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That made me laugh ... cool.
Hello, I bought 4 wheels for my '50 F-1 panel. 3 of the wheels were from the same truck(Same color, blue). The 4th. wheel appeared to have been...
Welcome Rick, I too am new here, been here a few weeks now. Your Merc looks good. My dad was a Mercury man, growing up we had a few of them.
Thank you ...
LOL .. over the bridge and through the woods. I'm from East Palo Alto originally, I had a cousin who lived over in Watsonville for years.
I know I did read that, about why you can't, I have to go look again, because of the sieve that I have for a brain sometimes. I like this forum I...
Ohh OK .. man I have a hard time with this format, lol, thank you.
When I am looking through the parts listings, I see a couple parts I want to inquire about, but where I should be able to post a reply, it says I...
All three are 50's
LOL, the tires give it away, Nice flames.
Bobby, love that nose out front. I love your grille over the radio and speaker hole in the dash, what is that from? Looks like a Pontiac?
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BoogittyShoe, I took your approach to it, I had that notion one of the times I was scratching my head. Your comment reinforced that notion, thank...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I found belts that I needed to allow me to center the fan in the shroud, 5/8's x 38 for the fan belt, and 5/8's x 55 for...
I found a 3/8 x 38 inch belt and a 5/8 x 55 inch belt, this allowed me to center the fan in the shroud, I think one more inch in length and it...
Flatford8 ... "Im a black wall guy in a whitewall world!!" ... Me too!
19Fordy, I have a four blade on my panel, I was trying to find a five blade, the three blade was really common, I am thinking the 4 blades were...
tubman, the trucks use a single wide belt application for driving both water pumps., as V8 Bob says. I have that on my '50 panel. I am new to...
19Fordy, thank you for that link. This is the first I have run across this system, I thought it was done by someone making two different types of...
No' it's not a problem, it;s just that all of the 8BA's and 8 RT's I have ever seen .. used one belt for the Gen./water pumps, and one belt for...
I have a '50 Ford Tudor sedan. I noticed something that has me baffled. I noticed that the two water pumps do not use the same belt to drive...
Bob, thanks for the great photos, I was borned about the same time this was going on, but I remember reading the hod rod magazines and seeing...
Is that a shoebox Ford body.
Yes these are the wide pulleys (5/8's) According to what I have read, the 13/16's belt width on the fan belt is correct. The Gen./ water pump...
F-ONE, thank you for input. I am finding out that the shrouds were not common place on the F-1's. Years ago, I had an '50 F-1 that had a 6...
Bob, great stuff, thank you
Goldmountain, sorry, I have been away, I have been trying to find a longer belt for the fan belt, I found a longer belt for the gen. and water...
Hello, I am trying to find a longer belt for my '50 F-1 panel. A while back, I posted this same question, I don't know if I posted it in the...
Rudestude, where is the Airship hanger?
Riding in my friend's '52 Chevy
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