Hello everyone!
I hope I'm in the good section of the forum.
My name is Cyrielle, I'm 29, and I live in the south west of France. I'm here cause I need some help!
I bought one year ago a '53 Ford Vedette (french Ford production), and I'm currently restoring it with my boyfriend (whose job is bodyworker/painter). The mechanical part is now ok, so we've started to work on the body.
There's of course some pieces of the car that need to be replaced. Some of them are too damaged, and some others aren't ok for my taste
The problem is that, it's really difficult to find pieces here in France, cause this car is pretty rare, and here there's no such big car culture as in the US, so not a lot of websites, sellers, forums etc.
I checked a little bit on Jegs or Summit, but there's a lot of choice, the descriptions and photos aren't always accurate, so it's really difficult to know if the pieces will suit my car.
Here's where I need you!
I'd like to post pictures and measures of my old pieces, and hopefully someone will be able to help me, saying "I saw this kind of pieces on this or this car", "I saw this on this or this website", or even by telling mye on which website I could find stock pieces.
I'm pretty sure some pieces of my car are the same that on Mercuries or other Fords, or maybe other american old cars, cause my Vedette was partially designed in Detroit at the end of the 40's .
I'm only looking for pieces that look stock, or at least retro, no heavy custom for me
I hope some of you will be ready to help!
Thank you, have a nice day
(And some pictures of the car, for those who would like to know what this car looks like)
mine:
http://www.fordforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46449&thumb=1
with me at a rallye last spring
http://www.fordforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46441&thumb=1
and a stock photo of what she'll look like once it's finished
http://www.fordforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46457&thumb=1
I hope I'm in the good section of the forum.
My name is Cyrielle, I'm 29, and I live in the south west of France. I'm here cause I need some help!
I bought one year ago a '53 Ford Vedette (french Ford production), and I'm currently restoring it with my boyfriend (whose job is bodyworker/painter). The mechanical part is now ok, so we've started to work on the body.
There's of course some pieces of the car that need to be replaced. Some of them are too damaged, and some others aren't ok for my taste
The problem is that, it's really difficult to find pieces here in France, cause this car is pretty rare, and here there's no such big car culture as in the US, so not a lot of websites, sellers, forums etc.
I checked a little bit on Jegs or Summit, but there's a lot of choice, the descriptions and photos aren't always accurate, so it's really difficult to know if the pieces will suit my car.
Here's where I need you!
I'd like to post pictures and measures of my old pieces, and hopefully someone will be able to help me, saying "I saw this kind of pieces on this or this car", "I saw this on this or this website", or even by telling mye on which website I could find stock pieces.
I'm pretty sure some pieces of my car are the same that on Mercuries or other Fords, or maybe other american old cars, cause my Vedette was partially designed in Detroit at the end of the 40's .
I'm only looking for pieces that look stock, or at least retro, no heavy custom for me
I hope some of you will be ready to help!
Thank you, have a nice day
(And some pictures of the car, for those who would like to know what this car looks like)
mine:
http://www.fordforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46449&thumb=1
with me at a rallye last spring
http://www.fordforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46441&thumb=1
and a stock photo of what she'll look like once it's finished
http://www.fordforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46457&thumb=1