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My bad, it was and is an aftermarket piece, I’m from “back in the day” myself and I guess I’ve seen enough converted 4100’s over the years to believe they were factory carbs. Anyway, I’ve read about the conversion kit before but didn’t give it much thought. I haven’t learned how to post photos...

The 4100 was manufactured with both vacuum and mechanical secondaries. Mine is a C1AE-AH with mechanical secondaries which is what I wanted for the benefit of adjustment ability. I’ll be adding a PCV system that I will plumb from the valley pan to a nippled 1” phenolic carb spacer. Once I...

It’s been awhile since I posted but after many setbacks and unavoidable interruptions, I’m finally in the process of changing out the original “Teapot” setup on my ‘55 Mercury and replacing it with an ECZ-B and 4100 Autolite. Unbeknownst to me when I purchased the car (it wasn’t running) I found...

Re: ‘55 Mercury Clutch Yes, the ‘55 is the same as ‘56 and according to the parts diagram provided by old mercÂ’s, was used thru at least ‘58. I didnÂ’t know the early birds were the same. Now, if I just had a 3D printer... Going old school with the transmission and shifter since I already...

‘55 Mercury Clutch Converting my ‘55 Mercury from automatic to manual transmission. Looking for either the actual parts or some good clear photos of both the chassis side and engine side brackets for the clutch equalizer bar (Z bar). I will need a few measurements to fabricate the parts if...

No, not BW T10 or the imposters, I’m referring to the true 4 speed Ford built HEL or RUG toploader, the only way to fly 😉

If you’re installing a mid 60’s or so Falcon toploader from a small block in your bird then You probabably need the extension housing on my ******, it should locate the shifter at the right front corner of the drivers seat similar to the Mustang it came out of. Alternatively, I think I need the...

I posted this on the Y Blocks Forever site too and what I need is some input from those who have swapped out their ‘55,’56 Fordomatic/Mercomatic for a toploader 4 speed. In my case, I have a ‘55 Montclair Coupe with air cooled automatic that I am replacing with a RUG-AV toploader from a ‘70...

Thanks for all the great input guys! Research hasn't turned up much information on the pedal assembly options but I could definitely determine from a photo that the '57 Ford pedal assembly was not going to work. I think I need to try to find a donor '55 or '56 Merc with a standard transmission...

Guys, I have a spare Ford top loader 4 speed ****** that I'm thinking about Installing in my '55 Automatic equipped Mercury Montclair. I think we all know that Fords and Mercs have always shared about 90% of their platforms so due to shear numbers, I'm looking for Ford donor parts more than I...