Greetings from the Midwest

[DavidFE]

Hello,

I am David. I live in my motorhome with all of my collection of stuff in three storage units. I am located in the Midwest as I have been all of my life.

I have a passion for old cars that began before I was old enough to drive. My first car was a 1919 Model T Touring Car I dragged home one day. This was much to the chagrin of my mother.

I found it locally without an engine or transmission. It had already been transplanted to a 1935 or 1936 Ford frame. It originally had a T-Bird engine and 3 speed. The prior owner blew up the engine and I was able to get it.

I had no mechanical, much less automotive experience. So, as I look back, I made lots of mistakes.

I transplanted a Chevy 265 V-8 bored .060 over, higher compression pistons, mild cam, 4-barrel Carter carb and a 4-speed. I built the engine with help from mostly Hot Rod Magazine. At that time, there was really nothing else. I got lucky with the places I selected for the machining and parts. I built the headers and exhaust after I taught myself to gas weld. The welding equipment was borrowed
from another high school friend.

I had a friend who would come over on some weekend nights and help with the body work.

I built the dash from plywood with the help of my friend and the same for the boxy rear. I figured out how to sew the
rolled and pleated seats from black naugahyde. Luckily my mother’s sewing was up to the task.

Body work was a total unknown and I know we did almost everything incorrectly. After one year of college, it has to be sold so my mother could have her garage space back.

Below are a few pictures. The T-Bucket belonged to another friend who happened to stop over during a college break.

My mother’s house had a major fire in the early 1970’s and The prints with lots of details were lost. All I have left are these photos that I scanned from 35mm slides recently.

I thought I would be able to build a speedster of
Something similar after I retired. However, life
And health have gotten in the way – hopefully for
Now only.

I still like to read and study the passions that I
still have and think about how I might be able
to do something much simpler now.






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