FORD script fresh air heater
 

The 1st of this style to leave the shop of Strictly Custom headed to Goodyear Az. 38coupe your is next .Sent a few hrs. restoring the rotted , rusted swiss cheese blower motor housing .

FORD heaters
 

Have 3 of these in various stages of restoration . The front cover is aluminum .Will bead blast them .

Wow, looks great!

Making reproduction knobs for the '48-'50 FORD script fresh air heater w/ the triangular shaped cable control panel . Step one = Make a mold from a good knob . Center everything up .Step 2 = let mold cure & remove existing knob on cable from mold . Step 3 thur . eve. Mix off white liquid plastic -part A to part B exactly to the gram , mix completely , pour in mold let sit 30 min. remove & repeat .Will post pics thur. eve.

A trip to the media blasters wed. w/ 7 boxes ( 95 parts ) of Magic air heater parts , splash guards , FORD script heater cases , '48-'50 blower motor housing & etc. Have a line on 10 Magic Air heaters out of state ( Wis ) where I may be making a non scheduled trip as Mom is not doing well .So can pickup the heaters & write the trip off as a business expense .It is a 1632 mi. trip one way w/ a stop over in B-ham , Ala. to see daughter & granddaughter . She is a hoot . As am getting older & really hate the nonstop trips 1000 mi. in 16 hrs. ( the second leg of the trip which I have done many times will no happen this trip . Rockford , Ill. is enough for one day from B-ham .


Ordered some clear liquid plastic today for an attempt at making the clear Lucite panel that goes on the '51 Magic Air cable control panel .It reads Blower Air Defrost Temp . Also ordered some grey tint for the recently reproduced knobs & some release agent to make an inside mold ( buck ) for the e-brake cable boots.

More parts .

8 boxes of parts at the media blasters. Am in the rotation . Next month some time .

heater inventory
 

Building the Magic Air heater & related parts inventory .Finally retrieved the parts back from the media blasters ( been there since April 23) they got then done on the 6th of Aug. All were cleaned by air pressure & solvent . Fri was primer day & hrs. worth . Have some repairs to do . Some done today . Next is
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Nice work! An amazing amount of heater parts.

WOW! You sure have built up your inventory. Are you bringing any to Truckstock?

That is an impressive collection of Ford truck heaters; as always, nice work.

If you get the chance once the restoration on a few of these is finished, could you take a picture with each style of heater side by side? That picture would be a great reference to compare heater styles.

Joe , maybe bringing some type of heater or system for Joe Cox ( jollyrogerjoe) so he can install it in Betsy .If I was him I would install a correct '51 Magic Air heater system & make it right .Will call him later today & see what he wants to do .will bring both styles of heater boot .

Fred , that is an excellent idea . When ready will post a pic of a '51 &'52 Magic Air heater system , FORD script fresh air heater system , FORD block letter front standard recirculating heater & FORD script art deco aluminum front case heater . Thanks for the suggestion . Makes me want to run out to the shop & get working on them even though it is 94 deg.w/ 75% humidity . Hate Aug.& Sept in S.Fla.
Made some progress on repairing parts sat evening . Intended on taking the stock truck to a car show but it rained . Normal for S.Fla in summer .

Can't wait to see what you've been able to do with mine Denny. Good things are worth waiting for though, and with your level of perfection it will be awesome.