been a while

Ok ....I already set up a post and lost it ......arrrrgh! So this will be quick. Three pictures of some of the activities since September.....

Adding a roof support that came out of the parts sedan

Installing a custom panel in the right rear interior.

And adding reiforcment in the left rear panel.

since April.... someone at fordsix.com found the pic of the white Ranchero, A friend and I snapped the pic of the yellow Ranchero in Willams, AZ, I more or less completed the engine compartment less a few parts that need replacing and I've been working on details around, on, in and under the dashboard including the custom defroster ducting in the picture. I still don't understand how to format these blogs with pictures and text. So if this looks wierd - so what!

Here is the body raised to roll the chassis under and a picture part way back down. I haven't taken a picture with it down all the way yet.

Finished the frame extension!!! The process included hunting down Rodeo/Passports and looking at how hitches attach in parking lots etc. As I get ready to put the body and chassis back together I find I am getting excited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WoooHoooo

So I decided the chassis need to be extended in the rear about 10". Posted here are pictures of some fabrication in progress. Yeah for Mayorga's welding. The pieces cost $10. Actually he want $8 but I gave him $10. The long piece is some pieces they had that fit over the 3x3"pieces. However they were not long enought so I am splicing them into one long piece that will be cut to fit to make the new rear cross piece. This will make more sense when I post pictures of it all attached to old frame. The work bench picture is a bunch-o-parts that I painted while painting the engine compartment. Hood latch, battery tray etc.

Glosssssssssy!

A couple of shots of the first coat on the front and engine compartment painting. The topcoat will be black semi-gloss.

Sad News

On January 29, 2009 my project lost one of it's biggest followers, my Dad. There is much to be celebrated about his 90 years. He is greatly missed.