First Time

Right then, my first attempt at a serious blog. The subject of this and probably most subsequent blog entries will be my first restoration attempt. On Saturday the 10th of May I picked up a 1954 Ford Crestline Sedan. Josh and I drove down to Santa Fe (Texas, not New Mexico) and pulled it back on a trailer with his F-350. Started up no problem and sounded great as we drove it up onto the trailer.

Guttingly, between looking at it and picking it up the guy pulled the old 1963 California plates off the car!

Got it home and decided to take it for a quick spin before parking it up in the garage. Again, started right up and sounded great. Driving it was a real work out! No power steering and the tires weren't properly inflated. The '3 on the tree' gear positions took a couple of minutes to figure out too. Once I got the hang of them, it was just the steering that was an issue, that should be very easily remedied.

I was aware there was an oil leak, as I parked it in the garage, it was leaking a lot of oil. Fixing that will be the first order of business.

The guy I bought it from took the following pictures.