My history working on old cars/hot rods never existed until shortly before retirement. As a kid I built model cars including around 10 -1940 Ford Coupes. So one day I'm online (61 by then), I find a 1940 Ford Coupe hot rod for sale at a car dealers site. Made some initial contact for information and price. My wife had not really said "No Way" but was not too impressed. In fact after a whole afternoon of sporting a long face of disappointment, she said "if you are going to be that miserable, go ahead and buy it". This was a Saturday night around 7PM., but I had the salesman's home number. Dialed him up and bought it before my wife changed her mind (lol). A whole new world opened up. An old car draws kindred spirits like a moth to a flame. My social world exploded. Most of my new friends were working on "projects". So a couple of years later a 1938 Ford Standard Sedan, cut up to make a pk-up, came up for sale. My initial thought was to use the front sheet metal and the front of the cab plus my wood shop to build a "woody wagon". Plans for woody wagon construction are closely held or nonexistent. So not wanting to build a vehicle ICBC may not approve of, my wife suggested I try find another 1938 car body. So here leads into my 1938 std/dlx. I found another body, a 1938 Ford Deluxe Sedan.