34 Ford 5 Window Coupe Hot Rod

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Well if you are ever in NH...Lol never mind. Love the 34. good find!:D

Well I did go to the races there 3 years ago.

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This was the first indoor show in Albuquerque I had the 34 at. I did met a few guys that knew the original owner Tom Henderson and it was great to hear some of their stories about Tom. Tom moved to ABQ in 1952 and worked at an upholstery shop and ownwed an automotive paint and supply store so quite a few of the older gents knew him. Very few knew about this car which was a good thing for me.

The best story was from a member of our car club, The Route 66 Rodders. When I first saw the car in 2010 it was up on jack stands with the front left tire and hub off. It was also missing the brake shoe return spring. Well Don Petit who had a 46 Ford at the time the early 80s was in the East Mountain area when the return spring broke on the front brake of his 46. He stopped at Tom's house and Tom pulled the spring off the 34 and gave it to Don so he could get back into town. It was great to learn a little history of the car and it's previous owner.

Here's a picture of the brakes with the missing return spring!
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Thanks for the welcome back. Been a crazy couple years.
Been working on the old Ford trying to repair the repairs a mechanic had done to it.
It was in the shop for a year and a half and about the only thing they did was get it running! I asked them to get it running, driving and be safe!
I actually went to pick it a couple times and it wouldn't start or I drove about 100 yards turned around and tokk it back! I had them lower the steering column and when they the clutch pedal hit the column so clearance they used a BFH! So I had to cut that off and repair it. The more I look the more stuff I find I don't like. Guess I should have just worled on it myself.
 

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I don't know who the "mechanic" is but I change his title to Dumb A$$!!!
People like that don't deserve to even be mentioned in the same sentence with the word mechanic.

Glad to see you back with us.
 

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