Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
03-23-2024, 09:45 AM
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
01-10-2024, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 88
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Re: Brakes - Wives Tales & Misconceptions
Well though disc/drum was way to now not so sure. Thinking about 4 wheel disc but that probably open up a whole nuther can of worms. Car will be mainly street crusier. Now if I can just find someone...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
01-10-2024, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 88
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
01-06-2024, 10:57 AM
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
12-28-2023, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,815
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-20-2023, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 761
Re: Cut out brace or not?
Sorry about confusion. The pic is of the floor brace.
on the under side of the floor. As shown it is caved in. Did not seem to do anything to the floor itself. Just wondering to try and it or...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-20-2023, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 761
Re: Cut out brace or not?
Along these lines my 56 has a floor brace that has been bent in. Not sure weather to just leave it of try and fix it. Sorry for jumping in
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-18-2023, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,077
Re: Remember When
Only on the front. Break driveshaft on back it just falls to ground. break is on the front all kinds of nasty things can happen.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-15-2023, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,077
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-03-2023, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 711
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
11-01-2023, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
09-07-2023, 09:06 AM
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Views: 998
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
08-28-2023, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,037
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
08-08-2023, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,280
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
08-07-2023, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
08-07-2023, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,221
Re: 54 Ford Interior Considerations
On my floor that was slightly pitted. I cleaned up good with ac wire wheel. then put a coat of Ospho on it and lastly shot epoxy primer over it. That is as far as I have gotten so far.
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
08-02-2023, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,487
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
06-27-2023, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,360
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-29-2023, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,058
Re: 1956 fairlane hood latch
The manual shows the plunger/dowel being installed on the hood as plunger/spring/bracket/jam nut. On my frankinFord the plunger dowel is non long enough to install that way. I had to put the lock nut...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-17-2023, 09:42 AM
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-16-2023, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 829
Re: 56 hood flex
Put the felt in but did not seem to make any difference. Did notice that at the pass side hinge where the rear cross brace attaches to the skin was loose. So welded it up and helped a lot but still...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-16-2023, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 829
Re: 56 hood flex
Thanks will try the felt thing. The hood does bow in the center some but think it has been that way since day i bought it, 1980s. I enclosed pics of original car and you can see where it is level in...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-15-2023, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: 56 hood flex
Hood seems to have braces. Where the hinge mounts it has cracked in the past and been welded up. See circles in the pic
Edit just thought of something. On the center brace when I stripped down the...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-15-2023, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 829
56 hood flex
So got the front clip on my 56SD on. Now I notice there is quite a bit of flex in the hood when open. In other words when open you can push up on one side and the opposite side dips. The hood is bare...
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
05-13-2023, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 830
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