Owner: Jim and Jean
Bowden
Year: 1946
Make: Ford
Model: Coupe
1946 Ford Coupe
Jean and Jim Bowden, Gainesville, Fl.
formerly from Lake Worth, Fl.
Engine - 350 Buick V8, Transmission - Buick TH 350 automatic
Frame - 1946 Ford, 1973 Buick Regal, coil springs front and rear
Power Brakes - front disc, rear drum
Power Steering. Buick tilt steering column, Air Conditioning
Gauges 1970 Ford pickup, Seat belts 1971 Chrysler
Gas tank original 1946 Ford
Original parking and tail lights modified for turn signals
Paint - 1978 Ford Medium Chestnut Metallic
Dupont Lucite Lacquer - PPG Clear Lacquer
This car was built by
owners, first completed June 1984, driven
75,000 miles, and redone in
1991. Engine was rebuilt by Mike
Reilly at that time with
130,000 miles on it. It now has over
205,000 miles on it. Painted
by Tom Steep, Interior by J.C. Mosely
This car has been DRIVEN
over 150,000 mile since June 1984.
Alligatored paint by Mother
Nature and Father Time.
Stone chips courtesy of
Highway Departments of 26 states.
Lets go cruizin!!!!