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I bought my '56 in 1968. Since then it's had 3 Y-blocks, 6 FE's and 5 SBC's, so I've had lots of practice changing trans. THM 350's, and 700r4's...
I bought my '29 in 1966 while I was in high school and then commuted 80 miles weekly to university with the stock engine. It would got 62 mph and...
It sounds like I should give silicone a try. It can't be worse than using the other fluid. Thanks Pete
Some of my old Fords don't get on the road every year. I'm still fighting trans problems on my '56 so I thought I'd pull my '29 out of the shed...
I built a set for my 390 in 1970. I built the passenger side first. It came out nice. When I got to the driver side, there wasn't room for the...
I have a set of 69 Cougar disk brake spindles. I opened up the holes to fit the 56 ball joints. The brakes worked fine but the steering arm tie...
Yes, I was talking about the Aerostars. I didn't replace the rubber. As I recall the rubber was at the top and only about 1/8". I don't think a...
I put Aerostar springs n my 56. The car looks good with them. They are about 12" out of the car vs 16" for the originals. I live on a paved...
I think the rear axle in my Ford is a small bearing '57 nine inch. I do have a larger bearing one and it came out of a '59 Station wagon. I was...
I went looking for some new division bar type fuzzy strip. Most glass shops had seen regular channel, but not the stepped channel. I couldn't find...
As suggested, I pulled the spring out and found if you wind it one way it removes the tension and I still have all of my fingers, thanks. It...
Power windows would be nice especially in a hardtop. I've got a 62 Pontiac 4 door hardtop and I always wish I could put all of the windows down at...
Thanks for the tips.
The window winders in my Victoria are pretty rough and the driver side unwinds by itself. For one of my other cars I had gotten a kit with a new...
" I thought the fairlane was a lot heavier than it is. Since it's close in weight to a Fox body mustang GT I started researching what's needed to...
I put a Gen II 350 Cheve LT1 in my 56 Victoria. I converted it to a carb. I had to go electric fuel pump and electric fans because the injected...
On the weekend on one of the on air TV stations these two movies were on back to back. The movies were not the deepest but they had some neat...
I think Granda spindles are diferent than late '60's Mustang/Cougar. The first time the tires wore I took the car in for an alignment thinking...
The car was originally black with a salmon/white cloth/vinyl interior. About the radiused wheel wells...Around 1968 a friend bought a set of...
The first photo up above is without the spacer. So it went from no space and compressed in the lower photo to less than an inch with the spacer...
The coils are quite a bit shorter. I was surprised.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Initially I had spacer bars, but they left no travel. [ATTACH] The car...
Maybe I should trim my lower bumpers to get some more suspension travel. It rides a little rough.[ATTACH]
On the way home from the track the car was missing. It turned out to be a burned plug wire that got up against a header pipe. Now that it is...
[ATTACH] The engine was running pretty good and I wanted to baseline it at Toronto Motorsports Park before the season ended, so my son and myself...
I was able to polish up the compressor crank and hone the rod and get the compressor running. Then I sanded the car out with 1000 grit and another...
I have had my Victoria since 1968 with lots of rebuilds. When I did my last upgrades in 2013 I painted it with black epoxy primer. I was expecting...
I put 69 Cougar spindles on my 56. I had to change some of the tapered holes in the spindles to make the ball joints and tie rod ends fit. The...
Originally I had lowering spacer bars below the A arms but with the Aerostars there was no travel. It was on the bumpers. I took the spacers out...
When I had a FE 428 CJ( aluminum intake and C6) in my 56 Victoria hdtp( glass fenders) it weighed 3840 lb. Pete
My son gave me a new Holley Ultra 750 double pump, electric choke carb for my '56. I had alot of trouble last year with Q-Jet and an old Holley...
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