Arturo's 48 more door

Graeme / New Zealand said:
In NZ in hot rodding circles they are known as a "ford house", lots of door and windows....big enough to live in or at least hold a party.GB
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I have certainly done some partying in mine, starting way back in high school. Won't give details of all that went on in the back seat . . . . while I was in the front driving. :eek:
 
elturo said:
The other cars are surely not in my garage, I wish !

The 48' doesn't need much. Everything works but the radio. It drives great. Fires right up ! Thanks!
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For a number of years the radio was the only thing that did work on my car, consider yourself very lucky. :D
 
I always prefer 2 doors but the older I get the less it means to me. I sure wouldn't turn down that one. That looks really nice.
 
one of my friends always said, "whenever you buy a used car, always buy a four door, that way you get two doors for free!
 
Thank you everyone for the kind words. I appreciate the info on the H & G series motors. I knew waould learn something by posting this thread. Here's another picture of the motor.
 

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elturo, thanks for posting the driver side of the engine. I am attempting to finish my engine compartment and forgot to take pictures of EVERYTHING when i dismantled it. that was a big help.
 
edhd58 said:
elturo, thanks for posting the driver side of the engine. I am attempting to finish my engine compartment and forgot to take pictures of EVERYTHING when i dismantled it. that was a big help.
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Glad it was helpful. Let me know if you need any more. Do you happen to know what the numbers are on the firewall ?
 
elturo said:
Thank you everyone for the kind words. I appreciate the info on the H & G series motors. I knew waould learn something by posting this thread. Here's another picture of the motor.
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Your heater core hoses are more centered on the firewall than my 47... otherwise.. it is same motor as mine, though you can't see it in the first photo.. I have the core removed (for now).. but you can see it in the 2nd photo
 

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I would think that the engine is stock as the battery is on the drivers side. I guess they did for the 6 cy.
 
coolcoupe said:
I would think that the engine is stock as the battery is on the drivers side. I guess they did for the 6 cy.
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Thanks coolcoupe, yes from what we can tell, it's pretty much all stock. It fires right up and seems to be dependable - so far.

Now I'm looking for some skirts.. not sure if 48's came with.
 
elturo said:
oh maaan.. come on ZZlegend. you don't like skirts ?
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Well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i do like skirts. But it kind of depends on who is wearing them. :D
But as for a 48 Ford,,,,,,not really. Just my choice. But hey,,,,,,,,,,,,,if they blow your Skirt up,,,,,,,Oops,,,just a pun there,,,,;) Then I say run them. That's what makes Old Hot Rods cool. No cookie cutter. Every one should do their car as they like. By the way. That's is a very nice sedan. You did good. :)
 
ZZLegend.. haha ! I ran skirts on my 50 and will run them on my 36. First thing my daughter said when I got the 48 was "don't ruin this one with skirts, just leave it alone"
I have to at least see what they look like..

VintageCopper47 how do you know it's a CA car? I do know it was purchased at Pomona.
 
I like skirts on a 50. But a 48? Um, not really. And looking at your previous pictures, it looks like California plates mounted on it. Very nice car.
 
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