I started a new project to keep me busy through the winter months a 1950 Ford 2. Door. I have had 2 1950 2 doors for 18 years; that were purchased in No. California from an auction in Santa Rosa, that ran with a flat head V8 but some of the parts were missing. On the one from San Jose with a flat had 6 that did not run and was hit in the back but all the parts were there. I pulled the flat head V 8 out of the better of the 2 cars, and the front suspension with the intention of installing the suspension, 9" rear end and 302 V8 that came out the 51 4 dr. After some investigation and layout I found that there were improvements made in the 1951 frame and the 302 engine hit the front cross member so I decided to use the original 51 frame that came from the 4 dr that had been cut up badly at the front cross member. I could repair and box so I pulled it out of the field where it has sat for 10 years or so and stripped all the parts off it. The small sand blaster was ac...

Haven't posted for a while as I have been busy at work. The Kaiser is slowly going back together,the chrome and polished stainless looks great. We have no plans for car shows until Oct & Nov when we will go to the Kingman Air Show Oct 8 & 9Th The Good Guys in Nov. The 51 is in the July 2011 Good guys Gazette, on page 55 and 144 for the shows at Pleasanton and Del Mar. There was a 3 month delay in finishing the paint of the Kaiser when additional green paint was ordered to finish the hood, deck lid, and small parts it did not match the existing green on the body and the paint separated, would not stay mixed after it was shaken. Dean contacted PPG to try to resolve the problem and after several other batches of paint was tried using the original paint mixture they could not match the green on the body the paint separated like oil and water and would leave a yellow pool on the painted surface after it had dried. Finally PPG decided that the original paint mix would not...