Recent content by 50mercman

Ah, the elusive what's it worth thread. First, if I'm violating some forum rule then moderator please delete this thread. Did find that a price is required to post so $8500 is a ballpark for me. I have a 1940 sedan DeLuxe that I'm interested in selling vs. transporting to the Denver area...

I've got this ****** in an F1 that I'm building. When I pulled the drain plug about a half a cup of rusty kerosene poured out. I used an magnet and there were no metal particles in the goop. Is this the 'heavy duty' ******? How much fluid does this ****** take? Not finding much info on...

I have a K.R. Wilson stand that I picked up in the early 70's. I was having some machine work done for a '68 440 build that I was doing and the machine shop owner asked me if I had an engine stand to which I replied No. He'd had a fella come in with this KR Wilson stand to have the flathead...

Copy! Thank you, Sir. Kurt

I'm installing a stock oil filter system on a 1949 Mercury engine (going in my 50 Ford F1 pickup). The original oil lines from the block to the filter canister to the block are long gone. I hit NAPA yesterday for fittings and such and the only size line that they had was 1/4". Is this...

Answered my own question! Very sorry for any inconvenience. http://www.telusplanet.net/public/bboogaar/engine.htm

Greetings! I'm away from my reference books and am trying to determine the date of manufacture of a 59A series engine block. Can someone point out the location of and how to date the block from a casting or stamping number? Thanks!