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DavidG · 11-04-2019, 03:13 PM

With respect, Ford Argentina was not the manufacturer of those heads, otherwise they would have Ford script or FOMOCO on them depending on when they were made. They are aftermarket parts, like the reproduction grilles, etc. For decades Argentina was a closed economy (like its neighbors, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and anything imported was sky-high expensive and new cars, even those made locally like the Falcon in the case of Ford Argentina were also extremely expensive.

With a mild, relatively dry climate favoring the preservation of automobiles, there were lots of cars of the thirties still in everyday use even into the early '90s out of economic necessity. Hence the growth of a cottage industry making cast iron heads to replace the aluminum ones which succumbed to cavitation and collision parts such as the grilles. Some North American old car parts vendors imported some of these parts, particularly before Bob Drake's business took off beyond initially making locking gas caps and glove box liners as well as Dennis Carpenter's business as it expanded beyond a very modest beginning.

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DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,096	Re: Industria Argentina With respect, Ford Argentina was not the manufacturer of those heads, otherwise they would have Ford script or FOMOCO on them depending on when they were made. They are aftermarket parts, like the reproduction grilles, etc. For decades Argentina was a closed economy (like its neighbors, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and anything imported was sky-high expensive and new cars, even those made locally like the Falcon in the case of Ford Argentina were also extremely expensive. With a mild, relatively dry climate favoring the preservation of automobiles, there were lots of cars of the thirties still in everyday use even into the early '90s out of economic necessity. Hence the growth of a cottage industry making cast iron heads to replace the aluminum ones which succumbed to cavitation and collision parts such as the grilles. Some North American old car parts vendors imported some of these parts, particularly before Bob Drake's business took off beyond initially making locking gas caps and glove box liners as well as Dennis Carpenter's business as it expanded beyond a very modest beginning.