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Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 05-31-2023, 02:57 PM
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Posted By all american boy
Re: Drag Coupe Chassis

Here is the picture


Looks like Kent Fuller built it for Tony Nancy


It is called a 'Drag Racing Roadster Chassis
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 05-31-2023, 02:18 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 424
Posted By all american boy
Drag Coupe Chassis

Howdy


Will post picture of it.


Found it in about a '60 Car Craft magazine.


The plusses of a tube chassis are this:
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-14-2023, 08:33 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 886
Posted By all american boy
Re: Life Long Car Guy Calling It A Day

Hi


Actually disregard.


Just got off the phone with them and they are dealing with it themselves.


Sorry about that.
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-14-2023, 12:20 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 886
Posted By all american boy
Life Long Car Guy Calling It A Day

A guy in Quartzite AZ is getting rid of everything he has collected.


Just do a search or PM me.


Does have a 63 1/2 Ford probably a Galaxie


Probably has some more Ford products.
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 10-29-2022, 03:10 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 617
Posted By all american boy
Dry Lakes 50's Nitro and Methanol

Have been looking at control line planes.

Point being.

Most people that went to the lakes in the 50's were REAL familiar with nitro and

'special fuel' from doing control line airplanes.
...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 01-10-2022, 02:14 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,273
Posted By all american boy
Re: Alcohol Race Fuel

Talked to a guy that has done some racing.


He said racers add 10% nitro to 100 octane racing gas.


A Sinclair near us here sells 110 octane.It's for the dune buggy crowd.


Apparently...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 11-28-2021, 09:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,273
Posted By all american boy
Re: Alcohol Race Fuel

Thank you rotorwrench


Sounds good!


Will keep working on this.


Happy Holidays!
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 11-27-2021, 02:06 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,273
Posted By all american boy
Alcohol Race Fuel

Yes.We will add nitro to it.


First things first.


Anybody use it before?


What are the in's and out' to it?
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 07-15-2020, 09:15 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,422
Posted By all american boy
Re: '57 Ford Went Off the Road Killing Driver Highway 74 2 Days Ago

'Why even post this at all?'


One of the local Ford guys here passed away.



Thought he might of been a forum member.
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 07-15-2020, 07:35 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,422
Posted By all american boy
Re: '57 Ford Went Off the Road Killing Driver Highway 74 2 Days Ago

Here you go.


https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/07/13/man-80-dies-after-driving-57-ford-off-highway-74/5431487002/


Link is a little skittish.DON'T click on X in black box.Article...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 07-15-2020, 06:18 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,422
Posted By all american boy
'57 Ford Went Off the Road Killing Driver Highway 74 2 Days Ago

It happened near Rancho Mirage.


That is where Highway 74 comes down to more or less.


Turns into Monterey Ave I've been told.


Said he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.Probably because a '57...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 05-21-2020, 12:46 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 901
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1968 Ford Turbocharged Indy 255 Cubic Inch V8 Static Compresion Ratio

Found it!


In a book called 'Ford Small Block V8 Racing Engines 1962 to 1970:The



Essential Source Book' 2014.
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 05-21-2020, 12:18 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 901
Posted By all american boy
1968 Ford Turbocharged Indy 255 Cubic Inch V8 Static Compresion Ratio

Been looking high and low for this info.


Found an article on 'Practical Turbocharging'.


Different engine but it said the static compression ratio was around 6.5 to 1.


Then they poured...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 03-31-2020, 12:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,488
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1963 Hotrodding The Ford V8

Took another look through this Hotrodding the Ford V8.


Introduction says it is the companion book for Ford Performance Handbook.


Says to get Handbook to hop up your engine.


This...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 03-26-2020, 11:07 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,210
Posted By all american boy
Ford 1963,1964 and 1968 Indy 260/289 Engines

If you have a 260 and a little time and extra dollars you can build one of these.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/jonknapek/fordv8/indy.html


Note the Y Block rockers used!


Check out the...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 03-23-2020, 12:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,488
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1963 Hotrodding The Ford V8

The 406 and 427 were halfway Super Stock engines.


Buy the car,do some work on it and then take it to the drag strip.


Read this article on the Chrysler Max Wedge engines and it's a little...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 03-12-2020, 12:58 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,317
Posted By all american boy
Re: Ford Industrial Arts Awards

Thank you rotorwrench


Took me awhile to get back to you here.


Was waiting until we got the Ford IAA lapel pin out of the way.


Well.We got one finally!
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 03-10-2020, 10:59 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,488
Posted By all american boy
Hotrodding The Ford V8 1963 Hot Rod Magazine Booklet

This booklet is on the way to us.


It is the 'sister book' to Ford Performance Handbook also 1963.


Funny thing though.This one has the 427 as Fords top performance engine


and Handbook...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-15-2020, 11:27 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,231
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1963 Hot Rod Ford Performance Handbook Ford 406

Has cool ad inside of front cover for 390 and 406.


Jist of it is.390 will get that old Fairlane or Galaxie going but the 406 is



practically a racing engine.Long track.Daytona...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-14-2020, 03:26 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,231
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1963 Hot Rod Ford Performance Handbook Ford 406

' Ford stopped the assembly line to allow Holman-Moody to buy bare bodies and parts for construction of 1959 Thunderbirds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird). The cars came without...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-14-2020, 01:10 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,231
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1963 Hot Rod Ford Performance Handbook Ford 406

Opened it up this morning and skipped halfway through it.


Contributors the book are Karol Miller Y block Bonneville record holder and


Holman and Moody.They campaigned the '58 Thunderbirds...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-09-2020, 10:14 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,231
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1963 Hot Rod Ford Performance Handbook Ford 406

'A must have for Ford guys!'


We're using them for engine building guides.


Looks like Ford never put out the factory hop up guides like Chrysler did.


We built our Chrysler 440 in the...
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-08-2020, 09:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,317
Posted By all american boy
Re: Ford Industrial Arts Awards

Here is some info on it.


Looks like it was pretty big.


Strange not to see hardly a thing about it.Guess because it ended in '62


before stuff could be put on the net.
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-08-2020, 03:17 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,317
Posted By all american boy
Ford Industrial Arts Awards

Looks like it was Ford's version of GM Craftsman's Guild contests for young automobile


designers.


Picture of article is too blurry to read.


First time I have ever heard of it.
Forum: Late V8 (1954+) 02-05-2020, 12:35 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 5,231
Posted By all american boy
Re: 1963 Hot Rod Ford Performance Handbook Ford 406

'406 cross bolted?'


Here is what Wikipedia says about it.


Testing of the 406, with its higher power levels, led to cross-bolted mains – that is, main bearing caps that were secured not...
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