PapaVolume
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- Jun 28, 2011
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Good afternoon! My name is Tom, I'm 26 and I just moved to Tempe AZ from NJ in May so I could look for work more in the hot rod/rat rod/kustoms field instead of the general auto repair industry like I was doing back home.
Arizona holds a lot more potential for me when it comes to locating my first project and I think I may have found one.
The car im going to look at in about 5 hours is a 1954 Ford Customline. I was told it has a new 19 circuit wiring harness in it, new brake lines, newer interior(custom) and power steering rack & pinion. I was also told it has a 350ci motor bored .040 over, 2 pc rear main, ported heads, headers, flowmaster dual exhaust, 700r4 trans and IDK what rear end. He said its very reliable and daily driver worthy although it would just be a weekend cruiser for me.
Heres a few pics of the car:
Now never having owned a classic car, except for a 71 skylark that was my first car, im not too sure what too look for or look out for when I go look at it. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips for me? I already have some changes in mind for it so I hope the car is in pretty nice shape. I did read somewhere that these cars are harder to lower because of the shallow driveshaft tunnel so you would need to cut out and fab up a new tunnel. Does the car above look like it sits at factory height?
Id like to make it a low cruiser, with enough power to bust the tires loose pretty easy, nothing crazy.
Thanks for everyones help in advance, you can bet you will be seeing a lot more of me on the forums, especially if I buy this car!
Arizona holds a lot more potential for me when it comes to locating my first project and I think I may have found one.
The car im going to look at in about 5 hours is a 1954 Ford Customline. I was told it has a new 19 circuit wiring harness in it, new brake lines, newer interior(custom) and power steering rack & pinion. I was also told it has a 350ci motor bored .040 over, 2 pc rear main, ported heads, headers, flowmaster dual exhaust, 700r4 trans and IDK what rear end. He said its very reliable and daily driver worthy although it would just be a weekend cruiser for me.
Heres a few pics of the car:
Now never having owned a classic car, except for a 71 skylark that was my first car, im not too sure what too look for or look out for when I go look at it. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips for me? I already have some changes in mind for it so I hope the car is in pretty nice shape. I did read somewhere that these cars are harder to lower because of the shallow driveshaft tunnel so you would need to cut out and fab up a new tunnel. Does the car above look like it sits at factory height?
Id like to make it a low cruiser, with enough power to bust the tires loose pretty easy, nothing crazy.
Thanks for everyones help in advance, you can bet you will be seeing a lot more of me on the forums, especially if I buy this car!