# 29. A New Home.

Hello, I'm Mike. I'm Hotrod Cholly's son in law. So a bit about me... I have been with Hotrod Cholly's daughter for 20 years now, and although the car is now hers, I will be the one to maintain it and occasionally ask permission to drive it. I will also be updating the blog most likely, but I figure she may also have input on it as well. This first from me blog may be long to get some info in about me and the car. Unavoidable..

The car arrived to us in the Reno/Sparks area on July 18th of this year. It came via a covered transport company and had good company on the trip here. It rode with the Batmobile from the Michael Keaton era Batman, as well as K.I.T.T from Knight Rider fame. Oh ya, there were two Super Birds in there as well that were headed for an auction and I didn't dare even look their way due to the price the owner was hoping to get and feared breathing on them wrong.

The first weekend was spent detailing the '39 and getting to know it. I spent two days buffing out the exterior and cleaned up the oxidation on the paint. The rest of the time was spent going through it all from top to bottom cleaning it and learning about it. What better way to get to know a car then to detail the whole thing.

Since then a few things of note were figured out that will be changing on it. The main reason will be a safety reason, and you will see why in a moment. As we were driving it and learning the temperament of it, Julie, my wife and Hotrod Cholly's daughter, was unable to safely push the clutch all the way in with the seat moved all the way forward. We had moved the seat as far forward for her to reach while still allowing for the car to get into second and fourth gear.Even though this has been accomplished, she does not feel safe as she has to scoot all the way forward still to reach. So the seat will be changing down the road, maybe over winter. The thought currently is to replace the bench seat with two bucket seats that are specifically designed for this car. They would be coming from Glide Engineering, that specializes in custom seats for custom cars. We noticed a few other '39's around Hot August Nights and obtained the information from the owners of those cars.

But buckets are the way to go instead of re-doing the bench seat with an area in the center curved for the shifter to fit while the seat is moved forward. This way the passenger, aka me, wouldn't be kissing the dash while Julie is driving. So safer all the way around.

The only other thing of note, while recently cleaning the air filters with the K&M cleaner kit, and cleaning up the carbs, I noticed a rubber cap on one of the carbs to be split open. This is just plugging up a port for a line on the front carb on the front of it. So that will be replaced in the coming days. Other then that just detailing the engine and engine compartment to continue to get to know her. Oh ya, and keeping our oldest from stealing the AC unit and putting it in his 1968 Mustang that we built for him from the ground up.... In the past 5 years, we have rebuilt a few cars, for our 3  boys and for my wife. 3 VW bugs, and the Mustang just mentioned. Previous builds for me, prior to meeting my wife,  were a 1969 Firebird with the 400 in it, and a 1930 Ford Sedan street rod built years ago...So the car is not only staying in the family, but will be well cared for. That is all for now.