ford gpa g504

Sorry Guys.... the pic I posted is for the engine block coolant drain it is on the right sid of the engine.... yes I concur on the position of the radiator drain....

John,

Hopefully these pictures from my restoration will help





Cheers,
Tony

Gentlemen, I found a GPA Frame which is very restorable and usable in my opinion. It is SN 10266 I believe... I can re verify. The good... 90 percent very solid and little rust. Rust is in the front horns drivers side needs work other side is good. Has a good battery tray and support on the passenge...

John, I got the plating kit from Eastwood. I believe originally they were cadmium plated but I think that is a pretty poisonous process so they sell a zinc plating kit. The finish is almost identical if you buff it right you don't want it too shiny. I've done a few now... its kind of fun to do. Yes ...

Looking good John! One thing I noticed is that your fuel filter bowl is painted. It is technically supposed to be plated and a grey silver unfinished color. I bought a plating kit from Eastwood and redid mine... it came out well and then put a new sticker on it. Of course its not very visible when t...

Patrick,

I am curious who is selling the bad copies? I had an original set that was used on mine but I believe Dennis Francis used it for a pattern to make for others? Are these the ones you are referring to? His reproducitons are usually very accurate.

Tony
GPA 2196

Leo,

Good to hear from you. I'm glad the posts are helping. I know over the 7 years trying to acquire/restore, there were moments where I never thought I would be at this stage, but it was worth it. Keep up the good work.

Thanks
Tony
GPA 2196

I took GPA 2196 out for a swim yesterday. The lake was a little choppy and windy. You can really see how vulnerable the GPA would have been in rough ocean/beach landings. That said I felt very comfortable and the GPA performed great. Started closing the front radiator hatch when going into wind and ...

Sweet David,

Is this the 2nd GPA you acquired? What are your plans? Are you going to disassemble it and restore? It looks like a SUPER place to start, I wish mine started there LOL...

Cheers,
Tony

Looking great David. Our GPA rears were in pretty similar shape :( Hang in there really coming along.

Cheers,
Tony
GPA 2196

Hi Guys, Took the GPA out for a swim today. Was in the water a couple of hours and did some beach landings as well as different ramps around the lake. Winds were gusting up to 20 mph which made for some good waves. Took the kids out finally they enjoyed it had a nice picnic on the shore. GPA perform...

Guys, I had an original one which Dennis Francis has made a pattern off of for others. Mine was in nice condition so I used my original one. Give Dennis Francis a call.

Cheers,
Tony

I have David's (WeeBee Webbing) cushions on mine... I am very pleased with them, and have received numerous compliments on them.

Tony
GPA2196

Leo,

SWEET :) You are on the downhill leg.

Cheers,
Tony

Leo, Dennis is not an email guy... he is best reached by telephone. He does have a list that he faxes but not sure about overseas.... perhpaps one of the guys has faxed this list... he has many many patterns considering he had all of my parts for 3 years and pretty much had a complete inventory of p...