My very longterm hotrod project 1938 V8 Ford

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Brief history of me.
I am car mad.😎😎
Owned as many as 11 cars at any one time. Escorts featured heavily as I've owned everything bar a mk4. Standard, RS, heavily modified. Admin on the Irish Escort Owners Club etc etc.
But I low key always wanted a hotrod. Despite there being no rods here. In the last few years a few have started appearing thankfully.
My dream would be a traditional rod based on a Model a.
But a crash, injuries, money woes, curse word manager who wont give me enough days and more conspired and one day I said to my self something like "feck it I'm gonna be 50 soon so get on with it or get off the pot".....😄😄
I now own a Lincoln 5.0 V8.
It's getting stripped down for a rebuild.
Then I will do the matching gearbox. I need to find an output flange.
Then the 8.8" axle I also bought will be fettled.
This will get Model A "bones" which I have, also.
When these are ready I will be gathering chassis parts.
It will be a slow process.
I look forward to it though.

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I came across a fella who had cleared out a garage.
He heard (God only knows where) that I was "into" Old Fords.
So he gave me 4 large crates of spares that were supposed to be for old Fords.
So far this is what I've sorted.
One of these is a set of Ford Pop lights in very good condition.
And I have found a man willing to trade them for Model A headlights....
We are meting on Wednesday....
Wish me luck!
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If you see something you need let me know. I am easy to trade with.

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Little more found.
1932 front spindles.
Spring clamps.
A pedal.
And some of an F100 steering box. More to sort through and there is definitely more steering parts in that haul.
A real issue here is the Police are seriously clamping down on people moving around. Issued 2000 fines in the last 4 days.
So I am, to coin a phrase, staying the f**k at home.
After work tomorrow I have a bit of a trade organised. Wish me luck please.

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Well I made my own luck it seems.
The trade is done and I'm thrilled.
To coin a phrase, I got a pair of "perfectly sh**ty" Lucas 9" Road Kings in exchange for lights I got free 😄😄
They will be converted to H4s or even LED eventually.

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More as and when.

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Small steps and all that but I am sure you will get there, I too will be 50 this year and was planning a trip to Vega$ to watch the NASCAR cup race, that’s not happening now because of the damn lurgy. Looking forward to see how you progress 👍

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My steel came in.
2"x3"x5mm wall according to the shop 
Thats the start of the chassis.
I have a complete front end, from wheel to wheel to steering wheel, organised.
Cant collect it until lockdown is over but that's on the horizon now.

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In for the build!

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@quickrack1 any progress on this??

Ive got some model A / hotrod bits for sale in the "for sale" section ( funnily enough) maybe of interest to you??