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Every time I can track down a rattle or shake I feel more confident about driving it. The biggest rattle turned out to be the power window track. Got that quieted down. Now the door closes with a dull thud like a refrigerator. Yes shocking :rolleyes: Well, it does make me wonder if anything...

Figured out last night that the nuts on the top of the front shocks are loose. That's probably why it feels like there are no shocks.

My first thought: I could bid on that - it could be mine! Then I remembered, I spent all my $$$ on the Ranch Wagon. Interesting that the new owner's attention span was so short.

Ron from Toad's Hot Rods (he's the guy I have been swapping Ford parts with) came by and we went for a ride. Ron pronounced the noise I thought was the trans, as typical Ford 9" gear noise that will probably not be heard once the carpet and upholstery is in. He also pinpointed the source of...

Yeah, it has been Thousands of things. The few little issues are pretty minor, so far. Figured out the dome light - there's a switch on the light, it was off. Finished up the front end trim and park lights. The bulbs are LED's and they are pretty bright. The parking lights aren't as yellow as...

Took it for a ride around the neighborhood today. The engine is strong, good oil pressure, ran cool, exhaust sounds good. Check engine light didn't come on, but it doesn't come on during start up either (don't know what that means). Brakes stop the car, but they seem vague. That's pretty...

Thanks Torchie. I'm not one to stress over gaps, but I had the fender to hood gap better than it is now. Not sure when or why it changed. I'll leave it alone for now. You're right, it's a good thing cars aren't made like they used to be. The only thing on '50's cars that is better (sometimes)...

Basically you need to know the weight you are going to support. That means don't include the differential, wheels, tires and brakes. If you know the weight of everything, you can easily weigh the tires and wheels on a bathroom scale (they can vary a lot). Maybe you can even weigh the...

Here's the grille with the headlight bezels and the upper grille trim. Didn't put the lights in because I think I'm going to need to move the passenger side up a little. The hood to fender gaps aren't very good, but maybe if I quit looking at them, they'll quit bothering me.

Thanks everyone. I like that the grille is custom, but subtle. From 15' you'd have to know your cars to know it isn't stock.

Grille center trim Here's the piece I have been working on. Tried to make it from one piece of stainless, but couldn't wrap my brain around the radius at the top. I still need to make a way to bolt it on and then sand and polish.

Good planning on the wiring. I always think about that, but don't end up doing it. Since you're always looking for new project you could always build your own headers. I have built 3 sets and I think it's kind of fun. I thought the cast manifolds on this truck looked cool; they'd probably...

When I think about pulling the cab, I cringe when I think about the wiring. I forgot where you put the fuse panel. Did you think far enough ahead to have connectors so you can unplug it? I don't remember seeing where those headers came from. The left one has that interesting rear tube on the...

Nice, and it even runs at night. Head lights are bright.

Thanks everyone. Good to know everyone hasn't died of boredom in the last few months of this project. The grille has the look I wanted. Now I need to get the details so I'm happy with them. I may need to make a new center trim piece. The stock Ford center trim piece doesn't look like it...

Grille I have been struggling to figure out how to position the grille bars so I could get everything welded in the correct position. I knew wanted to keep the general contour of the stock grill, but keeping it in place where there was access to the back was proving to be beyond my imagination...

That's thinking outside the box, I would have never thought of just using the mechanical part. The parking brakes do seem to hold pretty well. Even though they were a bugger to set up, at least you didn't have brake fluid running down your arm.

Love liking at your work. Thanks for showing us.

Skull, that's good to know. A lot of folks have the same result as you. I know a guy who gave up on those calipers after 6 months of not being able too get them to work. He gave the calipers to a friend who had no issue with them. Put them on his car and they work great.

I am still thinking about using the non-parking discs and a pinion mounted disc brake. I am sure you're correct you don't need to apply them every time you stop. Here in Flatland we never use parking brakes, so it will be a challenge to remember to apply them even occasionally. Didn't know...