I've rewired most of mine. Picked up a replacement transmission for it yesterday. Just posted the video. Great job! Looking forward to seeing more of your videos and seeing the progress
Edna looks nice. I can relate to how satisfied you sounded in a couple of the video with each incremental improvement. It will take me a while to get as far along on my project. WIth little kids, I get maybe an hour a day (sometime less) to work on old cars. Keep up the wrenching.
@DroppedWrenchGarage I think my son is more interested in the projects where he can get the most dirty. So he's probably gonna love this transmission project. I see you're a Clemson fan. You must be in SC.
Love this project and love this old truck. I had one and never got to rebuild it. I sold it instead of taking it to the next house when we moved up. I miss the old truck and that project. I would love to find an old truck like this here in Chile and rebuild it with our youngest child who is the last one in the house. So I am liking seeing you do your work. Jim in Chile.
I know its fun to work on. I purchased a 29 F P/U and all it was rust and half the body was there. I was 14 at the time and all I made working on farms or where ever could make money. Well took 10yrs to restore it but I did not care for the paint so when all said and done I was 37 yrs old when finished sold it to the guy who's garage I used it in. well I could not take it south because of the things I needed for a home. Its a shame but I was sent pics of the car show awards it got back in the day. Carter pin had to be bent the right way or you lost points. Well Now in SC have a 63 VW divorced and cannot finish it I have all the parts to go in but at 61 yrs old I cannot do it. Its for sale real cheap all done but again do not care for the color. Love the 49 ford F100. It looks like your a Clemson Fan Go Tigers!
I'm sorry to hear you can't finish the 63 VW. Those are fun to work on too provided the pan isn't swiss cheese. I'm likely not going the route of a Concours restoration where every bolt has to have the right markings and be the right color. I like to use my old cars and trucks the way they were intended rather than make them low mileage museum pieces. That said, I want this truck to be as close to original as I can reasonably get it just for the satisfaction of it. By the way, I am a Clemson fan and an alumnus (Class of '91).
No. I've had it since October. There is a First Look video here (ua-cam.com/video/ZOFoAPfarcw/v-deo.html) followed by a couple of other videos showing a progression of work if you want to follow the channel. I initially needed to get the brakes, well the e-brake anyway, working so I could safety stop it while rolling it around. That led to a bunch of steering rebuild work because the front end was a worn out mess. Once that was out of the way, I ended up on this video only to find that the wiring was more rotten than I realized. I've had to switch to a repair on the 1953 F-100 (revealed in the after credits for this video) while I wait for the completion of a storage place for the big parts on the '49 F-1.
I've rewired most of mine. Picked up a replacement transmission for it yesterday. Just posted the video. Great job! Looking forward to seeing more of your videos and seeing the progress
Edna looks nice. I can relate to how satisfied you sounded in a couple of the video with each incremental improvement. It will take me a while to get as far along on my project. WIth little kids, I get maybe an hour a day (sometime less) to work on old cars. Keep up the wrenching.
@DroppedWrenchGarage I think my son is more interested in the projects where he can get the most dirty. So he's probably gonna love this transmission project. I see you're a Clemson fan. You must be in SC.
@@adventureswithedna I'm a actually Clemson alumnus, but I live in NC
Love this project and love this old truck. I had one and never got to rebuild it. I sold it instead of taking it to the next house when we moved up. I miss the old truck and that project. I would love to find an old truck like this here in Chile and rebuild it with our youngest child who is the last one in the house. So I am liking seeing you do your work. Jim in Chile.
Nice work.
Eager to see it running again. Keep at it.
I know its fun to work on. I purchased a 29 F P/U and all it was rust and half the body was there. I was 14 at the time and all I made working on farms or where ever could make money. Well took 10yrs to restore it but I did not care for the paint so when all said and done I was 37 yrs old when finished sold it to the guy who's garage I used it in. well I could not take it south because of the things I needed for a home. Its a shame but I was sent pics of the car show awards it got back in the day. Carter pin had to be bent the right way or you lost points. Well Now in SC have a 63 VW divorced and cannot finish it I have all the parts to go in but at 61 yrs old I cannot do it. Its for sale real cheap all done but again do not care for the color. Love the 49 ford F100.
It looks like your a Clemson Fan Go Tigers!
I'm sorry to hear you can't finish the 63 VW. Those are fun to work on too provided the pan isn't swiss cheese. I'm likely not going the route of a Concours restoration where every bolt has to have the right markings and be the right color. I like to use my old cars and trucks the way they were intended rather than make them low mileage museum pieces. That said, I want this truck to be as close to original as I can reasonably get it just for the satisfaction of it. By the way, I am a Clemson fan and an alumnus (Class of '91).
Wow that is a beautiful looking truck! Have you just bought it?
No. I've had it since October. There is a First Look video here (ua-cam.com/video/ZOFoAPfarcw/v-deo.html) followed by a couple of other videos showing a progression of work if you want to follow the channel. I initially needed to get the brakes, well the e-brake anyway, working so I could safety stop it while rolling it around. That led to a bunch of steering rebuild work because the front end was a worn out mess. Once that was out of the way, I ended up on this video only to find that the wiring was more rotten than I realized. I've had to switch to a repair on the 1953 F-100 (revealed in the after credits for this video) while I wait for the completion of a storage place for the big parts on the '49 F-1.