Introduction of another Newbee
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Introduction of another Newbee
To all,
I posted my first question concerning Production Code for a 56 Ford Pickup. Julie was kind enough to reply to my question and also brought up a good point about introducing myself.
I live in SW Orygun and am working on restoring a 56 Ford custom cab, small rear window pickup as a daily driver. It will be more or less stock with a 292, 3 speed overdrive, etc. I am finishing up the body work now, she will be painted in a two tone, white over turquoise.
My last project was a 1943 Ford GPW USMC ambulance jeep conversion. It is a number matching GPW, engine, frame, data plate. That restoration took a little over five years. Much of the time was spent on research as there is very little information on the conversions done during WW II.
I have displayed the ambjeep twice, once at a MVPA convention and once at a Rod & Custom show. I was fortunate enough to win and award at each display. To date, there are only two restored examples known of this type of jeep. One is in Ohio, the other is mine.
On a side note, there were 52 ambulance jeeps assigned to each Marine division in WW II. As there were six Marine divisions during WW II that would be 312 conversions, plus some other that were used in training, for replacements, etc. I have estimated that there may have been about 700 WW II jeep conversions used during WW II, Korea and after.
When I was kid, which was some time ago, my dad had a Ford pickup. We used to go all over the place in it. Fishing, hunting, chores, etc. I wanted to restore an older Ford pickup in his memory. So, hence the current 1956 Ford pickup project.
Frank
SW Orygun
I posted my first question concerning Production Code for a 56 Ford Pickup. Julie was kind enough to reply to my question and also brought up a good point about introducing myself.
I live in SW Orygun and am working on restoring a 56 Ford custom cab, small rear window pickup as a daily driver. It will be more or less stock with a 292, 3 speed overdrive, etc. I am finishing up the body work now, she will be painted in a two tone, white over turquoise.
My last project was a 1943 Ford GPW USMC ambulance jeep conversion. It is a number matching GPW, engine, frame, data plate. That restoration took a little over five years. Much of the time was spent on research as there is very little information on the conversions done during WW II.
I have displayed the ambjeep twice, once at a MVPA convention and once at a Rod & Custom show. I was fortunate enough to win and award at each display. To date, there are only two restored examples known of this type of jeep. One is in Ohio, the other is mine.
On a side note, there were 52 ambulance jeeps assigned to each Marine division in WW II. As there were six Marine divisions during WW II that would be 312 conversions, plus some other that were used in training, for replacements, etc. I have estimated that there may have been about 700 WW II jeep conversions used during WW II, Korea and after.
When I was kid, which was some time ago, my dad had a Ford pickup. We used to go all over the place in it. Fishing, hunting, chores, etc. I wanted to restore an older Ford pickup in his memory. So, hence the current 1956 Ford pickup project.
Frank
SW Orygun
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Thank you all
To all,
Thank all of you that have welcomed me aboard. I am looking forward to the "challenge" of restoring the five six. I was able to paint the cab door jambs this weekend in the turquoise color. I was so excited I wanted to paint the whole cab. Fortunately, I only had a pint of paint mixed up to try the color out and have some left for the doors. Sooooooooo, again, fate kept me from doing something really stupid once more.
Thanks again and have a great week ahead,
Frank
SW Orygun
ps: Orygun is the correct way to pronounce the state's name
Thank all of you that have welcomed me aboard. I am looking forward to the "challenge" of restoring the five six. I was able to paint the cab door jambs this weekend in the turquoise color. I was so excited I wanted to paint the whole cab. Fortunately, I only had a pint of paint mixed up to try the color out and have some left for the doors. Sooooooooo, again, fate kept me from doing something really stupid once more.
Thanks again and have a great week ahead,
Frank
SW Orygun
ps: Orygun is the correct way to pronounce the state's name