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The suction side of the water pumps are connected directly to the radiator bottom tank. Your heater piping connection sounds ok, but your heater...
Thank you. Any chance of you moving to Jersey? My Merc wanted me to ask....:cool:
Shoebox, You truly are gifted...if I may ask, how is the long quarterpanel seam filled? Looks like smooth lead, but it is outstanding, as are...
'57 Ford etc, Your Merc 4 bolt manifold is missing parts, making it look odd. First, the angled tap directly under the carb base is threaded for...
Hamber barrnone50, who posted early in this thread, says he is right up the road from you, and has everything you need to teardown. Maybe PM him...
While you are recovering, and best wishes to you on that, be assured that the K-D tool you bought is the best ever to lift out the valve...
Congrats on your choice of engines. I just finished freshening up my '49 Merc engine to go into my '51 Merc coupe. There is lots of help here,...
I've been negligent, but now I'll turn that around. A few posts down the road, it's now time to come clean. By way of introduction, I am a...
In '65, after the shift collar in my '50 Merc coupe let go, I went to R&S Auto Stores and got the wood 'yo-yo' handle Spark-O-Matic shifter kit,...
Hi all, I'm posting for a friend (80 years of age) who has stored away his 1960 Pontiac Catalina race car from the sixties, all lettered up, an...
www.malloryperformance.com has some info and diagrams of their mags. Not sure about Vertex, but maybe search for their site, most mfgs. have tech...
I believe Ford retired the pitch filled box coils beginning in 1928 with the Model A series of cars and trucks, which used a single sealed coil.
By way of followup, I used the Summit adjustable tapered aluminum installing sleeve on my 49 merc rebuild and it worked flawlessly. So much nicer...
Makes sense to me. I will try to send some jpegs out to you, plus I have some other garnish moldings I might want to have plated (steel). Thank...
Can't help with the names, but automotive ignition coils of that vintage were oil filled, mostly with askarel oil, which is what was used in most...
So.....they could be chromed hard brass? Hmmm, can brass be spot welded? the attachment ears are spot welded to the molding. If true, they...
In 1965 I bought my Great Aunt's 1950 Mercury Monterey, 65,000 miles, pale green, O/D, vinyl roof, glasspack, skirts and one owner from new. And...
+1 on the donation. It will cost $400. to $700 to get it upgraded/made playable, so the up front should be low. I just had my '51 Merc radio...
I found this pair of 1950 Mercury Monterey garnish moldings a while back, one ok and one with some very light pitting in the shiny finish, which I...
This site is a wellhead of great info. One more question and then I'll stand down for awhile. I'm thinking of adding three rows of hood...
Much obliged, everyone. On to my next humble question - '51 Merc hood louvers, new post tho....
I'm liking that outside vent idea, and I guess I could weld/thread/solder an elbow just under the filler cap, and run a hose/pipe back down thru...
Am thinking of relocating my fuel filler from it's home in the quarterpanel to inside the trunk, and filling in the door opening. But I do not...
I will be running a new tach on my 6 volt '51 Merc project. There is a company that makes up tach packages for small aircraft applications, any...
Anyone ever use one of those tapered aluminum ring compressor sleeves to install 4 ring pistons in a flathead ford block? Summit 90A3100 is the...
The application is a mild build 255" .030 over Merc, Max 1, 2x2 Offy. Anyone use the flathead model Fluidampr? No racing, leadsled only. What...
Thanks, gents. Much obliged.
I finally found a new worm gear that matches up with the steering sector on my '51 Merc box. Now I need to yank off the old galled gear and press...
The casting is marked "w 43/11". Is this a code for the ratio? 3.91? thanx
I think maybe yes, I could be one of those old farts that owned at least half a dozen flathead shoeboxes and Mercs in the early sixties. You...
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