1952-59 Ford Another one they gave up on.

Maybe a chop wasn't such a great idea. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/phoenix-1954-ford-chop-top/7411067727.html

 

Ouch. Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should be done...

 

Also in Phx... interesting Edsel wagon project.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/mesa-1959-edsel-villager/7402531092.html

 

But an LS in an Edsel ?

 

Why does everybody want to install a LS in everything? I was interested up till that point.....

 

Because they are the modern iteration of the ubiquitous 350. They're cheap, plentiful, easily adapted and make decent power bone stock. They're also the fallback for those who can't figure out how to put a Ford in a Ford, or just don't want to spend the moola.

 

can't understand how someone can have such an "empty and clean" workshop......beyond my imagination

 

That is why my Main suggestion to most is get it ***led, registered and running and enjoy it now. Customize later.

I recall that guy that literally chopped a nice 46 Cadillac sedan in half to shorten the rear doors out. Then lost interest.

 

I was told it's like a retard with a ***** - they will stick it in anything!! (sorry for the crude joke)

Ironically, someone above mentioned about it being the modern version of a 350. If you look at it in detail, it is a modernized Windsor. Cylinder bore spacing is very similar, exhaust port location is spot on (headers interchangeable just by replacing flanges), and it has fewer head bolts than an old 350....in fact it has the exact same amount and almost exact same location as a Ford Windsor! There is a video on YouTube ***led LS 351, where the guy puts LS heads on a 351W!!! The water ports don't line up, but he has a work around.

To really irritate the Chevy guys, just tell them that to make a modern Chevy run good, they modernized a Ford!!

 

Retard with a *****...

 

A bit too much. HRP

 

My point was that the LS is the modern version of the 350 as far as some rodders are concerned. Recall the days of yore when practically every cookie cutter hotrod had a 350/350/9 inch drivetrain; a scrubby 350, a TH350 trans and a Ford 9 inch ****. I am aware that LS architecture is su****iously similar to a Windsor.

 

I've been learning more about the LS world helping a buddy build up his. His is out of a 1995 GMC, iron block 5.3 liter with 200k miles. Considering the neglect it saw, the crank and internal parts were in good condition. The builder had to clean the parts 3 times, it was gummed up.

The venerable 350 is hard to find, the LS is easy to find and relatively cheap. The lower ends are stout, decent heads are easy to find. He used some trade-ins off a Corvette the builder had. $1200 later he had a great set of heads. Bored .040" over with Wiseco piston$, a Comp Cams roller cam and lifters (OG comes with a roller cam), it should be around 475 HP.

 

I don't believe the 5.3 came out until 1999.

 

I'll ask my buddy when I see him, may have been later. The truck they got cheap at his shop, a customer's dead car and they got it for junk money. They made quite a bit selling parts off it.