1949 Ford Coupe Patina Hot Rod Rat Rod

Ford Other 1949 Description

’49 Custom Club Coupe. Real deal patina rod, originally from a North Dakota field. Body is straight and solid. Front floors & rockers replaced, the rest of the floors are solid. Built to drive. Hopped up flathead can handle summertime Chicago city traffic without overheating. With the T-5 transmission it can cruise down the interstate all day. Still a bit of a rough beast. Interior is an army blanket and some foam over the stock bench springs. No soundproofing, very little insulation. Finish it any way you want, or keep it as is. Draws a crowd everywhere.

Engine
239 Flathead from a ’53 car, rebuilt 40 over
Navarro heads
Reground L100 cam
Manley Pro Flow valves with Isky springs, hollow lifters
Vintage Sharp four barrel intake
Holley 390 CFM four barrel, vacuum secondaries, manual choke
Chevy mechanical advance distributor
Re-cored radiator

Exhaust
Ceramic coated Red’s Headers
Mellowtone steelpacks for that classic sound
- Hear it at https://youtu.be/YK7zV1hy0vY
Undercar dump tubes for at the strip

Driveline & Suspension
Frontend fully rebuilt ~5k miles ago
- Fatman drop spindles
- ECI disk brakes
- Jamco sway bar
- Original coils, uncut
Under floor dual circuit “corvette” master cylinder
T5 transmission from an S10, rebuilt by trans shop
- Hurst short throw shifter
- Vintage Hurst 3-speed shift lever, to keep them guessing
8” Ford rear from a Maverick
- Fully rebuilt
- Positraction
- new 3.25 ring gear
Original leafs, 1” drop blocks
Traction-Master traction bars
Wheel Vintiques 63 Series wheels

Body & Interior
Originally bayview blue
Few minor dents & dings, larger dent behind passenger door
Front floors, toeboards, bodymounts, & rockers replaced
Minor rust-through in front lower quarters, and over rear wheels
Frame fully Por-15’d
Underside of floors painted
Re-chromed ’51 rear bumper, driver quality
All flat glass new, except for front vent windows.
Driver & passenger side shoulder belts with chrome lift-latch buckles
Hidden amp with iPod hookup, stereo speakers under original grille
Fully rewired with a Painless harness
Hidden turn signal switch

Known Problems
Speedometer vaguely works, up to about 30 mph.
Wired for dual temperature gauges, left hand sender is bad
Exhaust has one s-bend that needs finished, currently just flex pipe
No weatherstrip in doors. Lots of rattles
Front bumper got hit, bumper brackets will come with the car