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"34Fordy" asked about my backup camera on Mike's '36 thread. I didn't want to clutter that up, so I'll answer here. I've got a experimental power unit that converts 6 volts positive to clean 12 volt negative. I've been screwing around with "convenience" devices; a "Handsfree" cell phone device...

Because of age and infirmity, I was no longer able to open the hood on my '51 by myself. The hood itself weighs 80 pounds and Ford in their infinite wisdom, did not include any assist springs (although they did on their pickup trucks). The obvious solution was to add a set of gas struts to do...

Things seem to be a little slow around here lately, so to try to get things going, I'll submit a post I made on the H.A.M.B. a week ago that shows the differences between the various Mercury manifolds that can be used with the various Rochester 2G carburetors. One of the differences is that...

The hood on my '51 has always been hard to lift. In the last year, when the arthritis in my shoulders has gotten worse, I have been unable to open it and set the strut. A friend and I were discussing this problem this morning at breakfast, and decided maybe new hood springs might help. After...

Everyone here seems to be high on Mac Van Pelt's transmission book. However, it's for the '32-'48 transmissions. I am an "8BA" guy and am wondering if there is a similar book for the later ('49-'53) transmissions? I see he has an R10/R11 book, which is good. In the alternative, it seems there is...

I can't decide whether I am more annoyed by the threads about Camaro bucket seats or Dental procedures.:( Come on guys; let's at least try to keep things on topic.

None of these belong in this section of this forum, while a few don't belong on this forum at all. These will all be deleted shortly, so I would suggest that you save yourself some time and frustration and quit posting them.

This is to let Lawrie know that his mailbox is full and would not accept my PM acknowledging his payment.

It's starting to get a little chilly up here in Minnesota and it seemed like the old Ford took a little more cranking than usual to start in the morning. Since I have a Rochester 2G on a Merc manifold using the Merc automatic choke mechanism, I thought a choke adjustment was probably needed. I...

I was going to add this to the current Engine Test Stand" thread, but decided it would not be a good idea to clutter that up, so I am starting a new thread. When I went to the shop today, took some pictures of my test stand for general information and because I promised "rockfla" that I would...

Mark from Maine (flatford8) is in Key Largo for a week on vacation. He messaged me a couple of days ago to see if we could meet up. Yesterday, he was at a State Park 11 minutes away from me and gave me a call. We were able to meet up in Marathon. We had a pleasant 45 minutes visit and I was able...

I want to buy an intake manifold from this guy. It seems all he does is buy and sell on here. He does have over 3000 posts doing it, so it seems he must be OK. Anybody got any more information? Dammit! I meant member "Flintstone". I see that the capability for correcting errors like this is...

I would like to purchase an aluminum (Canadian '49-'54) Mercury intake manifold. These had 4 mounting studs for the stock Holley carburetor. They came in two varieties, some with the choke mechanism on the manifold itself (divorced choke) and others without. Either type would be acceptable, but...

In August of 2020, I started a thread about sacrificial anodes in the cooling system : https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...ighlight=anode. I went ahead with it, and in July of 2021 when checking the coolant level in my '51, I removed the radiator cap and was quite surprised at the amount of...

I know it's O/T here, but I think some of you guys might be interested. I pulled my vintage dirt modified out of long-term storage and got it running in preparation for selling it. Here's a link to the fire-up on the H.A.M.B. ...

About a week ago, there was a thread on the "H.A.M.B" about Amazon and Holley closing out headers and other parts. I thought someone would have referred to it over here by now, but I've seen nothing. I was able to buy a set of polished stainless headers for both an early hemi and a flathead for...

I saw that you posted on Ryan's "Clarification" thread. It's good to see you here and it would be good if you can get more involved. I see that you have 10 posts, so you shoud be able to post pictures on the "General" forum and send as well as answer "PM's", so you should get more involved...

We have completed a batch of 25. I believe that I have notified all of those who have expressed an interest in purchasing these. If I missed anyone, it's because of old age.;)

About two weeks ago, I made a post about not buying anything from Eastwood and finally being removed from their mailing list. Post #6 on this thread : https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=316796&highlight=eastwood. Two days later, I received an email from them, again soliciting their...

I just returned from my 62nd high school class reunion. I escorted the widow of a good friend and car buddy to the event. She brought along this picture and gave it to me. In 1960, this friend and I decided we wanted to go drag racing. I acquired an NHRA rule book at the GSTA show and decided...