Recent content by Daves55Sedan

In this picture you can see both springs

If you look closely at that throttle link screw at the top of the bellcrank, you'll notice that it has an indentation machined into it for the sprag of the spring to settle into. This is the main throttle return spring. I think these are still available from most repro parts suppliers. The only...

If I'm not mistaken, '88 was the last year for carburators before EFI took over in '89. Sounds to me like junk in the gas tank is bunching up around the sock and starving out the carb for gas, but once it is shut off, there's no more suction and the junk falls off around the sock, so the engine...

This is on a '55, 272 V8, but the setup is the same on a '54 239. Mine has Ford-o-Matic. The angle at which this photo is taken is not very good because the passing gear link is partly in the way, but you can see the top of the spring attached to the throttle-link screw. The bottom of that...

I had a '51 Ford Deluxe 4-dr sedan in the late '70's that had a rear window wiper. The wiper arm was gone but the hud stuck out of a professionally punched hole in the rear window trim and the wiper motor (vacuum) was under the rear window package tray. They ran a rubber vaccum hose all the way...

If you did indeed lose it, you can use the one you have as a pattern to make a new one for the other side. You might be able to get galvanized metal strips at the hardware store (try to get same gage thickness). Would need a sheet-metal bending brake and metal cutting blade for your jigsaw...

Can't tell from that photo what you mean, but all '55/56 Ford front floor braces on both side of transmission hump kinda sag in the middle and slope upward toward the trans hump. That's not any kind of damage. The floor braces are a much heavier (thicker) steel than the 18 gage floor. People who...

Dang, those look humongous. Guess you'd need to rethink your speedo driven gear teeth if you were planning to use those.

I would suspect either way it could be quite damaging. Suppose your front yoke pulled out of the trans tail shaft just as you stomped on it. For a split second the driveshaft would be flailing wildy, knocking against undercarriage and all. I was out at Mid-America Raceway in the late '90's and a...

I had a '57 with that breaker under the dash but never knew what it was originally for. A previous owner disconnected the wiring from it and bypassed it altogether. Sorry I couldn't be of help.

Sandblast the rust out of the top side of the brace, then vacuum out and wipe down with cleaning solvent. Paint top side with POR or other rust preventative coating. Punch holes in the flanges (that mate with the floor panel) for mig-welding the flanges back to the new floor pan. I would also...

Re: Remember when It appears they used 1964 Chebby bronze. The streets were littered with millions of Biscayne's and Impala's that had that color on them. But back then, it was just base enamel. It is the clear-coat that really makes that '57 look good. Otherwise, I don't particularly care for...

That depends. Those cars in the dealer photo don't even exist anymore. They went to the crusher decades ago. No money there. Some of us own a couple of '55's in fairly good shape (including my '55 Fairlane and '55 Courier sedan delivery wagon), both having had cheap barn-style body-off-frame...

Ahhhh Kultulz, those racing slicks in the back are a dead giveaway!

Re: Remember when Several decades ago, I worked at an engineering company in Houston Texas and on our team was a guy about my same age who's last name was Nowak. He noticed I drove to work everyday in my '55 Ford sedan and he told me about his uncle who lived up near St. Louis who raced a 1956...