

Hasler55 · 05-06-2013, 10:13 PM

I took some pictures of the vehicle today and posted the album om my file, so you can take a look at them any time.

QGolden · 05-07-2013, 05:00 AM

Welcome. Nice job salvaging and restoring your dads car. I'm building a 31 Speedster as well. Keep us posted on your progress.

05-04-2013, 04:00 PM	#1
Hasler55 Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 51	New Member Hello everyone I am new to The Ford Barn posts. I have been a Model A Ford owner since 1988. My first model a was a 1930 murry body fordor. It took me a year to do the restoration. I drove this car for several years untill I had found my fathers car buried in a farmers field. I dug the car up and restored it. I wrote an article about it and it was published in the mafca restorer back in dec of 1992. The car was a slant windshield town sedan and it took me 5 years to locate the parts and put it back together. I have been driving it since 1996. It is a great driver. My current project is a 1931 speedster. My boys are of the age to learn about cars and I thought this would be the appropriate project for them. I just wanted to say hello to everyone and have enjoyed reading the posts. Thanks Hasler 55 Last edited by Hasler55; 05-04-2013 at 10:17 PM.

05-04-2013, 04:37 PM	#2
TinCup Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: OKC / Tonkawa, Ok. Posts: 1,977	Re: New Member Welcome aboard!. Anyone who dug something up and restored it is most welcome here. __________________ Oklahoma City Model A Restorers Group.

05-04-2013, 04:57 PM	#3
brum1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Raynham, Mass. Posts: 583	Re: New Member Welcome aboard- would love to see some pictures of your work __________________ "no one knows more than everyone"

05-04-2013, 06:02 PM	#4
1931 flamingo Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: new britain,ct 06052 Posts: 9,390	Re: New Member Welcome ! ! ! ! Paul in CT

05-04-2013, 07:52 PM	#5
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: New Member Welcome, and I too would like to see pictures of a car dug up.

05-04-2013, 09:08 PM	#6
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: New Member Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) welcome hasler sounds like a good story. please post some pics

05-04-2013, 09:24 PM	#7
MikeK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,919	Re: New Member Welcome Hasler! What part of the planet do you call home?

05-04-2013, 09:28 PM	#8
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: New Member Let me add my Welcome. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

05-04-2013, 09:49 PM	#9
fordcoupe Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: pennsylvania Posts: 156	Re: New Member Welcome to a great site !!

05-04-2013, 10:06 PM	#11
Hasler55 Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 51	Re: New Member I live in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin.

05-04-2013, 10:07 PM	#12
Steve Wastler Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,987	Re: New Member You are the man!! Awesome! Be sure to post progress of the speedster....

05-05-2013, 12:29 AM	#13
Onlybackroads Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 235	Re: New Member Great article Hasler, very inspiring! I love reading stories of restorations like that, when cars left for dead get brought back to life and have such rich history like that. I wish I knew what happened in my cars life, but unfortunately I have no info on it.

05-05-2013, 12:41 AM	#14
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: New Member That was an amazing recovery. How much of the body was still usable? Did you locate any of the other missing parts that were originally on the car?

05-05-2013, 03:28 AM	#15
montanafordman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Meridian, ID Posts: 568	Re: New Member Great story! As a relatively new model A'er I picked up about 15 years worth of Restorer magazines at a club auction last year that was a benefit to our newly opened Lemay America's Car Museum. It only took me a few months to digest all those issues while cementing my Model A addiction - this story stuck out and I remember it! I think thats awesome to have that kind of history and connection to the car all the way back to when it was new! I'm with everyone else that I would LOVE to see pictures of your restored car! Last edited by montanafordman; 05-06-2013 at 04:24 AM.

05-05-2013, 12:16 PM	#16
Tiny Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Redding Cal Posts: 1,388	Re: New Member Welcome to the barn! Neat car/story.

05-05-2013, 02:06 PM	#17
Rock Hornbuckle Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Noxon Montana Posts: 532	Re: New Member Always nice to have a published author among us, welcome. __________________ '31 Fordor Deluxe 2W Briggs 170-B / blackwalls '41 Fordor Deluxe / 2-duece flattie '66 1/2 Dodge Charger '14 100th Anniversary Challenger Limited Edition. Semper Fidelis

05-05-2013, 06:08 PM	#18
columbiA Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 1,746	Re: New Member I remember reading that story years ago.My 1st car in 1953 was the same model.

05-06-2013, 10:13 PM	#20
Hasler55 Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 51	Re: New Member I took some pictures of the vehicle today and posted the album om my file, so you can take a look at them any time.

05-07-2013, 05:00 AM	#21
QGolden Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 1,231	Re: New Member Welcome. Nice job salvaging and restoring your dads car. I'm building a 31 Speedster as well. Keep us posted on your progress. __________________ It's not what people think they know that will hurt them, it is what they think they know that aint so! -Mark Twain. It is the very things that we think we know, that keep us from learning what we should know.- Unknown