Greetings
I'm a new member here, I was referred to this site for the how to that Mike had posted here:
The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints
I recently followed his instructions & posted my results, Mike was interested in more "story" on my car & I'm happy to share.
All of my trials & tribulations are posted on the H.A.M.B, but I will focus more on the overall story & specifically the interior,exterior "details"
Everyone has their "dream car", ever since I was a little kid I was drawn to Model A Coupe, especially the vintage 50's/60's Hot Rod versions of the Model A Coupe, to sum the story up & try not bore anyone I first heard of this car over 20 years ago, following that a couple more "urban legend" storys about a vintage Hot Rod Coupe sitting in a garage with a widow who was very reluctant to sell her late husbands car (who passed away suddenly at a young age) The car had been untouched, basically frozen in time...
Fast forward to almost 5 years ago, my girlfriend (& now wife) introduces me to her best friend who mentions that her mother still has her late father's "old ford" in the garage, doesn't recall what model it is but "the back is original, but the front end isn't"... perplexed I think it over & ask if the motor is exposed on the car, she reply's "no it isn't covered, that's why the front end isn't original"... I almost ditch the car I was driving when we had this conversation (headed to dinner on a double date)... I can't help but wonder if this is the same car that I had heard of so many years earlier...
Shortly after this conversation I confirm with the widow that it is the same car (I knew the car by the second owners name, she confirmed her husband bought the car from the 2nd owner) & she promises me that I can see the car, once she has a chance to "tidy up the garage", I am shown one picture of the car that was on her mantle, taken in 1970 on her wedding day, also the same year the car was parked in her inlaws garage & moved only once in the late 1980's when it was moved to her garage when the in laws home was sold.
Almost 4 years later I am finally granted permission to come & see "Snoopy" (a nick name given to the car by her late husband because of a favorite T-Shirt she wore while dating him)
Here is what I got to see last Summer 2014, Imagine discovering your dream car that has been parked for over 40 years... completely untouched, my wife thought I was nuts, I'm not ashamed to admit I teared up & was stunned when I stepped into that single door garage.
More to follow, hope people enjoy.
I'm a new member here, I was referred to this site for the how to that Mike had posted here:
The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints
I recently followed his instructions & posted my results, Mike was interested in more "story" on my car & I'm happy to share.
All of my trials & tribulations are posted on the H.A.M.B, but I will focus more on the overall story & specifically the interior,exterior "details"
Everyone has their "dream car", ever since I was a little kid I was drawn to Model A Coupe, especially the vintage 50's/60's Hot Rod versions of the Model A Coupe, to sum the story up & try not bore anyone I first heard of this car over 20 years ago, following that a couple more "urban legend" storys about a vintage Hot Rod Coupe sitting in a garage with a widow who was very reluctant to sell her late husbands car (who passed away suddenly at a young age) The car had been untouched, basically frozen in time...
Fast forward to almost 5 years ago, my girlfriend (& now wife) introduces me to her best friend who mentions that her mother still has her late father's "old ford" in the garage, doesn't recall what model it is but "the back is original, but the front end isn't"... perplexed I think it over & ask if the motor is exposed on the car, she reply's "no it isn't covered, that's why the front end isn't original"... I almost ditch the car I was driving when we had this conversation (headed to dinner on a double date)... I can't help but wonder if this is the same car that I had heard of so many years earlier...
Shortly after this conversation I confirm with the widow that it is the same car (I knew the car by the second owners name, she confirmed her husband bought the car from the 2nd owner) & she promises me that I can see the car, once she has a chance to "tidy up the garage", I am shown one picture of the car that was on her mantle, taken in 1970 on her wedding day, also the same year the car was parked in her inlaws garage & moved only once in the late 1980's when it was moved to her garage when the in laws home was sold.
Almost 4 years later I am finally granted permission to come & see "Snoopy" (a nick name given to the car by her late husband because of a favorite T-Shirt she wore while dating him)
Here is what I got to see last Summer 2014, Imagine discovering your dream car that has been parked for over 40 years... completely untouched, my wife thought I was nuts, I'm not ashamed to admit I teared up & was stunned when I stepped into that single door garage.
More to follow, hope people enjoy.
