So I picked up this car at the OCA Nationals in ‘22.
I have always wanted one since I saw Jasen Ramsey restore his.
So while my F85 Club Coupe is off for body work and paint, I thought I would start this project.

It won’t be a full restore(the F85 has been close to 4 years and lotsa $)…so I’d like to enjoy this one with a little less work.
It WILL get a full restore one day but for now I think it’s pretty damn cool just the way it is.

Thank you Eric Pope for entrusting it to me and dragging it all the way from Colorado.


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After Dragging it home from Tennessee, I decided to buff up the paint, I think this one will be cool just the way it is.

 

And more buffing….
(none of these pictures are wet…that was just the color that came back)

 

And today, I started the mechanical restore.
Im planning on restoring the engine bay, the interior, the frame will get a light clean up and the rear will be gone through,
I spent the day bagging and tagging everything from the firewall forward.

This is just one of 109 Dearborn equipped 3 speed Club Coupes, so that will be rebuilt as well.

 

i love that the way it is,very cool

 

That's great Peter,keep it up.

 

Gotta love lacquer lol wow great job , I too love it just the way it is

 

Love it. The white walls look good on it as well.

 

Nice work, glad a car like that landed in your care. Thanks for the pics!

 

Nice! The car looks very solid and original.

 

This car is definitely in the right hands

 

😉 Thank you guys.
First order is to tear down the front end, send a bunch of stuff off to get powder coated semi gloss and then start cleaning up the frame.
I HATE removing coil springs with no engine.

 

I really dig the originality of the car.

 

Very cool! I wish that I still had your energy. I would love to find a decent 65 vert.

 

Very nice.

I can hardly wait to see it after the LS swap!

Seriously, looks like you're definitely giving it some well-deserved love.

 

I like the option list manual steering manual brakes and no AC Nice.

 

Nice work Peter! Looking forward to seeing it on the road!

 

BangScreech…that’s a good one. I’ll be sticking to a boring old 400. Although there might be something a little special on top. 😉

Bernard… It’s fairly well optioned for a lowly club coupe. It has a deluxe interior and even a radio! After that…it’s pretty Bare bones. No reverse lights, base 3 speed, no wheel covers. I love the strippers.

Jim! Hey man, hope to see you soon buddy.

 

Very cool car!

My father bought a 65 post 442 with the 3spd in the floor new in 1965.

I actually still have the paperwork and POP for it..

 

Very nice. Looks like you are giving it good love. I love it as a survivor. Very cool. I recognize the name Eric Pope from out here in Colorado.

 

Love that car, Pete, don't let it get to far- You know how MAW's go!

 

The MAW’s have gotten many of us. This car is definitely deserving of a nice restoration.

 

MAW's.... what is that? Totally old school here and never seen that before. Maybe age related lol.

 

MAW - Might As Well....

Very Cool Car!! Love the color that shows up under all that dust! Best of luck with your project.

 

Thanks guys! It will be tempting to keep going on this car as IVE WANTED ONE FOREVER.
But I’ll keep to my plan for now.

1arunem, I sent you a message about the paperwork.

Tore down one side of the spindle and control arm. Every bolt fought me tooth and nail. I THOUGHT A Colorado car would come apart fairly easy.

 

The radiator support has some issues, but is still a great starting piece.
Rust under the battery and the bent up lower bracket was sheared off and only held on by the center support.

An afternoon tornado warning cleared me out of the garage early, hopefully I’ll stitch it all back together this week.

 

You do some fantastic work , thank you for sharing

 

Eddie, great work your knocking it out. Brings back memories of my 64 F-85 build-target red "post car" too.

 

Little bit more disassembly. Cataloguing all the parts carefully as this is a Freemont car, so proving it’s a legit 442 is important.
Shim marks for rear stabilizer, HD police/442 spring codes and a nice 3.55 posi rear.

 

That's how you do it, great work Peter.

 

Damn Freemont cars stapling in the rubber engine shields. that was another couple hours cleaning up that mess.
I’ll be using the Lansing clips to put it back together. And some inner fender clean up.

i may be starting to get ok at welding finally.

 

damn! i guess it has been a while since i've been in here. lol you've been busy busy.

 

The "O" and the D-C on the dataplate says it was originally a blue/white two tone car.
It would look great restored.
GLWS!

 

Posted to wrong thread.

 

I looked...did I show the back of the hood?
What # are you referring to?

 

You never cease to amaze me! lol

 

Did someone say MAW?

 

Oh boy! Here we go again!

 

Love them Club Coupes, any year Club Coupe.

 

Always amazed at your energy!