Last week my wifes mother passed away. While we were in S.E. Colorado making arrangements for her funeral, the family decided to go on a tour of my mother inlaws roots.
She was born and grew up in a dugout. For those that don't know what a dugout is, it's not a baseball dugout, it's a home that is dug out in the side of a hill.
(sod roof, dirt floor, dirt walls, wood front)
Anyway, we had heard stories of how the family was so poor that they couldn't afford a car so my mother inlaws brother, (Who was killed on Omaha beach during the war) went to the dump to assemble a vehicle out of all different types of vehicles to make a car.
The base vehicle was an Essex.
As we are walking through the prairie on the old homestead, I began to see parts of the essex all over the place.
Some of you may know that I have been looking for doors for my wifes 1929 Chevy truck.
I'm looking down at these doors on the ground and thinking, "these look very close to fitting on the Chevy truck". So I decided to bring back one of the doors to see how close it was to the Chevy truck door.
I get back to the house and guess what. IT FITS!!!
Now this is probably insulting to you purist out there, but we are not restoring the vehicle for resale. We are rebuilding to pass this down through the family.
You're probably thinking, BLASPHEMY! Hah
The whole family is excited that we will be able to incorporate the ford doors on the Chevy.
Her brother Elmers doors, that she loved dearly on the family truck.
The hinge pattern has to be modified on the middle hinge, and the door is about 1" taller, but I can modify it to make it work.
I will put some pictures on my photo bucket in a few days.
