Kick Panel and Under Dash Lighting For the longest time, I have been waiting on small projects such as these because of their attention to detail. Way back l...

Dome Light Wiring and Testing There are a few more details to finish out on the 1955 Ford Fairlane, and most of them are tedious at best, being very demandin...

Houston Control, We have Heat! The 55 Fairlane was put up on jackstands this morning in anticipation of removing the 3 speed manual transmission and Borg War...

Getting Back to "Work" Yep - the photo you are looking at is not of a 1955 Ford! The past few months have put me on all kinds of other projects at the house ...

Modern Radio in the Original Location! As all of you that read the blog can see, I have been working on the dash and all of the accessories Ford offered - an...

Restoration of the Heater Controls As promised at the end of the last post, we are ready to show the work completed on the original heater controls. Last yea...

Speedometer and Odometer Reset Back in May the car proved itself very roadworthy. After that weekend of a few short runs and a "proving" of several component...

On the Road Again! For over a year now I have been hearing these types of questions: "When are you going to be done with that thing?" or "Dad, when can we dr...

Front and Rear Armrests As it is with most restorations, at times you will find yourself covering the details. The work on the armrests for both the front do...

Rear Seat, Front Seat Repair and Recover, Installation Part 2 In Part 1 we documented the condition and showed a few pictures of the process of re-padding th...

Rear Seat, Front Seat Repair and Recover, Installation Part 1 Wow, we are up to blog post #50! I guess we have hit a mile stone. My son Ethan, who is 15 year...

Carpet Installation By the time a hobbyist gets to this phase of vehicle restoration, things certainly begin to look up. All of the hard work over the little...

Vapor Barrier for Interior Panels Since the insulation was now finished it was time to consider the interior panels before laying the jute and carpet. Back a...

12 Volt Cigarette Lighter for Modern Power Point Most cars of the 50s came with a dedicated cigarette lighter accessory installed in the dash. I am pretty su...

Emergency Flashers - Successful Install If you were to travel back a couple of posts you would find mention of my problems getting an emergency flasher switc...

Failure, Success, and Backup Lights Since we are working so much these days on all things lighted and electric, I figured it was time to get underneath of th...

Floor Insulation Lately I have been out of town quite a bit as our ministry team travels to different churches across the country holding events for children...

Installing Rear Quarter Windows and Channel The quarter windows and channel were all original to the car back when I removed them last year to make way for t...

Fabricating Custom Door Panels A while back I made new interior panel backer boards from commonly sold stock available at a local hardware store. All of the ...

With the cutting and buffing underway, it is time to start preparing the stainless steel trim to be installed back onto the car. There are what seems to be a...