I just found an old junk yard about 30 miles from me he has a 51 ford F1 i just bought the stainless that goes around the windshield-the radio grille with the stainless-the ash tray with the mounting bracket-the glovebox door-and a pair of wiper arms & blades for $120-i did not think that was a bad deal--the truck is missing an engine & trans & hood & seat-it has a grille that has some rust on it no holes a small dent at the bottom-front fenders are kind of rusty but workable-the doors have some rust but no holes the bottoms of the doors have to be repaired-the gas tank with the tool tray is still there-the back fenders look pretty good-the tailgate needs work i did not pay attention to the box-the gauges are still there--i asked him how much fot the grille & he said $400-or give me $800 for the whole truck-i think that you can get it a LITTLE cheaper-he also has a 1950 v8 flathead engine for sale--this place is in BROOKSVILLE,FL the name is T&T AUTO WRECKING--352-346-7439--it is easy to get to-i thought that this might help someone BOB

 

Hillbilly,


I've got one almost as good. This early '28 coupe has been in the barn since 1953, until late last year I bought it and got it home. It was only about 4 miles away and belonged to a friend of mine who passed away at 102 years young. I bought it from his son-in-law who was also a friend of mine. It a little rough and the fact that it hadn't been run or out of the barn since '52 made it a little hard to try and get started but in less than one day it was running. Now i've never worked on an A but a lot of flatheads as well as most everything else related to farming, so it wasn't that big of a deal.
The really exciting part of the whole thing was when I tried to loosen the fuel tank cap it wouldn't come off and I had to drench it in Liquid Wrench for a few hours and then use a pipe wrench to get it to come off. Now comes the good part. When the seal broke between the neck of the tank and the cap, you could hear AIR RUSHING INTO THE TANK!!! No B S. That gas was 59 years old and was still liquid and burned. I took a stick and stuck it in the tank to see if there was anything in it, expecting to find tarnish or maybe nothing at all but the liquid was really thin and when I took the stick out after stirring the gas, I lit it and it burned. After a few seconds I blew out the fire and the stick didn't show one inkling of fire damage, the gas had burned, but not the stick. I have a witness otherwise nobody would probably believe me. I'm fairly old and it didn't seem like it would be possible to keep a seal on a tank for that long. I wish I had kept the fuel instead of draining it on the floor boards.

 

That is a thing of beauty. Nice find.

 

Nowadays you're lucky if the gas lasts 59 days.

 

Guess I got gas & oil in my blood we sold Atlantic since 1939. Growing up hi test
was Hy Arc later called Imperial which was purple It smelled so good ya want to drink
it. Bet the A would run just fine on it. Todays junk is junk no more mpg more like
days to evaporate...........