Thermostatic Switch for the Cooling Fan Back a few posts ago I mentioned a slight problem with the cooling fan switch and what I had decided to install to he...

Diagnosis Equipment that Makes a Difference If you read through the previous post, you may recall this photo below... This spark plug was removed from cylind...

CSI Work on the Edelbrock Carburetor and Ignition Ignition or Fuel? Whenever an engine is not running right, missing, having trouble with idle, etc, head-scr...

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...

1956 Ford Four Door Victoria! The summer has been very busy and at times the 55 Ford Fairlane just sits as a project in the garage, waiting for the final adj...

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...

Rear Mount Antenna, Rear Bumper, & more Stainless When dealing with reproduction parts the end user needs to be prepared to "massage" pieces and hardware tha...

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...

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...

Wiring the Lights and Switches (Part 2) Now with the headlights, parking lights, and tail lights all acting appropriately, it was time to tackle the turn sig...

Wiring the Lights and Switches With the floor insulation completed it was time to move on to the wiring of the lights. The Rebelwire wiring harness is very s...

Horn Wiring and Sound Test Back many months ago I had disassembled the horns (both the Lo and Hi units), cleaned them up, re-painted the bodies, and installe...

Installing Windshield Wipers & Electric Wiper Motor (NOTE: this is a re-post of an article originally published back in February of 2018. The original wordin...