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1946 Ford Sportsman - The Sportsman & The Squire
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F A C T S & F I G U R E S
Mike DeVriendt
Colorado Springs, Colorado
1946 Ford Sportsman | CHASSIS
| | Frame / Manufacturer | 1946 Ford | | Rearend / Ratio | Colombia 2-speed | | Rear suspension | transverse spring, tube shocks | | Rear brakes | ’46 Ford drum | | Front suspension | Chassis Engineering (West Branch, IA) dropped axle w/ reverse eye
transverse spring | | Front brakes | ’46 Ford drum | | Front wheel make, size | Wheel Vintiques (Fresno, CA), 15x6” | | Rear wheel make, size | Wheel Vintiques, 15x8” | | Front tire make, size | Firestone bias ply, 640x15 | | Rear tire make, size | Firestone bias ply, 710x15 | | ENGINE | | Make | 1946 Ford | | Displacement | 276ci | | Machining / Assembly | Burt’s Machine Shop (Colorado Springs, CO) / Grier Manning
(Colorado Springs, CO) | | Crankshaft | 4” Mercury | | Radiator | Walker Radiator Works (Memphis, TN) | | Heads | Ardun OHV | | Valve covers | Ardun | | Manifold / Induction | Austin 3x2 / Stromberg 97s | | Ignition / Wires | Vertex magneto | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | 1946 Ford 3-speed | | Shifter | 3-speed on column | | Trans mods | Grier Manning | | BODY | | Body style / Material | convertible / steel & Maple | | Body manufacturer | Ford | | Paint type / Color | PPG / Black | | Painter | Wayne Saunders (Colorado Springs, CO) | | Bumpers | filler pans lengthened, ’40 Ford license surround modified to fit rear
bumper | | INTERIOR | | Dashboard | 1946 Ford | | Insert / Gauges | woodgrained by Bob Kennedy (Whittier, CA) / converted to 12-volts | | Wiring | Jim Olson | | Steering wheel | '46 Ford | | Steering column | '46 Ford | | Upholsterer | Jim Skinner & Ron Nelson @ Auto Weave (Denver, CO) | | Material / Color | leather / red | | Carpet | tan wool |
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