Thread: Whoops, I did it again!!

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We just got home a few minutes ago from the Turkey Run in Daytona, and man was it cold! It dropped down into the low 40's at night, so we didn't do a whole lot of cruising. However, the swap meet area was great this year and there were a lot of good deals.

For one thing I found a mate to my Edelbrock 600 cfm carb for my 331 Ford. Picked it up from All American Carb. Also found a cool Edelbrock finned aluminum air cleaner for two fours and it fit my engine fine when I got home.

BUT.......................I found something I couldn't pass up. I found a very complete 46 Ford Tudor Sedan body and frame that came from South Dakota. It has only a little surface rust in places and no rust through all. Dan and Don climbed under and over it and kept telling me I HAD to buy that car..........so I did. There are no dents and the majority of the trim is still there. It was last licensed in 1964 and was stored inside from 1970, which is why it is so clean.

The guy I bought it from got it for some pieces for his 46 Convertible, so all the running gear is gone, HOWEVER, I just happen to have the complete undercarriage that I bought from Paul (Ratty 46) on here about a year ago. So if I want to go with the original banjo rear and straight axle front end I have those already. Here are some options I kicked around on the way home:

1) Use the banjo rear, torque tube and 3 speed tranny with an adapter to put a small block Chevy in there.

2) Still use the sbc but use a th350 or a Chevy stick setup (which I also have already) and use a Chassis Engineering kit to run parallel rear springs and a later, open rear axle.

3) I also have a 394 Olds that is all built and ready to run that is backed up by a Bendtsens adapter and th350. I could install that with the same Chassis Eng. kit for the rear axle.

Anyway, I have lots of time to figure it out because I am simply going to push it into a corner and get on it once my 27 is done. I have been wanting something with a roof over my head for long trips or maybe even as a daily driver. I had a 47 Fordor years ago that I really regret selling, so this one excites me a lot. Here are some pictures of it. The guy is delivering it here tomorrow night.
Don