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I have a 1953 Mercury Monterey HT that I have installed a 302/AOD into. Has anyone used a 1954 Mercury Monterey radiator for this swap, and if so was it a direct bolt in and were there any type of clearance issues? Thank you

Does anyone on here know Sonny Ayers, I spoke with him in February and tried calling him again last week and the phone was out of service.

This has been a very interesting response and a lot of interesting information. and I value all of your knowledge and input on this. As I previously mentioned I know from some of the hot rod mags of the late 50's and early 60's that guys were transplanting V8-60's into model T's and that is were...

Hello Everyone I have an opportunity to pick up a pretty hot rebuilt V8-60 that has never been fired. It comes with a fresh rebuilt 41 Lincoln Zephyr OD transmission that I am told will bolt up but I have not verified this. I was considering putting it into a 26T pickup as I do know this was a...

So today I tracked down an older gentleman I was told about that has a stash of 1959-1968 muscle cars, Not to mention a hoard of parts but unfortunately no NOS axle bearings. But what he did have was even better. This fellow had a stash of super clean axles for 9" ford complete with bearings and...

Yes I did notice that the new bearings do not have the lower race that protrudes out farther than the top and thanks for the heads up on the your seal issue I will check that out.

Called a friend of mine re this problem last night. He is a Mill Right and has been working on a lot of very old vintage machinery lately. We discussed the bearing issue and he stated that he has run into the same problem with 50-70 year old mill equipment that he has been upgrading. He...

Thanks for the information. As a side note the SKF bearings are now made in China.

Picked up a 1959 Ford 9" rear end from a 4dr that the owner parked 30 odd years ago and let the black berries engulf it need I say more. Anyhow the body is toast but the drive train is surprisingly good. I have run into an issue with regards to replacement wheel bearing.When I was removing...

That answered the second part of my question Kultulz Thank you

Thank you for the reply and the link

Friend of mine was digging through some NOS steering parts and found a steering shaft. I know it is for a Merc but don't know what year. I have a 53 Merc. Monterey that I want to rebuild the steering box in. Does anyone have a cross reference book that can tell me what this shaft fits or if it...

Thank you all for your advice, suggestions and answering my question.

Thank you for your reply. What I'm actually trying to find out is the bearing number for a set of Johnson Bronze bearings which is two letters followed by two numbers. For example FB-26 or FB-46. A Freind has a bunch of Johnson Bronze bearings but no info on what they fit other than they are for...

Can anyone on here tell me what the bearing number is for a 1939-1948 Mercury 100 horse Flathead with full floating rod bearing in Johnson Bronze with a STD on the crank throw and a STD on the rod journal? Thanks in advance.