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Hello all I have a 1953 ford customline 2 door sedan that I'd like to out the body skin on a 1955 ford delivery wagon frame, I did my research on the wheelbase and track width there pretty much identical but my only concern is the body mounts if I should have to fabricate my own or if this...

Hello everyone I have a 1953 2 door sedan body that I'd like to Put it on a 1955 ford car I believe it's a courier delivery. All pretty much matches with wheelbase and track width But not sure about body mounts if I need to fab my own mounts. Would the body pretty much fit without much...

helloo all my project is a 53 ford customline and i am swapping a 200 inline 6 on it, now i am trying to find the pinion angle so far a have tried to level the engine out and i got a reading of -3.25 degrees on the tailshaft i ended up getting a reading of -6.50 on the end of the driveline and...

Hello everyone I'd appreciate some advice on how to set the timing for my 226 flathead 6 I have a little knowledge on how to get at TDC and line up the little dot on the pulley with the pointer But I get stuck with adjusting , I have a timing light and a vacuum pump so which would be best to...

I have a flathead 226 I just purchased, im having a problem setting the distributor and how to line it up to the #1cylinder. I upgraded the ignition system to a pertronix Anyone have pointers for me?

hello i am looking to change out my radiator but I noticed they are super expensive on the flathead 6 Are there any other radiators that can fit the look of the old one??? On a super low budget

Hello all I have been thinking of swapping out my 8ba flathead out of my 49 shoebox, motor is too tired to keep on going I have a friend who will sell me his 59ab for super cheap Would I run into any issues if I were to put this 59ab on my shoebox? Thanks

Hello all I just bought a H series straight 6 and want to swap it on my 49 coupe,I have a flathead v8 on it right now but the engine is toasted can't afford to rebuild it ,as for the flat 6 are the motor mounts similar and is it a straight bolt in with my 3 speed column shifter, also can I...

Hello all I just bought a H series straight 6 and want to swap it on my 49 coupe,I have a flathead v8 on it right now but the engine is toasted can't afford to rebuild it ,as for the flat 6 are the motor mounts similar and is it a straight bolt in with my 3 speed column shifter, also can I...

Hello all I'm having an issue with my flathead, It started off one day I tried to start it and as I would give it gas it felt like it wanted to die out, so I looked inside the carburetor as I restarted it and gave it some gas and I could see that one of the venturi wasn't spraying enough gas...

Hello all I seem to be having an issue with my flathead not wanting to fire up. I been going right by the book with having it at TDC #1 PISTON but still no fire . It was running before I took it apart to replace the head gaskets,so I did not mess with the timing or distributor, so when I put...

Hello everyone ,I seem to have an issue trying to find the right aftermarket headers for my car. I have a 49 coupe .. I am on a budget so If I can I will make my own headers.. If someone has ideas I'm all ears thank you

Hello I am replacing the head gaskets on my flathead , and I would I would like to know about cleaning the block what sort of sand paper could I use to not scratch the block.. Thanks

Hello all I seem to have an issue with my flathead, it seems to burn oil super fast and I've used alot of solutions to try and get the sludge but no help.. I recently opened up the Intake manifold and took up oil pan and found a pretty good amount of sludge as if the car never had an oil...

Hello everyone I seem to be having a charging issue wit my 239 flathead I bought a new battery, starter solenoid.. Tested the generator outside the car and tested good. Then polarized it but still no charge idk how to test the regulator should I just replace it??? Thanks

Hello there everybody I just lowered my coupe from the rear installed 3 inch lowering blocks and took off a few leaf springs So I'm assuming the drop is now 6 inches I installed 6 degree angle shims but I feel that's the car vibrates quite a bit when step on the gas pedal.. Any good tricks...

hello all I am gonna replace the key cylinder for the ignition but how can I remove the front bezel without damaging the dash and bezel:o....... any special tools needed??? any info would be much appreciated thank you:)

239 flatty no spark help!! hello all I am new to this site so I am trying to figure out what could be wrong wit my 239 flatty.. it started up fine then no start . I checked one of the plug wires but weak spark, then tried turning it on once again and it did start up ran it for a few minutes...

hello all I am new to this site so I am trying to figure out what could be wrong wit my 239 flatty.. it started up fine then no start . I checked one of the plug wires but weak spark, then tried turning it on once again and it did start up ran it for a few minutes then shut it off ,and once...