Foothills Rides! Doug & Marg McDonell's '28 Ford Sedan Delivery

Steel Body - Glass Fenders - Steel Running Boards 3 Piece Rootlieb Hood - Gas Filler Door Electric Release Rear Hatch Back Door Tinted Power Windows - Third Brake  Light Custom Rear Panel For Tail  Lights & License Plate	Tinted Power Windows - Third Brake  Light Custom Rear Panel For Tail  Lights & License Plate

Custom Oak  Paneling - 1988 Honda Accord Seats - Tilt Steering Wheel - Classic Instruments - Gennie Shifter - Custom Milled Aluminum Dash - Electric Windshield Wiper

350Chevy – 4 Bolt Mains, smoothed block & Painted 1:94 Fuene Heads, Steel  Crank, LT-1 Rods, TRW Turbo Forged Pistons,  - Lunati Cam, Lifters, Springs & Retainers - Balanced & Blueprinted - B&M Supercharger With a 750 Carter AFB Carb. - Chrome Oil Pan - K&N Air Filter - Mallory Uni-Lite Distributor with a Hyfire VI CD Digital Ignition Control - Turbo 350 Transmission, B&M Chrome Deep Pan, with External Oil Cooler

The car was first on the road in 1986 & has about 50,000 miles on it (the last 15,000 have been reported to be HARD ones?????????)
I bought the car in the fall of 1997.
Returning Home from the ESRA run in 99 I had a piece on road debris puncture my rad. Some plumbers puddy did the trick for the rest of 99 & 2000.
The winter of 2000 – 2001 the radiator was replaced & the heads were rebuilt with brass sleeves install in the guides.
The fall of 2001 I had a catastrophic engine failure, requiring a rebuild. 1 Piston destroyed & 3 others distressed, however there was no block damage thus the 4 pistons & new bearings and rings, put us back on the road. The transmission was overhauled at the same time, which was about to fail as well.
Fall of 2002 leaving the FSRA monthly meeting at West Jet, required a small burnout, which turned out to be the straw that broke the Camels back. The rear four bar mounts gave out and had to be replaced, so out came the whole rear end. The housing was bent & the bearing flange that had been cut off to narrow the rear end was not vertical, so the housing was straightened, the flange was redone & the center section was rebuilt.
I am hopping to get a full season out of it this year, as I have some bodywork to do next winter.  – Doug –

Cliff Gemeroy gives Doug a hand with a broken axle, Radium 99.

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