Clayton Paddison

1965 Ford Falcon Standard Sedan 

''Faith''

I have had quite a colorful history with this little car that has turned out to have quite a personality and spirit.

I purchased the white sedan in 2001 with a few miles shy of 75,000 on the clock. Almost all of her mechanical components showed virtually no wear, but was still is sad shape. 95% of the car was original, including gaskets and seals, the oil had not been changed since 1981 and the tires pre-dated 1975.

My Wimbledon White “54A” standard sedan left the Lorain OH plant in February of ’65 and has been in the north west ever since.

The original 170 cid 6 cyl has a little over 120,000 miles logged on it since 2002 and still runs very smooth, but is scheduled for a valve job soon due to a slight loss in power.

Transmission and clutch have been quite an odyssey over the last 7 years, 10 have been replaced to date and the original 3 speed manual transmission has been rebuilt 3 times as a result.

The salty sea air has taken its toll on the body and paint from time spent on Washington’s Long Beach peninsula. It was repainted sometime between 1968 and 1971 and has since suffered severe rust damage to the doors and rear quarters.

I plan to begin her “Rolling Restoration” with in the next few months.

1927 Model T Ford Sport Roadster

“Josephine”  

  My “T” roadster is basically a speedster on the inside with a more formal full roadster body than most Model T speedsters.

            The roadster runs a virtually stock 176.5 cid Model T engine bored .030 over with aluminum pistons, a .280 race ground cam and stainless steel valves. The stock, low compression, cast iron head was retained to allow for the use of a specially designed turbocharger fed by two Autolite Model 9510 carburetors in order to increase the horse power output and compression ratio to 7.5 to 1.  It will also uses a special 4 core Model T radiator wearing a lightly modified ’26 Durant radiator shell.

            Coupled to the motor is a freshly rebuilt Model T transmission by John Watts. The Original “T” transmission is backed by an original Chicago Mark E 3 speed overdrive that should enable the car to reach speeds close to 80 mph.

            The original “T” chassis uses all original components, but has been re-fitted with a special under slug suspension system that produces an all around 5” drop. Stopping power is supplied by rear wheel mechanical “Rocky Mountain” outside band style breaks. To complete the chassis, wire wheels were installed, with ’26-’27 Model T 21” wires up front and ’28-’29 Model A 21” wires in back for a not so spindly look in back.

             The original Model T steering system was abandoned in favor of a stronger column/gear box from ’24 Willys- Knight and “push-pull” type steering. The steering arms and drag link were donated by a ’25 Buick and possibly a teen’s era Dodge.