Re: Todds 1930 733 7P Sedan

Posted by tfee On 2012/11/14 14:18:33

That's Woody 1, she was started in 1974 by my stepfather Hugh Forman and his wood and metal shop students at Redford Union High school. I fist laid eyes on the car when I was 11 years old and thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. He'd taken the car to about 80% completion and then life got in the way and didn't have the time or place to finish it. He gave it to me in the mid 90's and I didn't have the time or a place to finish it so it sat in storage until 2008. That's when I got a house with a 720SF garage. Not a huge garage but big enough to build a car in so I started by taking the car apart. I kept his wood body but decided on an all new chassis and motor. The new frame was constructed from 5" C channel that was left over material from the Ford double deck display at the 2007 Detroit autoshow. The engine came out of a 1974 XJ6 that I bought for $300 and I sourced the XK120 valve covers, fan and Mark X intake from eBay. The exhaust was a custom fab I did to mimic a WWI Liberty engine exhaust. The seats are reproduction as is the model A suspension and the 9" rear end was borrowed from a 1969 Bronco. The drive shaft is out of a CJ-8 Jeep and the front brakes are Buick drums over 1949 Lincoln backing plates. The car most resembles a Ford depot hack and is registered as such but the only Model T part on the entire car is the firewall. My stepfather did most of the woodwork in the 70's but I built the cowl and did the interior work in 2009. I drove it a few times this year and it gets some strange looks but it isn't what you'd call "practical". It's loud, fast and stinky just like a hot rod should be. The Packard is going to be very different; quiet, refined and almost stock although between you and me, I've been thinking about turning it in to a shooting brake.......

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