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I have the original heater in mine. Is the fiberboard plenum extension your issue? Post pics to illustrate from the driver's side so we can see...
Why not modify an early-mid 70s Torino gas pedal/cable? That's what I did for my '55 with a 289-C4 combo...in 1982!! Had to drill a hole in the...
Isn't the Bobby Darrin custom in the National Transportation Museum in St. Louis?
Where did you find this list?
I remember in the early '80s a gearhead friend mine, who was a few classes ahead of me, had big parties at his farm place off the highway just...
Gee, back in the late 60s-70s we went out of our way to flip the shackles to "jack up the rear" and get a nose-down rake. Of course a good set of...
I cannot wait until fads like faux "patina," flat black and rat rods finally fade into obscurity. But then again what abominal trend will take...
YAY! Now I may have to rearrange my work schedule to get there on Friday.
Tuesday going down, Thursday afternoon/Friday return. Big question is when I leave 'rillo and whether I drive 11+ hours straight to get home after...
Good suggestion. Great Bend will be roughly the half-way point, and if I spend the night there on the way back then I'd try to find the strip on...
Thanks to COVID, I'm road-tripping to project sites instead of flying these days, so that means take time to "smell the roses" (or the feed lots...
What's the engineering/part numbers on the tags? List them for help with ID.
There are several threads on the Ford Barn about supporting Flatheads with cast integral bellhousings and how the cantilevered weight will create...
They made it so damn hard to use I gave up on it - and I'm a 33-year member!!
I may be heavy into '63 T-birds, but I started out with a black/red cloth interior box-top 500 in '79 that got the "XL clone" treatment by me -...
Did they make a 2-door full-size wagon like Ford did in '60-'61? Blown apart as far as it is, a four- to two-door conversion would be real...
We were supposed to tour this collection as part of Vintage Thunderbird Club International's International Convention in Portland in mid-August....
Dammit - you've got Deluxe window garnish moldings. A full set of those and a clock are the last things I need set to convert my Standard tudor to...
I thought the original swan necks were mounted in place of the short cowl trim piece. I know people say the passenger side mounted this way is...
Spent big dollars on a repop or NOS Rotunda R-1A oil filter, then installs aftermarket red plug wires and non-Mustard-top coil? (Or is it the...
In 61-63 T-birds it's not uncommon to install a 1/4"-thick shim between the frame bracket and mount for aftermarket headers to be installed (very...
Anti-chatter rods were used on '40 Fords.
What some call "restoration" is really anything but one - usually there's some liberties taken for personal taste, budget constraints or lack of...
I thought only the '48s had that "Ford"-embossed trim on the deck lid, but it's been a long time since I've had to remember what makes a '47...
You can put lipstick on a pig...there's a reason there's not a lot of lover for the 239. I suggest selling it and put the money towards a 272 or...
BA 1106-B3 looks like a Ford engineering number for a '52-'54 (and maybe '55-'56) Ford car. KHC is code for Kelsey Hayes Corporation. Is bolt...
It wasn't a rumor - they did shut it down for today....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Was there yesterday afternoon 1:30-3:00. Didn't...
Those engineers and designers in the 1950s weren't dumb - sometimes the OEM way can be the simplest, most-efficient and sane. In other words,...
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