It has been a looooooong time since I have posted to this thread, but I cannot believe the view count...the most views in this section of the forum. At any rate - all of you that have joined since last summer may be interested to know that I began my own website last year because the videos, photos, and content was taking up so much space across a few forums that I frequent. If you like the mid-50s Fords I suggest you subrcribe here: https://www.hotrodreverend.com/blog-subscribe. The website I built is through Wix.com, a very trusted, secure, online company.

There are well over 100 blog posts with over a 1,000 pictures, videos, and diagrams. Use the information to help you out on your build or just to get a good laugh at my mistakes! There are a number of helpful tags, or keywords, that you can use to sift through information since I put the blog post into particular categories.

For instance, if you click "paint and body" on the header bar, all of these articles pop up.
https://www.hotrodreverend.com/blog/categories/paint-and-body

enjoy!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

check it out fellas! two new posts on the blog at hotrodreverend.com
https://www.hotrodreverend.com/in-progress

The heater controls are back in and working nicely and the radio upgrade went very well.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Nice job! Your car is looking awesome.

MplsMike
'56 Parklane
Minneapolis, MN

Hey guys, check out this video - I thought I would add some captions, stills, and an old Ford commercial voice over.

https://vimeo.com/280181044


Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Looking sweet as what.


Hyvinkää, FI

Thanks fellas! Wild times this weekend - the same graduating daughter has here 18th birthday tomorrow, and of course it is also Memorial Day weekend. Gobs of family and friends running around, a crazy schedule to keep up with, etc. I hate to say it but there has been no time to tune at all. Thankfully, right out of the gate things are running so well I can wait until the schedule lets up a bit to make some tweaks. I am grateful for so many family members involved. I am blessed. Here is a photo of my son helping me install the clock.

And one last photo of how the car looks at the moment...



Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

NICE

Looks and sounds great. Nice work Dan.

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Awesome Dan!!

Well, it's not a 100 percent done (speedo not hooked up, kickpanels not installed, no side view mirrors installed yet, etc) but I "slapped" things together because I promised my daughter I would take her to graduation in the Fairlane. Because of the timeline, all of the little tweaks such as carb tuning, distributor tuning, etc. were minimal at best. At least it was ready to STOP when needed (brakes bled, adjusted, checked a few times). It went out on several trips yesterday for a total of about 15 miles. Of course, as you guys know, the whole community was giving thumbs up, staring, waving, etc. Great times, and satisfying to get it back on the road. I was especially pleased with the transmission and suspension. Lowering the car with those Aerostar springs was a great idea - I only hit a bump stop once when I pulled into the driveway pretty quickly. On the road, pot holes included, all was fine. After Memorial Day I will post more but for now I thought some of you might like to see this....

Love the Y Block!

https://vimeo.com/271854558

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com