THIS IS THE FLYIN WOP CIRCA 2008 IN ITS NEW HOME.  GETEN' EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO GET ER' DONE!

GETTIN ' THE MOTOR PARTS

SORRY THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THIS BLOG AS OF LATE.BEEN HAVING A FEW MEDICAL ISSUES WITH THE FAMILY.ANYHOW I BEEN SELLING OLD PARTS THAT I HAD AS A KID ON E-BAY.  IN RETURN I BEEN BUYING PARTS TO FINISH OFF THE FORD FE MOTOR THAT I BEEN NICKEL AND DIMING TILL I GET ALL THE PARTS. JUST GOT ABOUT EVERYTHING I NEED.  I HAD SINCE I WAS ABOUT 18 A NEW SHELBY 2X4 MANIFOLD AND VALVE TRAIN SET UP.ITS THE SAME AS THE ONE THEY USED A LEMANS.  SAME CAM AND INTAKE.PROBABLY WORTH A MINT TODAY AND THE WHOLE ENGINE IS BEING BUILT AROUND THIS BASE.IT SHOULD BE A NICE SCREAMER WHEN I'M DONE.

Old School ?

Hey folks, its late Spring.  Going to Carlisle this weekend with old friends from the Ford Shop I retired from, and my son.  Having a real toughh choice on what motor to put in the "Fylin Wop".  Got an FE motor that I owned since I was a kid with real Shellby Valve Train and 2x4's setup.also have 2- 5.0's GT motors sitting.  Torn between old school and newer stuff.  I'm leaning toward the FE motor,but it has a lot of expense behind it to complete.

Paisano

Winter

Man its cold in the garage.  The ballasts in the lighting is so cold,that they won't fire up the tubes.  Guess I'm going to get some 21st century lighting in Spring.  All I do is go in the shop and look at the 33 and think what i'm going to when the weather breaks.  You would think that all the years I been working on autos inside and out I would get used to it.

Paisano

Thanks

Thanks Kaiser for you input.
Paisano

Ive owned this car since I was 16 years old. That means its been in my possession for 44 years.  Seems I could have finished this a long, long time ago, but USMC Viet-Nam, marrige, first house, first child, financial situation, E-I-E-I-O- you know the story.  There seemed to be always another priority.  This time for real, its going to get finished.I will post pictures and progress as soon as as can figure on how tho put pictures on this blog.  My son set this up for me and hopfully wel'l get more action going on here.

Paisano

Been searching for possible kits or making my own system for center crossmembers and trans mounting system for the frame.  I came across a kit from Speedway motors which seems reasonbly priced.  The people there were helpful.  They responded very quickly with my question weather a 32 frame kit could fit between 33-34 rails.  I figure if the rails have extra length on them,they can be cut and modified to fit, considering the inside demensions are almost the same.  I'm a pretty good welder and fabricator.  Hopfully I shouldn't encounter too might of a problem.

Paisano

Installing X-Member

I'm in the process of buying tubes to make a center crossmember system for my '33 Ford rails.

If you know anything I should look out for, or know some folks I should talk to let me know!

-Paisano

First Post

Hey everyone, I just wanted to welcome you all to my blog: The Flyin' Wop--aka The Paisano.

I'm hoping to collect and share information related to Classic Ford Hot Rods, specifically the '33 coupe in my garage! ;) But