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I have a 52 F-1 with major rust issues in the frame rails, Does this frame have anything in common with the earlier 42 to 48 frames??

Try some small copper washers under the nuts

Who would be the best source for steel lifters

.175-.180 for the plate,

Great Its a half ton. Thanks for the info. I'm guessing a driveshaft out of a 47 open driveline should fit?

I'm attempting to replace a non synchro 4 speed in a 51 F-1 with the light duty 3 speed topshifter, can I use the 4 speed rear trans rubber mount? It looks very similar to the rear trans mount on a 47 truck.

Looking for a recommendation for crank grinder in Northern Ca capable of putting a 1/8 stroke on a Merc crank. I'm near Chico.

I'm looking for a timing tag for an ISKY LDB on a 59a style cam Has approximately .290 lift

A little advise to those in fire prone areas. If possible try to keep even your project cars licensed and insured. I lost 2 cars in the Paradise fire. One was insured and I was compensated under the auto policy but the other was uninsured and found that my house insurance specifically...

The braze that dropped out was a tunnel fire ignition fix and not a crack. I was in Paradise but now in Chico. I guess the question would be what were the Ford specs for Rockwell hardness ?

Based on the chart supplied by 19forty I would say that the cranks and blocks were exposed to around 12 to 13 hundred degrees. Even if the blocks were blueprint straight what would that do to the future machinability of cast iron and the strength of the existing threaded holes

It got hot enough to put the piston skirts in in the pans and turn a set of edelbrock flats into a puddle. All of it sat under a 3 ft layer of ash for a couple off weeks. I also had an old braze repair disappear out of combustion chamber as well as some brass plugs.

Before hitting the scrap pile does anyone know what temp would compromise a cast iron block and the same info on cranks, I've got both flathead and model B cranks involved. Never had any water put on them and were buried so they cooled real slow. Spark test? Rockwell files?

Can I use a 37 85 hp radiator to replace a 38 85 hp radiator in a Standard car

During the early 70's there were a couple of guys out of southern California running a 35 Ford sedan in the Baja 1000. I believe Rod and Custom magazine had a feature on that car " Phantom of the Baja"