Recent content by Barlea

Takes years to develop mesothelioma and by the time it's detected there is little time left. There is a growing number of us on death row from asbestos, takes me over 200mg of morphine to get through the day now. Enjoy your Fords and good health while you can, Fordbarners!

Reminds me of that commercial where the old boy drops his pill out the window and it falls into the open gas tank of the Fiat below......

That's a Ford Canada 81A, lots of those in Canadian post-war trucks and cars as a smaller option because there were no six cylinder options until '56.

I think there is a small difference on the '51 where the park brake cable passes through.

Hydraulic brake light switch can sometimes fail with the connection "made", but not able to pass enough current to light the bulb filaments.

Don't leave antifreeze in an open container for even a minute as pets will drink it and die a painful death.

Always enjoyed the discussions he could provoke, can it be that long ago?

I have a can of that Cummins beige, and to me, it's too much grey to match the Ford colour. The "RV white" that the motorhomes and travel trailers used is a lot closer.

Shoebox Central for Merc swaybar and suspension parts. http://shoebox-central.com/steering-suspension-2

Tyree Harris is also well known on the Shoebox Central forum.

Back in the late sixties, I put a tach on my '53 Customline Coupe, the only change necessary was the bulb to 6V and it seemed reasonably accurate as I recall. Tough to get it over 4000, but it sounded good trying.

If you are running a PCV system, it will suck a bit of dirty air into the engine around the dipstick and around the 8BA distributor unless you O ring it.

The primary ground path is through the body and engine, not the frame. The only exception would be the need for a ground path for the frame on the older trucks where the tail/brake lights are mounted on a bracket that is bolted to the frame. Body mounts, rubber engine mounts and trans mount may...

The window moves toward the rear a bit before it starts down, and when rolling up, it will reach the top and then move forward, hence, the rollers.

Check out http://www.bigjims.net/ for visors, skirts, parts etc.