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The truck stuff works but the clutch may be the big 11-inch "Long" type. Some folks use them but others don't like the spring pressure which makes the pedal push a little on the heavy side. The 9" and 10 " Long clutches were used on the lighter passenger cars of the 30s and 40s and light...

I checked on the Classtique site on the side curtain description for pickups and it states that the upper weather flap attaches to the forward rail of the top irons on the inside edge. This is a general statement but may be accurate for all of the roadsters too. It sort of makes sense due to...

Ford did a big change over for 1954 and Ford of Canada was still producing their own Ford product while they retooled. The Mercury and Monarch were different since Canada ordered partially completed cars for the Mercury body type in that time frame and then made them their own. This gave Canada...

Ford actually set pickups up with OD units in the F100 years. The best unit is the T85 with the R11 overdrive. Ford used them till 1970 or so in pickups. The R10 behind the Ford 259 series transmission is a lighter duty unit but still viable for flathead use. There are still units out there...

That would be the T170 RTS TOD made for Ford by Tremec in Mexico. They are still out there but getting harder to source at local salvage yards. The best ones were made to fit behind the 302 and 351 Windsors in pickups & Broncos. Several shops set them up for Model As and later V8s with torque...

There are several "yard" dimensions which largely depend on the width of the material roll. If a car seat is wider the 54" then a person needs to look for 60" width or whatever needed. A yard is measured as taken off the roll so it would be 36" X 54" on that width of roll. A person needs some...

Definetly look up Columbia 2-Speed Parts LLC. He has the best info with photos in his revised manual. The vacuum system varies by year groups and it's not as simple as one may think. The clutch and speedometer are integrated into the control system. It's good to be well informed about any of the...

The Mercury unit from 1949 through early 51 will fit the half bell and work with the 46 clutch OK. Just use the 3 on the tree to shift. The 1946 rear axle is going to be problematic due to the closed drive. The Lincoln cars of the early & later post war had a closed drive Borg Warner overdrive...

8RT indicates a truck motor or at least truck cylinder heads. They have big chambers so most folks replace them with higher compression heads. The pan and clutch housing may be truck along with water pumps. The truck sump is deeper than the Mercury type but is still usable along with the bell...

Right after the intro, I did a post edit with no problems. I noticed today that the edit function is missing. Ryan said there'd be bugs. I don't really need edit right now but I do use it. Thanks for the update. I can already see many additions and improvements.

The R10 was a product of the mid century cars. Most manufacturers used them in one form or another. The larger cars and pickups used the T85 transmission with the R11 overdrive. They were a heavier duty unit. Ford used them clear up to 1970.

All the ones I've seen have the flap attached on the inside of the curtain. The front snap is generally accessible to the driver on the inside. Many of these old cars were modified whenever the top was replaced and some do away with the normal fasteners such as cinch and lift the dot for other...

Ford listed multiple species of hardwoods in their part drawings for affected wood parts. They used what ever hard woods they had on the Iron Mountain property in the upper peninsula of Michigan

If you go back to the drawings of parts under a specific 4 digit number, the prefix A is a general model A indication, Each drawing has the initial release date. Any time it was revised, a new date was added to the new drawing. If the original As Released part was to stay in production for...

There is a 1941 COE fire truck on there too. It has a Marmon Herrington 4WD conversion as well.