Mission Impossible '39 112 Coupe

Gary

Hi All!
Finally an update of my progress. I don't have a working shop.............for now, so living up in Canada, I have to make due with good weather on the driveway. I removed the damaged nose because I secured a nice restorable one from another HET enthusiast. I managed to trade the old one for some much needed interior parts for use on a truck that had a nose in worse condition. While I have the nose out, I will remove the Model A engine/tranny and pass it on to a Ford guy who needs it.


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Gary

Hi All!
Finally an update of my progress. I don't have a working shop.............for now, so living up in Canada, I have to make due with good weather on the driveway. I removed the damaged nose because I secured a nice restorable one from another HET enthusiast. I managed to trade the old one for some much needed interior parts for use on a truck that had a nose in worse condition. While I have the nose out, I will remove the Model A engine/tranny and pass it on to a Ford guy who needs it.
Gary

Gary

Continued,
Also starting to clean out the interior to see exactly what I'm up against! From underneath, the only holes are the ones you see in front of the seat, although I do see some cracks on the trunk floor. The doors were cleaned out and to my amazement, had no rust cancer under all that dirt! Now, just need to figure how to remove that seat! I suspect I need to get the slider moving back, so I can get the front bolts out, and suspect the same for the rear of the seat. Hints would be great from those who have done this before. It appears that the interior was optioned up for this car because of the Country Club Steering Wheel, and the seats, that in my info was for the Brougham????
Gary

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Gary,

That's great that you don't have any rust in the door bottoms and hopefully none inside the door. Make sure you check inside the kick panels in front as they sometimes end up with dirt and debris inside them.

Yes you need to get the slider for the front seat operable to get to the bolts that hold the seat. The four round holes in the wood frame(you can see them in the picture)will give you access to the bolts.

It looks like you have a split front seat in your coupe which would indicate that there was/is a jump seat behind the front seat.





The jump seat in this 39 112 Coupe is behind the drivers seat.



Kevin C.

essexcoupe3131

looks like you might have good bones to start with, keep it up
Mike

Gary

Thanks Kevin! The kick panels are indeed filled with dirt and stuff, as are the areas just behind the doors up to the wheelwells. Last night I sprayed the sliders with Moovit and they are starting to free up. You are also correct about the rear jump seat, as the passenger side folds forward and there are "things" sticking out of the dirt on the floor behind the driver. Once the seat is out, she gets the royal clean job inside!