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Count me in as one shocked and saddened by this news of a man I have never actually met. Like many others here have expressed, I have gotten much...
I did collect the other bits out of the car that I took the transmission from for mine, but both the kickdown switch and the relay had issues....
I will add when I bench tested my solenoid out of the transmission, I just hooked one jumper cable to one of the mounting ears, and touched the...
My old Ford did not originally come with OD, but I added it in. I literally found a switch rated for 30amp (which is what the stock fuse was),...
As some have said, my earliest driving was old Farmalls and John Deeres. First car I remember driving was my dad's '77 or '78 caprice classic...
I had a bad fuel pump out of the box once on an old blazer. It would run hard through first and second, but shortly after shifting to third...
On that note, mine has over 91k on the odometer and never been opened up so far as I can tell, runs great. Last fall I did a "fall color run",...
Basically stock 8ba in my 52 Mainline, have a Bubba distributer, and a reworked holly 94 carb. Backed by a 3speed OD out of a '53 and the stock...
Also looks similar to the rear u-joint on my '52 Ford, was able to get it at NAPA, comes with 2 of those instead of the "normal" caps on all 4.
Measure your yoke, then you know which u-joint fits it. I seem to recall from my off-roader days there was an "adapter" u-joint available that...
The orange wire from the solenoid to the kickdown switch and back to the ignition coil is probably the circuit giving you trouble. My...
A bit off the original topic, but as mentioned above the original version of Hot Rod Lincoln by Charlie Ryan was indeed talking about the v12...
Oddly enough, we found a bad voltage regulator (yes for the generator) causing my buddy's '48 F1 with the original flathead 6 to "cut out" on...
Stock 8ba in my 52 Mainline is a 9 1/2" clutch.
Interstingly enough, my 1952 service manual shows diagrams for basically all the different circuits, but nothing specific for the ignition switch....
Why does this seem fitting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M
Not sure what they are worth, but I saw a couple at a swap meet that the guy had cut one side and the baffles out of, then added some shelves...
I was at work when one of the guys in the back who had the radio going mentioned that a plane had hit the first tower. At that point my thought...
That's cool, and if Ethyl runs out, get Mabel! (Always loved that line from Groucho, but cant remember which film it was from lol.) I have...
Definately use the drops! I forget how often I had to use mine, but I do remember that if I was busy and let it go a little bit long for time, my...
If they got all the metal out, it is not a problem with MRIs, but it is something that never even crossed my mind until I needed an MRI. ;) The...
I got some grinding particles under my safety glasses about 10-12 years ago. I thought I had it all flushed out, my eye felt good until the next...
My first "car" has probably been crushed by now. But the engine went into my second "car", which I basically still have. First was a '66 IH pickup...
I cant say for your 59AB directly, but the 8BA in my '52 has been dead nuts reliable. I also swapped the water pumps (one was seeeping at the...
Im already registered and will be there at least one day. Yes, the registration site is at the "Mermaid Event Center and Americinn" this year...
The SR-71 served from '64 on, and is one hell of a "hot-rod" I vote it stays. ;)
They Drive By Night was a pretty good Humphrey Bogart movie, early 40's I think. Not what you're looking for but was the first thing that popped...
Might be easiest to bench test it. When I got the OD trans for my Ford I took the solenoid out of it and just applied 6v (yours should be 12v) to...
Right turn Clive!
Dennis Carpenter has 52-54 Ford tanks...
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