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Time to dig in and get the van ready for the vintiques nw nationals.
Welcome to the hamb from the vanman!
Welcome good luck with the falcon trim i have never seen any for sale.
It will sound like six with glasspack mufflers. A single would sound better than duals. It wil be loud and raspy might pop and backfire on...
Also you will have to use the 144 / 170 clutch disk and the 200 pressure plate. I made a pilot bearing on a lathe Out of oilite bronze bearing...
Actually you might have to change the bell housing they changed the bolt pattern in 68. Also you will have to weld some ears on the trans so the...
Keep the 200. Zero deck the block thats .060 off the top on the 200 to raise compression. Install a dura spark II distributor. Go with the webber...
as far as I know the pop out the window weatherstripping is obsolete. you have to use a universal ype weather stripping. try JC Whitney for your...
Where are the pics of this beast?
I have a 61 pickup with 90xxx for sale little rust needs engine and trans. make offer! Need it gone
Welcome from the great northwest. Hope you enjoy the van.
welcome check out the econoline madness thread and post some pics if u havnt already
ok looks like a pretty simple design. but how well does the floor hold up to the torq of the v8? should i maybe extend mine to the subframe rails...
Im pretty sure all econolines 61-65/66 were the short model it was the later versions 66 thru 68 that had the extended rear end.
well i can make just about anything but doing it right is the thing. do u know of any pictures i could look at? im trying to get the right idea.
ok guys im hoping someone can help me out. looking for some pictures of crossmembers made to fit a c4 and 302 on a 65.
hellfish i have a quick question, i am mid swap with my mildly built 302 in my 65. The question i have is how well does the unibody hold up to the...
what!!! over 1000 posts and u dont know econos come with or without windows? haha just bustin your ball joints! its a falcon they were sold as...
my 61 170 had a 8 1/2 and when i swapped it to a 68 200 with the 10. I had to custom fab a pilot bearing to match the imput shaft and modify the...
i drive my econoline stock 4:11 and 3spd 30 minutes to work too every day too at 70 mph this thing has never quit or let me down
i have looked a few over and it seems that the 61-63 vans have the cracking problem
welcome to the hamb from the vanman!
on my 61 i had a few fish plates behind my right front wheel where they had been repaired once. Another spot i had problems with is the end of the...
ok.. so now that you have the v8 and have got on it some, how does it feel? do you think your gona have to strengthen the frame any?
welcome from washington... you should check out the econoline madness thread there is plenty of info and more econos than any other forum.
watch that rust i had the steering box on my 61 rip thru the frame rail
its probly a bad sealed bearing on the ideler
slick steve how hot was it when u took her out and how fast were u going? my econoline funs hot when its over 90 out and will overheat if imx...
just change the gears and go with somthing like 3.73's the 240 should have plenty of power with the 3spd. p.s. if your waiting for the 240 to...
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