This is Ford Country

This is Ford Country.
On a quiet night,
you can hear the Chevy's rust.

Yes, I admit it, I'm a Ford person. There are those that say that Ford stands for Found on Road Dead, but I love them. Mind you, I'm not all that jazzed about the newer Fords, but you give me a good old classic Mustang or a older model Ford pickup truck... ohhhh.... so nice!

My dad has an old '69 Ford pickup that we're going to be getting the back wheel fixed on soon. I remember helping him switch out the engine in that truck several times. It's Old Grandad, so named because my dad had a large bottle of Old Grandad bourbon in a wire framework deal for easy pouring. There was a plaque on the framework that read "Old Grandad" and my dad took it off the framework and mounted it on the dashboard of his truck.

Then there is my brother. He is a classic car restorer and specializes in the older cars, particularly known for his skills with Mustangs.

So I am a Ford girl and proud of it. The other day I picked me up a Ford Thunderbird even (if yuo're a regular reader you saw the announcement and the pictures of her), I am going to be restoring her. She was in a bit of an accident. Passenger side a little worse for wear, driver's door missing a latch and engine has a bad knock.

The engine is the part that is going to be tricky, since my brother can help me with all the body damage I'm not worried about that, but I want to work on the engine myself. (He has enough to do with his shop.) I've helped with engines for years, starting when I was probably 13 helping my dad and brother tear the engine out of Old Grandad and replace it, so I know what I'm getting into. I also know how easy it can be for an accident, and they do happen, to cause damage to the radiator when swapping out engines. So I already have a plan in place in case something happens to the radiator. Radiator.com has an extensive selection of radiators, from ones to fit those rusting Chevy's out back to a Taurus Radiator and even information on ones for the classic cars I love. I was happy to see when I visited the site that it is easy to locate things there and there is a chat box on most pages that tell you just how many mechanics are ready to talk to you about your needs with radiators. Easy shop location information showed me that there are stores even up here in Alaska, and very close to where I live even, so that's very kewl.

Now I just need to get things arranged out there in the yard, and get the hot tub out of the log garage so I can shove my T-Bird into it before winter, and I have myself a nice winter project to work on. I'm sure that the guys will all yelp that they will do the work for me, but I think this time I'll be doing 90% of it myself. I want to learn the body work, so this is my test project car to let my brother teach me how to do that stuff, and the rest of the car is all mine to toy with and slowly get fixed up the way I want my car to be.

I'll be making a website to display the results and plots on what I'm up to, so be sure to keep an eye out for that announcement when I get to that point. And make sure you check out Radiator.com if you're working on your own project car, they have OE certified radiators and a quality and fit guarantee.

Carrying thousands of aftermarket Ford radiators and upgrade radiators, they have radiators for Ford models of every year, both new and classic. A bonus for my family is that they have Mustang Radiators, and aluminum Ford truck radiators - which I am fairly certain is what Old Grandad is going to need the next time we overhaul his engine.



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