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Kahuna

Kahuna

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Here are a few pics of my Barnfind (actually just left outside of a building) 56 Ford.

Here's the story:
The original owner passed away 3 years ago at the age of about 86.
He had just purchased new tires, battery, and some other items.
After he passed away his daughter moved back home to assist her Mom. The daughter then moved the car outside next to a barn where it sat for 3 years.

Unfortunately, the daughter was an addict, and rather than take care of her Mother, decided to manufacture drugs in Mom's house. That part of the story ends after the police raided the home and took said daughter to jail.

The daughter left her Mother deeply in debt and the man I bought the car from loaned the Mom some money so that her house wouldn't be repossed (sp) by the County for unpaid taxes. (Daughter was supposed to pay them)
He also held Power of Attorney to be able to sell the car, to recover his loan and give the remainder to the lady.

I bought the car

It has the original 56 plates, no PS or PB. It has an aftermarket AC system (under dash). It has a 292 I guess and a Fordamatic transmission. It runs rather well, trans shifts fine. It has 137K miles.
I'm fighting an electrical issue now. Wiring has really been screwed with.

I think it'll be a good car after I get things sorted

Jim
 

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Hi Jim,

If you look at the data plate in the drivers door jamb up near the a-pillar, if the first letter of the VIN is "M" it was originally a 292, and if a "P" it was a 312.

Sal
 
What a find! Be sure to get that wiring fixed; it'd be a cryin' shame to lose that little gem to an electrical fire.
 
Hi Sal
Yes, it's an M

Hey Dobie, is that you on the Yblock forum?
Thanks for all the help
Jim
 
Wow you didn't say it was a crown vic! Cool!
The main thing would be to check the front cross member. Check it well, if it doesn't have rust in it count your blessings!

Would be interesting to see if it was an M code..
 
It does have an M as the first character in the number. Sal mentioned that it meant it came with a 292 engine. Which is cool
Jim
 
Hahaa I did mean to say P code .. Yes its a 292 = M which is very normal ..
I take it, it still has the teapot carb and the vacuum dissy?
 
Uh No
It has an Edelbrock carb. I'm not sure what the distributor is yet.
I want to get another teapot for it when I can. I like them.
Jim
 
Talkwrench
I don't know about the distributor yet. It may be the later type.
The Edelbrock carb is on an adapter.
I like the Teapots cuz I've got a lot of experience with them with the help from Sal.
I run them on a couple of flatheads also.
 
Kahuna said:
Talkwrench
I don't know about the distributor yet. It may be the later type.
The Edelbrock carb is on an adapter.
I like the Teapots cuz I've got a lot of experience with them with the help from Sal.
I run them on a couple of flatheads also.
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The car will generally run like crap with the Loadomatic distributor and a carb that isn't compatible with it. Have you had it out on the road yet?
 
Talkwrench said:
If its running with that carb it must have a later 57 onwards dissy.. You want the teapot.. good lord?!
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I admit the teapots are more difficult to work on than most carburetors, but they sure get knocked by a lot of people. Mostly people that never had a car with one and heard stories passed on from people that don't know carburetors. They work just fine if you pay attention to what you are doing when repairing, and understand what every part does.

Sal
 
If it has the original '56 Loadomatic distributor the vac. adv. can on it will look like this one...
Since someone went to the trouble of changing the carb, hopefully they changed the dist also.
 

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dmsfrr said:
If it has the original '56 Loadomatic dist the vac adv can on it will look like this one...
Since someone went to the trouble of changing the carb, hopefully they changed the dist also.
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Hopefully they didn't replace the distributor. It would make it a lot easier and cheaper to bring back to original.

Sal
 
if your electrical is that bad and your not a purest why not replace the harness to a modern one unless your staying with the original l don't remember if its 6 or 12 volts you could use a hot rod kit I think it has 10 circuts when I did my wagon and 64 ranchero I used a kit like this it had provisions for fuel pump windows locks a/c ect was easier and less time consuming then tracing broken/cut wires just my thoughts
 
OK
I found the electrical fault. It was the wiring/switch from the add on AC unit.
Today, when I hooked up the battery I heard a noise, kinda like a slight hummm. Then it would stop making the noise. I got my Grandson to listen while I connected and then disconnected the battery. It took a few tries, but we were able to isolate the sound to the AC deal. There was a fuse holder to power the thing, but I could'nt get it apart, so I cut the wire.
Problem solved, YEA
 
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