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I guess the dilemma I face is do I do just enough to make it a driver while maintaining its original condition or go full out and restore it to as new condition as possible while keeping it stock? When I bought it, this question was still in the air. My initial plan is to clean it up, ascertain its condition, both aesthetic and mechanical and then decide which way to go. While I am still early in this process, given what I've seen so far, it seems just too good a candidate to not bring it back to its former glory. With 140,000 miles, I will be pulling the engine and tranny for overhaul, no doubt about it. If I do that, it would be the perfect time to clean up the underside and dress up the engine compartment. And if I do that, why not paint it? What do you folks think?
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For many vintage and antique vehicles, faded, chipped, but overall good original paint is worth more than new paint. From that perspective, if the dollar value of the car is important to you, you may not want to touch the paint.
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The paint is a little chipped up and thin here and there as it is original. You could polish it up and it would be OK as a driver. But the deeper I get into this, it almost demands new paint.
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It is hard to tell in the pics but the paint looks complete, it would be interesting how it polished up. Great find.
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That's really cool. Going to be a great project. I'll send a PM with some OT info.
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She looks beautiful. A great find!
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That's really a great find, a great rare car that needs to be done right and it sounds like you're gonna do just that.
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NoShortcuts (2/16/2015)
When you dig into the cost of rebuilding your original vehicle's y-block engine, you will quickly realize that the engine Cliff has offered to sell you is well worth considering. You can't go through a y-block for the price he has quoted. IF your engine has 140,000 miles on it, plan on some significant machine shop work coupled with numerous replacement parts. While all 'rebuilt' engines are not equivalent to others, Cliff is one of our regular Forum participants who has a well grounded career in engine rebuilding.
I can second this. I know Cliff personally, have crawled around the wrecking yard with him and converted a few distributors to the Ford Dura-spark ignition. He is a good teacher and I do the learning. Also prehaps miker will chime in. He is in the Seattle area, knows a ton about Y blocks and where to get them worked on. I know him too and he has helped me out a lot.
Mark
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1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia
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Hey Jim - you can get info on the Retractable group by emailing Gerry at fliptop59@hotmail.com
Marc
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