A little light entertainment: 1939 Ford 1 ton Utility restoration

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Is that disk called an "arbotech" or something like that?

King Arthur's Tools

The Lancelot!

[jack neville]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

King Arthur's Tools

The Lancelot!

That’s it.

[jack neville]

I am lucky to have the remains of an original hood even though it is from my 1940 model ute it is the same as the 39 pattern. What it contains is the original rear window frame. Strange that you would put something as heavy as a steel frame and glass window into a canvas hood but they did. I might opt for perspex instead of glass but I"m pleased that the steel frame is not beyond repair.

[jack neville]

I had a look at my doors today. One is not too bad being reasonably straight but rusted out at the bottom. The hinges are still tight which is to be expected from a left side door. (passenger side for Australia). Sand blasting and patching the rust should do this one..

[jack neville]

The right side is not as good. It has sustained a few hits which have dented the inner frame and caused the flanges to separate from the outer skin in a couple of places. I couldn't straighten the inner frame with the door intact so I have removed the outer skin to effect the repair. I will see how it comes up after sandblasting to see whether I can put it back together or need to make a new outer skin.













the right

[Howard]

Interesting as always Jack. Love it.

[jack neville]

Thanks Howard. Got all the body pieces primed today while we had some sun.
The timber is milled so i'll begin the puzzle of assembling the rear body.
Discovered this identity number on the front panel which I had never seen before. Not sure what it all means. The front panel is pretty beaten up but i'm hoping to get some better shape into it once i've added some timber to it to stiffen it up.