RSchnell

I told him the same thing! I'm tentatively headed back out there in Feb or Mar, working a deal on another car I found while I was out there. This time I'm going to take a few days and play tourist along with car stuff.

After dealing with one transporter that never showed & going through another broker, the '55 Ford Convertible I bought in California was loaded up this morning and is finally headed to FL. Quite likely the first time the car has ever left the state! Working a deal on another car out there, so likely headed back first of the year!

I'd go with 600 or 800 if you're attempting to remove all the white paint. That 400 is way too aggressive! The paper wrapped around a block and some soapy water will make short work of that white! Your hands will appreciate the block too. I like how your project is coming along! I'm a dyed in the wool Ford guy, but I've always liked these mid to late 50s Chev & GMC pickups.

That's exactly why I posted them! I'm in FL and there's nothing left like this here. Everything got crushed out & the land sold off for more transplants to move down here. I'm headed back out there after first of the year and plan to get more photos of this yard and another one that's nearby that has some vintage iron. I give guy's that run these places credit. It's certainly not the easiest way to make a living, but it can be fun!

Here's a few more as I finish sorting all the photos I took on this trip...

I'm still plugging away in my 2019 VW Jetta. Bought the car with 7 miles, now has 114K and other than a set of plugs and pad/rotor change, I haven't had to do a thing to it repair wise other than routine maintenance. I'll probably drive it until it dies. It does everything I expect it to do while getting 40+ mpg on the highway with the cruise set at 75 and the A/C on.

Spotted this 1957 Chevy big truck still earning it's keep in rural North California earlier this week.

The right quarter needs to be replaced. When this car sat in a field, someone got sassy with it using a front end loader! LOL There's a full original rust free convertible quarter stuffed inside the car. This is my next to last full all out resto project and wanted to use my metal working skills one last time! While I was out here I picked up the front end, a nice rust free tail pan, rust free decklid & other stuff that is hard to find in FL.

That hood is actually pretty rough, We just threw it on the car to keep help keep water off the motor.

While in the area we shot up to Big M Junkyard in Williams, CA. I picked up a few things for the '55 Ford Convertible project. The owner was gracious enough to allow me to take the Nikon out in the yard while I was hunting parts. Here's some selected photos.

Dave is a cool dude. A fun week of messing around with old Fords, trading ribald jokes, and eating at all the hole in the wall restaurants in the area!

Thanks to fellow forum member @Rodent I'm now the owner of one of my bucket list cars. What started out as a simple "hey a friend of mine has a car or two you may interested in", resulted in me flying out to California from Florida this past Monday and spending the past week getting it ready to bring back to Florida. I'd been looking for a factory yellow/black '55 Ford convertible project. It's a project but it has all the right stuff- power windows, power seat, V-8, automatic but I will convert it to manual transmission. A big thanks to Steve and our mutual friend Dave for providing some great California hospitality to this old Southern boy.

It was a pleasure to meet you as well Steve! Nice to put a face with the person responsible for me dropping copious amounts of cash and getting not just one, but two cars across the country. LOL. Like I told you earlier, you can now claim the award for being the first forum member I've met in person.