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Sounds like it had a stuck lifter... as in one that was stuck collapsed and now oils properly. I've had them do that if it was sitting for a...
That is a '65 Mercury and won't have a 410. The 410 was a '66 - '67 thing only. The VIN plate should be on the driver's door by the latch. The...
From what I understand the Ford 250 inline has some cool parts there that we never got here in the states.. cross-flow heads for starters. I'd...
That's a cool Falcon to build and drive. I drive a '60 Ranchero daily. I've updated mine some however.. has a 200 six from a Maverick, dual...
If you have a 200 from the year you say, the Granada electronic distributor should fit. I had one from a '75 Maverick in a 200 from a '67 Mustang...
The gas tank isn't inside the cab on a '55 F-100. It's underneath on the left side outside the frame. There's nothing behind the seat except the...
I drive my 60 Ranchero nearly every day year round, except in bad weather. I average mid to upper 20s for gas mileage using a toploader OD...
Use a little Naval Jelly..
A pair of Cal Custom valve covers for a Ford 390. I bought them from JC Whitney about 1974 and as I recall the catalog didn't say the valve...
It may - if you can find the correct bellhousing. But not with the original one from behind a 144 using the small Falcon transmission some call a...
A 1969 Torino Talladega. It was in a yard in Tucumcari, New Mexico sometime in the mid 1980s. I was in the Air Force at the time and didn't...
Should use the original motor mounts for a 352 or 390 in that year. They'll use only 2 of the 4 bolt holes in your block but the extra holes are...
I think you're going to have two issues with those stock wheels and Granada rotors. The center opening needs to be large enough as mentioned. Also...
Over 10 miles to the gallon? Nothing wrong with that in my book. I know many 3/4 ton pickups that might average that mileage and some won't. I...
C1AE-As are close enough that you could use one without any issues. There are a couple different C3 castings as some of those were on either 406s...
I'd agree that the C4AE-G casting is the one I'd be looking for in this case. C1AE-As are nearly identical as are some C3 castings.
The later blocks had those reinforcement ribs. I don't think it's the original block to a 1965 TBird. Those ribs started appearing somewhere...
That looks much like the crossmember on the frame I have. I hoped to V-notch and weld them up. Maybe that isn't such a good idea??
My shop is a 40x40 post frame building. It had 1" foil faced foam between the tin and the wood frame. I added 1 1/2 foam between the horizontal...
I looked for the tag on my 3W body this past weekend and found the rivets where the tag used to be but no tag...
Yep, I used Rockauto for the front pans on my 1960 Ranchero. I thought the rear pans weren't that bad and then wished I would have gotten those...
I seriously doubt it has a 390 Police engine from the factory. I believe they didn't start putting the FE series motors in those trucks until...
There's a ton of tips in this thread for me to "steal" when putting together one of mine... Thanks!!
Yep, I was looking at a 8BA going into a '34 the other day and he had a GM alternator hanging off to one side. Just didn't look right... I...
I run 15"s all around on steel Ford wheels on my 1960 Ranchero on 5 bolt wheels. I think the fronts are a bit wider than the rears are. I have...
I just ran across a farm wagon made from an old Lincoln that has Lincoln Zephyr hubcaps and I think the wide 5 wheels. The way I read this it'd...
Yep, that's how the earlier FE's are. The pulley is part of the "harmonic balancer" and it wasn't near as thick as later balancers. In 1968 they...
I used to adjust the valve train on my 1967 Mustang with stock hydraulic lifters. I loosened them until they made noise then tightened about a...
I run them on my 60 Ranchero. 1960 full size Ford ones, that is.
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