The Jalopy Journal
Someday, you're going to set down your key and a helpful soul will drop it into the nearest mailbox. When it reaches the postal authorities the...
Wow. Just one week ago I was standing at the WK club tent at Hershey swinging the crank on the engine demonstrator, an annual ritual for me....
And on an older suggestion up above...if you remove the piece of tin that forms a lid over the area between standard V8 radiator and the hood...
I've found some reading on Ford balancing during Model A and earliest V8 production and in For's own engine rebuilding program. An interesting...
This one is pretty close to being put back in business. The on-off plate is available in fair repro. The lock is held in place by the...
The French also had regular 59A type aluminum pans. Source not known by me...According to general reading here and there there were 2 different...
The HAMB is such a labor saver! This just saved me from trudging down to the basement to introduce a French manifold to a Lincoln carb! "I think...
Start by counting the head studs. Then look at bellhousing...if it says "59" in fairly big lettere, you are done.
Look at a Ford chassis parts catalog...there is a joker in the deck that might be a cause of puzzlement. Prewar cylinders, at least fronts, were...
If all fails---next options are two. First, you can probably run in a straightened coat banger or such from the other end of the tunnel. Mark the...
You will find that S on a lot of A and V8 ignition parts, like pong plates and coils...S was one of several suppliers of ignition stuff as...
There were also regular 59A looking aluminum pans, and since French Ford was making flatheads since before the war there are normal flatheads...
Look around for a proper punch socket...this will be more difficult than getting the basic tool. something like this search "impact driver...
SHOCK is what you need...if you just figure out ways to apply more torque to a stuck plug, pretty soon you will be looking at a perfectly round...
Don't ever buy a car that doesn't come with a handcrank in the trunk.
Wow! Look at that...Lloyd I think!! Kick out the trunk dents, tell Bubba you think he's too weak to straighten the roof with his bare hands...
Oh-Oh! Lef is a DeLuxe, Right a standard!
On where the front bits go...the answer is built in: With speedo drive and the stuff associated with that, the snap ring, gear, thrust washer,...
" I know the search engine here is not very good but if use googles it will most likely bring you back here." google advanced search...
Just study the Brillman listings and pick what looks good to you. Brillman carries just about everything ever used on a plug wire! Screw-on...
I don't have the catalog here, but some Ford gear bushing were not available except as an assembly of gear and bushing. If that applies here (any...
And Ford numbers...look at the pic: The small logo carb has a small "67" right above the "97". That is the FORD part number ID, carb 67-9510 in...
Some of the coolest stuff came from their string of junkyard suppliers! Two samples...they took huge multi-row radiators from heavy duty trucks...
Somewhere on here is a post showing the exhaust passages very well...the guy sawed the deck off of a junk block just so. Circuitous, bu smoother...
Also...I suspect the rear suspension is far more important than the front for your ride. You ARE sitting there, for one thing. Also possible...
Not when a deuce grill was $15 at the junkyard!
But he can skate on this one...look closely. His STEELIES have a dented RIM, all acceptable usage, and he is directed to a WHEEL repair facility....
The few repros I have picked up are MUCH lighter than original bumpers...the repros are shiny trim strips, not bumpers! Doesn't matter much,...
It is just a post reaching in to a very close clearance to the back of the ring gear. This was very common stock on trucks, even Ford trucks...
Our world responded to that brief historical period with T-Shirts that said "Kenny Howard hates you"
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