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Someday, you're going to set down your key and a helpful soul will drop it into the nearest mailbox. When it reaches the postal authorities the...
Wow. Just one week ago I was standing at the WK club tent at Hershey swinging the crank on the engine demonstrator, an annual ritual for me....
And on an older suggestion up above...if you remove the piece of tin that forms a lid over the area between standard V8 radiator and the hood...
I've found some reading on Ford balancing during Model A and earliest V8 production and in For's own engine rebuilding program. An interesting...
This one is pretty close to being put back in business. The on-off plate is available in fair repro. The lock is held in place by the...
The French also had regular 59A type aluminum pans. Source not known by me...According to general reading here and there there were 2 different...
The HAMB is such a labor saver! This just saved me from trudging down to the basement to introduce a French manifold to a Lincoln carb! "I think...
Start by counting the head studs. Then look at bellhousing...if it says "59" in fairly big lettere, you are done.
Look at a Ford chassis parts catalog...there is a joker in the deck that might be a cause of puzzlement. Prewar cylinders, at least fronts, were...
If all fails---next options are two. First, you can probably run in a straightened coat banger or such from the other end of the tunnel. Mark the...
You will find that S on a lot of A and V8 ignition parts, like pong plates and coils...S was one of several suppliers of ignition stuff as...
There were also regular 59A looking aluminum pans, and since French Ford was making flatheads since before the war there are normal flatheads...
Look around for a proper punch socket...this will be more difficult than getting the basic tool. something like this search "impact driver...
SHOCK is what you need...if you just figure out ways to apply more torque to a stuck plug, pretty soon you will be looking at a perfectly round...
Don't ever buy a car that doesn't come with a handcrank in the trunk.
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