Check out this guy's awesome metalworking skills!

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » December 3, 2007, 7:02 pm

I sure wish I had 1/10th of the skills this guy & guys like him have.

He calls himself a Norwegian Blacksmith. It's sort of a long thread, with a ton of comments http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/show ... p?t=222004
If you'd just like the Cliff note version, he went from this...

To this...

To THIS!

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » December 3, 2007, 7:52 pm

Wow, that is unbelievable. Nice to have tools, space and knowledge.
Charlie

36truck · Post by **36truck** » December 3, 2007, 8:16 pm

Very very nice

lots of skill there.

jakdad · Post by **jakdad** » December 3, 2007, 8:30 pm

What talent!!

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » December 3, 2007, 8:42 pm

thats some awesome work for sure!

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » December 3, 2007, 8:50 pm

That is truly awesome work. Did you say he was on the H.A.M.B?
Does it have a chebby engine?

Bill8177 · Post by **Bill8177** » December 3, 2007, 8:56 pm

Its nice to see craftsmanship of such a degree in any trade. That was a pleasure. They say colder climates breed finer skills.....I`m moving north.

Bill

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » December 3, 2007, 10:33 pm

I was looking at it again, I just remembered A good friend of mine has an original 36 business coupe which is what the original body on the norweigans car was, but not as poor of condition. too bad my buddy isnt online or I would send this to him.

Ford4jack · Post by **Ford4jack** » December 3, 2007, 11:52 pm

Nice work for sure and it sounds like he didn't drag his feet any getting it done.

greythorn3 · Post by **greythorn3** » December 4, 2007, 4:41 am

that must have taken gallons of bondo!!!!!

J/K thats some good work!

Ray

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » December 4, 2007, 8:49 am

shawns fords wrote:I was looking at it again, I just remembered A good friend of mine has an original 36 business coupe which is what the original body on the norweigans car was,

Shawn the Norwegian started with a tudor sedan. A business coupe is still a coupe. just has back jump seats and 5 windows.. like this

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » December 4, 2007, 11:17 am

Johnny Canuck wrote:That is truly awesome work. Did you say he was on the H.A.M.B?
Does it have a chebby engine?

Hmmm...it could have, it doesn't show any finished shots of the engine bay.

I'm guessing this nice little flatty probably went in it.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/atta ... 1195064829

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » December 4, 2007, 4:09 pm

Surprised he wasn't kicked off the forum without a Buick naiilhead or some other foreign object in there..

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » December 4, 2007, 8:05 pm

Johnny Canuck wrote:
shawns fords wrote:I was looking at it again, I just remembered A good friend of mine has an original 36 business coupe which is what the original body on the norweigans car was,
Shawn the Norwegian started with a tudor sedan. A business coupe is still a coupe. just has back jump seats and 5 windows.. like this

johnny the first pictures are of a 36 "humpback" as my grampa calls it business coupe, thats the same car my buddy has. not a 5 window or 3 window coupe. his had 4 doors not 2 like the one in the first pics. I thought he had a four door. looks like a car you would see Capones crew rollin in

Hawkrod · Post by **Hawkrod** » December 4, 2007, 8:25 pm

shawns fords wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:
shawns fords wrote:I was looking at it again, I just remembered A good friend of mine has an original 36 business coupe which is what the original body on the norweigans car was,
Shawn the Norwegian started with a tudor sedan. A business coupe is still a coupe. just has back jump seats and 5 windows.. like this

johnny the first pictures are of a 36 "humpback" as my grampa calls it business coupe, thats the same car my buddy has. not a 5 window or 3 window coupe. his had 4 doors not 2 like the one in the first pics. I thought he had a four door. looks like a car you would see Capones crew rollin in

Just an FYI, Johnny was correct, unfortunately your grandfather was mistaken. A humpback is not a business coupe. The humpback in the picture is a 2 door sedan. A business coupe is a short roof car with a big trunk and no back seat. What he finished with is basically a homemade business coupe. The brown 39/40 in the background of the second to last picture is a business coupe style body. On a 40 Ford there would either be a front bench seat with a large package tray for a business coupe or a split front seat and two small jump seats and no package tray in an opera coupe but they are the same body. Hawkrod

This is my 39 DeLuxe business coupe that I have owned since 1984:

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » December 5, 2007, 9:17 am

Further to what Hawkrod says, ford used the corporate designations
"Tudor" and "Fordor" for their sedans, I believe, but am not sure, for Henry's entire duration starting with model T's until 1947. If you read the entire thread at HAMB, you will see someone referring to the car the Norwegian magician started with, as a "Tudor".

As with all people, the designations of these body styles tend to get lost in our memories. Many died in the wool for men refer to flareside trucks in Slick60's as "Stepsides" for crying out loud. But, if you study enough Ford literature, like Hawkrod has, you get to know these things.
Probably the dude's grandpa did not. But if someone did, thhe would NEVER think of changing out that sweet flathead

PS Hawkrod, SWEET ride!!

36truck · Post by **36truck** » December 5, 2007, 10:30 am

JC as a kid in school I did a book report on the Model T. I used Tudor and Fordor to describe the body styles. Teacher didn't have a clue gave me an "F"
on said to many spelling errors on it till I had to prove her wrong.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » December 5, 2007, 12:27 pm

Johnny Canuck wrote:
PS Hawkrod, SWEET ride!!

That's my all time favorite factory bodystyle of the decade.

Rosati · Post by **Rosati** » December 5, 2007, 8:33 pm

36truck wrote:JC as a kid in school I did a book report on the Model T. I used Tudor and Fordor to describe the body styles. Teacher didn't have a clue gave me an "F"
on said to many spelling errors on it till I had to prove her wrong.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » December 6, 2007, 12:48 am