52-59 Ford Owners Group FAQ's

Thanks guys for setting this up. It means a lot to us and I know it wasn’t easy, for anyone.

Here’s my 100% on topic 59 Ranchero.

 

Now I know why they call you Super Moderator

 

Many thanks to all involved, especially Moriarity & HRP.

 

Thanks Moriarity! That must've been a ton of work! Unfortunately, most of the HAMB links pull an 'error' message but, at this point, we'll take what we can get. Much appreciated, sir!

 

Thank you Moriarity, extremely time consuming and much appreciated! '59 Ranchero also, but it's a little rougher than Adriatic Machine's so no photo for now.

 

Thank You lots of great information in one place .

 

Thanks for saving the information. I currently have three cars that fall into this category and the information has always been very helpful.

 

Thanks Moriarity! I know how much time that took you. I transferred most of those to the ford barn.
A lot of pictures didn't show up, I have most of them. If anyone needs a particular picture, post here and I will try and post it if I have it.

 

Anyone have pictures of clutch linkage for a 59 car/ Rancho? I’m converting from auto to stick and I don’t see where to attach the pivot ball bracket on the firewall. I have the shop manual but the picture doesn’t show much.

I bought the pedal & linkage ***emblies from a respected salvage yard / Alliance vendor and the pedal ***embly went in with no problems. So I’ll ***ume I have the correct parts.

I’m also open to a hydraulic setup if anyone has any good recommendations with experience but I’d prefer to run this route first.

Edit;
Ah. According to this image, I have the wrong parts. I still need to know where to attach the thing when I get it of fab one up, any help would be greatly appreciated.



Second edit;
I found two pilot holes on the top side of the frame that seem to correspond with two of the three brackets. I’m stocking up on some choice words for when I try and thread the pilot holes.

 

I'll take a look tomorrow when it's light. Our '59 originally came with a manual transmission, but there's enough cobbled up stuff from deck screws to expanding foam on this one to view everything with su****ion. It didn't have an engine, ******, or rear end when we got it but it's also had a few nice surprises so who knows.

 

Sorry, but no luck on that bracket. The clutch pedal is still in the car, but not much under the hood other than a rusty master cylinder and luckily a windshield wiper motor. Whoever took it apart before we got it gutted it pretty good.

 

Thanks for taking your time and getting back to me. I think it’s gonna work out fine with what I have.

 

No problem, just retired last month so I have the time. Glad you have it sorted. These one year only vehicles make an interesting search for some of the parts.

 

They sure do! Thankfully I have almost everything it needs. Congrats on your retirement!

 

You have no idea how hard it was for me to keep my "eyes on the road" so to speak for this picture.

 

Really thankful to Moriarity and HRP for keeping this forum together. I.ve been off board and off my project for over a year and obviously there's been some changes. Not up on the drama, just thankful to still have this forum.

 

We're actually all over the place now!

Click on 'Off topic hot rods and customs' and scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click on 'thread display options'.
Click on 'prefix'.
Click on '52-59 Ford'.
Click on 'set options'.
There's one.

For another....got to The Ford Barn.
Click on 'community' in the black bar at the top.
Click on 'social groups'.
Click on '52-59 Ford' (with Jeff's car as an avatar).
There's another one.

 

My 55 2 dr post sedan. Original paint,no accidents,original chrome bumpers and all stainless,factory tinted gl*** everywhere. Frame on 55 cur off at firewall,frt clip from 95 mark 8 Lincoln welded to original frame rails. Engine trans are DOHC ALL ALUMINUM v8 —-300 hp 300 torque redline right at 6,000. Engine trans(4 spd auto o/d) sits in factory “cradle” ——factory power steering,struts,sway bar, hydraulic ***isted power frt disc brakes(99 Mustang GT to keep 4.5 in bolt pattern. Factory radiator and cooling fan. Car runs drives handles like a 95 Lincoln. Wheels are 4 17x8 Mustang. Gr8 looking dependable everyday driver—-pulls strong with stock 3:31 gear.

 

That's what I'm talkin' about!! Beautiful job! Tell me there's a build thread showing all the gory details!

 

This is one sweet ride , beautiful work , my friend

 

Work has started on trying to repair the front end damage to the Ranch Wagon and I found out this morning I am going to need a inner drivers side front bumper iron, mine broke. HRP

 

Looking for recommendations for a new radiator for my 59 Ranchero 6cyl. I’ve heard some horror stories about the cheap ones on fleabay, checked a few mainstream suppliers’ websites and nothing is listed.

I’m not really the kind of guy who likes surprises and I’ll be road tripping this thing so quality is important.


I’ve had the top tank re-sweated twice and now it’s leaking antifreeze from below the trans cooler line. I must have tweaked it while deleting the cooler lines.

Any solid suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Are those holes and cracks in the frame? If so the leak would be the least of my worries

 

I have an original that came as a package deal, but no guarantees on serviceability. Shipping would probably be a gazillion, but yours if you want it.

John

 

That’s very generous! Whereabouts are you located?

No cracks and no holes. What you might be seeing is a scratch in the road grime.

 

Seattle. Do you have any kind of commercial shipping contract through work or with someone you know?

 

No, I’ll have to ask a few friends and see what I can come up with.

 

Understand. Only test I can do is plug the lower inlet and fill it with water. The guy I got it from was potentially going to use it so fingers crossed.