Re: Don's 1937 1090 138CD Limo

Posted by Don 37 On 2012/7/8 20:19:26

It's been quite a while since I last posted on the progress on our Limo project. During this time the restoration has not been idle by any means. Last month I took some needed parts to Kansas where it's being worked on. And while there I took a week long course at McPherson College. I have wanted to do this for a long time. I was taught wood-graining, trim polishing, and even did a little sand casting. This after the instructor found out I knew a little about it. Okay back to the Limo, it was only about 30 miles from the College so I visited it and took pedal assy and a pair of tranny mounts. The 1954 OD transmission had the old mounting surface still in the casting so it was drilled out to accept the original 1937 mounts to work. The engine had been completely rebuilt a few years prior on another car I have and Allen Rich tore it back done fixing a few errors the rebuilder had done. The engine had zero miles , so no harm had been done to it. At last Christmas time I took a rear section of a 1092 Parts car body to donate the trunk floor to the Limo. Since then it had been cutout of the sedan and re-welded into the Limo. That was the only rust the car had at all, so now the body is ready for sanding and re-painting after it is running.

I did need a few parts and I just returned from my third trip to North Carolina where I brought back a 1082 Sedan for the 6 parts I needed for the Limo. Looking at the pictures of this car, one must ask why disturb the dead. Well the 6 parts I need are okay; the rest is destined to become a new Ford or Chevy. In all seriousness this is the last junkyard car I am going to buy.

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