Recent content by fordsbyjay

I have wilwood brakes on my Tbucket. They are very popular on everything so I don't think you could go wrong. It is important to check the size of the hole in the center of the rims if using original rims.

I just like to be different than anybody else. I also like it nice and clean.

I used the EMS panels. They fit quite well with little trimming.

For those asking about the ignition and distributor the MSD box he referred to in the OP uses the original cranks sensor to control the coils. There is no distributor, just the original 5.4 coils.

Is it the original master cylinder still? A smaller bore m/cyl will reduce some of the pedal effort at the expense of pedal travel. A very small amount of pedal travel. As soon as I bought my 56 I swapped out the m/cyl for a dual setup for safety reasons. I just stole the one of another Ford and...

I know this is an old thread but at the time there seemed to be a lot of concern about venting and filling with oil when using old closed valve covers. I eventually changed the valve covers on my tbucket to 59 Ford Fe valve covers with no holes. Without thinking I put a hole in one of the covers...

Do you have a jigsaw? That's all it would take to make a low buck set.

I know you are looking for a Yblock look but here is a picture of pentroof FE/windsor valve covers I have on my windsor. What you are after is some valve cover adapters to fit a Yblock valve cover on a sbf.

Jeff's link above has all the info you need. It is not hard to do at all and plenty of people have done it.

This only applies if it is the original M/cyl. If using a later model dual reservoir m/cyl Ford switched the large/small reservoir back and forth over the years and with different models. They all bolt up the same to the firewall but may have different reservoir placement as well as different...