'39 Ford Standard. Often referred to as 'The Ugly Duckling' of this body style. 468 BBC/T400/3.55/200 shot of N2O! Fries the tires at will!
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Painted in the owner's backyard shop!
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Beginning the seat.
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This shows the foam density progression.
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The owner wanted an original style V8 logo in the seat.
"Small or big?"
"Big."
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So...after it was done, the owner decided that he didn't like the logo. (!!!) Had to take that section out & re-do that panel. Grrr!!!
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The owner has a toddler, so he asked for a rear seat. A full bench style. Originally these cars came with jump seats. Figured that the seat would be useable till the kid was 6 or 7. At least as a place for him to snooze during road trips & rod runs.
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V8 emblem from a Ford Explorer. The stainless is from a '60's Ford Galaxie, along with the arm rests.
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This is how I build panels for a vehicle that has never had them before. I get one piece of cardboard to roughly fit, then start glueing more cardboard to fill in the gaps. Once the panels are at the proper shape, I'll pull them out, use my mini angle grinder to taper the overlapping edges smooth, & then build up the panels with as many as 10 laminations of more cardboard to give it some rigidity. With this method, I've made intricate convoluted shaped panels for things such as under dash panels, & complete headliner panels for no-seam one piece H/L's covered in leather. Very time consuming, but results in one-of-a-kind interiors.
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The switch in the bottom left of the pic is for the trunk lights. You'll see those in some of the next pix.
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The braided hose sticking outa the carpet is for the Nitrous!
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Access door for the battery, (in a marine box vented to the exterior) & some jumper cables, plus tools etc.
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Somewhere in these pix, there's a pic of a '40 Ford on the wall. I had to cover this panel in a pre-bent shape to match the trunk's curvature, but, the car was 40 miles away. So, I had to hold the panel up to that pic of the '40 to guesstimate the shape! It was a 'fingers crossed' moment!
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That worked! (Phew!!!)
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