r/SimonFordman

Hello all! Been a long time Vice Grip fan (also a big Simon Fordman fan.) I love cinematography and restoring old cars. Derek's revivals and Simon's video style were a large inspiration behind the making of this long-form video. If you enjoy the style of this short, you'd likely also enjoy the full form video I'll link below. (I'm not 100% sure this is allowed, but if it is, thank you)

LINK: https://youtu.be/v6pxSjOJZi8

I recently picked up this Mercury Comet equipped with a Ford 200 cubic-inch “Thriftpower” inline-six, an Autolite 1100 single-barrel carburetor, and an automatic transmission. From what I was told, it used to belong to a school teacher who drove it back and forth to work every day. Over time, though, the years caught up with it, and it eventually got parked and left to sit for who knows how long.

There's a lot more content inbound as well.

'69 Mach 1

'69 Superbee 383 Magnum Ramcharger

'67 Ford 100 390, power steering, A/C

'64 Galaxie w/ 1966 427 Side Oiler block hidden inside of it

etc...always keeping my eyes peeled for more field cars and barn finds to revive.

Once again, thanks

Cam

• I was about to leave on a roadtrip from Minnesota to New York when I was offered an old, non-running, Honda motorcycle for free (thanks Mike), it being located on a slight detour in Iowa. With that, I neglected any preliminary maintenance on my 1973 Mercury Wagon to instead hastily weld a motorcycle carrier on it to pick up my free 1973 Honda XL250 and proceed to embark on a ~3000 mile round trip to the east coast and back.