... is a site I've recently become acquainted with, devoted to info sharing and promotion of vintage trucks. Saw this gem today, and thought you all might be interested: http://www.stovebolt.com/features/roadkill/brokenh eart.htm .... When I was a kid, there were fights between the Ford guys and the Chevy guys. Okay, so we were in the 5th grade and didn't know anything except what ...
Okay, so we were in the 5th grade and didn't know anything except what our dads told us. For my entire childhood, my father never missed an opportunity to say what junk Ford products were, and how he would never own one. I moved far away, and during one monthly phone call maybe twenty-five years later, I said "Don't shoot me, but I just bought a Ford." He replied "Why would I shoot ...
Sometimes, loyalties and prejudices have no basis in reality For many years, every time Ford was mentioned, I parroted : Found On Road Dead, or Fix or Repair Daily. Just so people would know I was hip about cars. I did this until I finally had a chance to buy a Lincoln. bill
The main issue I had with Ford was their lack of standardization. I once replaced a distributor with a badly worn bushing in a 351 Windsor in a Ford pickup for a friend. I picked up a replacement distributor at a local salvage yard. I figured all 351 Windsor distributors would be the same, so I didn't bother to check it for match very closely. When I got back to the pickup, I learned the...
They improved the design. 12 times?? IIRC, the parts counter person at the Ford dealership told me that there were twelve different gears available for the distributor... It's been a while though - I could be wrong on the number, but it was more than a few, at least from what he advised me... He did supply me with the correct gear that I needed, and I only needed to drift out the pin,...
They improved the design. 12 times?? IIRC, the parts counter person at the Ford dealership told me that there were twelve different gears available for the distributor... It's been a while though - I could be wrong on the number, but it was more than a few, at least from what he advised me... He did supply me with the correct gear that I needed, and I only needed to drift out the pin, place the gear on the shaft and press the pin back...
... is a site I've recently become acquainted with, devoted to info sharing and promotion of vintage trucks. Saw this gem today, and thought you all might be interested: http://www.stovebolt.com/features/roadkill/brokenheart.htm .... When I was a kid, there were fights between the Ford guys and the Chevy guys. Okay, so we were in the 5th grade and didn't know anything except what our dads told us. But we were cool because we were...
Okay, so we were in the 5th grade and didn't know anything except what our dads told us. For my entire childhood, my father never missed an opportunity to say what junk Ford products were, and how he would never own one. I moved far away, and during one monthly phone call maybe twenty-five years later, I said "Don't shoot me, but I just bought a Ford." He replied "Why would I shoot you? Fords are OK, I...
Sometimes, loyalties and prejudices have no basis in reality For many years, every time Ford was mentioned, I parroted : Found On Road Dead, or Fix or Repair Daily. Just so people would know I was hip about cars. I did this until I finally had a chance to buy a Lincoln. bill
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