Earth DAY

Happy Belated Earth day..

from the Recycled 40 Ford Woodie Project.

spring break??

I got two good days in the garage this week..

Its always amazing how much can be done in such a little amount of time.. WHEN you have all the pieces in one place.. (and when you have thought about what needs to be done for several days)

fortunately everything worked out well and had I not needed to eat, the woodie might be running now..

the punch list was 50 items long, some of the more noteworthy items..

finished the wiring (minus hooking up the horn, headlights and taillights)
finished the "proflo" wiring
finished plumbing the radiator, trans cooler, and completed the install of the rubber fuel hoses to the intake.
finished the air suspension (minus installing the PUMP for the final time)
finished the dashboard (minus the cluster wiring, which I cant finish until the cluster lens returns from the engraver)

Here it is in super mockup. (with the need "old" hood i scored recently )

WINDOW WINDERS

what could possibly be so interesting about window winders???

well

this is what the stock 1940 ford (ONLY) woodie wagon window winder looks like (is winder a real word?)



see that fancy steel plate..

that plate holds the regulator to the door.. and serves as a method to trim off the inside of hte door.. these two pieces are relatively valuable.. due to their rarity.. each wagon needs 2. and these are only for 1940 ford..


that was a problem.. the above were offered to me for 200.00

I passed..

and I decided to search eBay

Where I found that WINDOW regulator's that looked VERY VERY SIMILAR..



so.. 50.00 later.. I had a pair.. that were.. NOS!

heres my install!



the latch "remotes" were salvaged from a pair of 37 ford doors I had bought..

RECYCLED!