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Posted By Discussion Topic: battery chat -- page: 1 2 3     oldford2 09-28-2011 @ 2:43 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 275 Joined: Oct 2009 Well, I can't get over the previous post on the correct battery for EFV8 judging. Well, you can throw in a Walmart battery and only lose 7 points!! Now some guys are spending hundreds of dollars to get the "correct battery" and still not getting it. I guess that's why I am in the Rouge division. Drive them, have fun and don't worry about the "points". John supereal 09-28-2011 @ 3:07 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 John: That is why so many of us are non-purists. Henry Ford couldn't give a _______ (fill in your expletive) as long as long as the cars sold. ford38v8 09-28-2011 @ 3:23 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2762 Joined: Oct 2009 john, where do you draw the line? There is a line for all of us that we won't cross. For me, I have a leather steering wheel cover. You may look down and sneer at that. My car doesn't qualify for Rouge, nor will it ever be point judged. I do, however, enjoy making it as correct as possible, just for me. One fine day, I might look at my leather steering wheel cover and say "this is the day". What's in your closet? Alan oldford2 09-28-2011 @ 4:01 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 275 Joined: Oct 2009 Alan, Well, I am somewhat of an anachronism, living in the past. I have no line. Just really enjoy driving our 46 fordor 3 or 4 thousand miles a year, and rebuilding these old flatheads. I enjoy seeing the modified flatheads as well as the stocks. So, to answer your question, I think sometimes folks carry authenticity a little too far. But, that's O K if they are having fun. Now, after saying that folks should do whatever makes them have fun, it still makes me sad to rush over to a beautiful Ford at a show or cruise-in and see an overhead in it. John This message was edited by oldford2 on 9-28-11 @ 4:10 PM 37 Coupe 09-28-2011 @ 4:20 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 362 Joined: Oct 2009 I'll tell you what makes me sad or mad really is reference to one of those coast to coast fiberglass 37 3 window coupes being referred to as a 1937 Ford. Saw this last week on Barrett Jackson, they were all gaga about one of these and the modifiactions to get it to look that way. Stroker 09-28-2011 @ 4:23 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1460 Joined: Oct 2009 oldford2: My sentiments, exactly. Dolman 09-28-2011 @ 5:24 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 177 Joined: Dec 2010 I don't qualify for Rouge either because I have an oil pressure gauge instead of a fuel gauge and every bolt and screw that I had to extract with crud loosener, heat, vice grips, jack hammer and 2 pints of IPA has been replaced with stainless steel. Figure only the receptacle side will be rusted when one of my sons inherits. But until then, the old pickup is a hoot to drive. This message was edited by Dolman on 9-28-11 @ 5:28 PM 40guy 09-28-2011 @ 6:43 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 270 Joined: Oct 2009 oldford2: I think you really summed it up in your second post. HAVE FUN! Some people have fun hauling around "trailer queens" { that's me }; some have fun touring others have fun with slight modifications; whatever. What may seem crazy to one may be fun to the other and vice versa. BERTHA 09-29-2011 @ 7:25 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 129 Joined: Nov 2009 "I don't qualify for Rouge either because I have an oil pressure gauge instead of a fuel gauge" Have the Rouge class rules changed? We were at the Eastern meet in 2006 and passed all three categories with several items that were not OEM. I thought there was a % restriction only. I am a stickler for not changing things but I show it the way we got it, Gram personalized it and that's the way it will stay. Sorry purists. Bob "it's only original once"" This message was edited by BERTHA on 9-29-11 @ 7:26 AM 46fordnut 09-30-2011 @ 6:07 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 332 Joined: Oct 2009 wow..that is one clean ford...someday mine might get close but. she is just fine as she is ....unrestored and i mean never. but it is fun to drive.she may not be perfect or eye candy to some people but she is what she is. i had one person ask me if it was a fiber glass kit car. you tell me.....i like to see them as they are not power by brand x or cut up. only thing not to factory is tube shocks. 100 horse running wild

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