Some of these things had a stroke barely long enough to qualify for the name, 48mm. I mean, I think I've seem some bigass aftermarket camshafts with more lift than that. #1960s
My first car, a '71 Pinto, had a 1.6L with FOB (Ford of Britain) cast on it. POS burned #4 piston after a year of abuse. I did a quickie rebuild on it. A year later it burned #4 piston. I rebuilt it again by the book. Bored, new pistons, new valves and surfaced every gasket surface I could including the manifolds. A year and a HALF later it puked reverse and burned #4 piston within a week of each other. Tossed that hateful beast in the weeds and installed an FOG (Ford of Germany) marked 2.0 engine and trans and never had a single problem after that.
Is it because I didn't use Whitworth wrenches? Or did the non-paraffin oil I used damage the British alyoominium in the pistons?
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Ford Racing recently announced that they would be selling a reengineered Kent crate engine to meet the needs of the thousands of Formula Ford racers who are starting to have trouble finding replacement parts. #1960s
@Novaload: The Consul Capri was actually sold by Ford in the US in the early '60s. The scarcity today reflects what Americans thought of it then. After all, for the price of this thing, you could buy a Falcon Sprint. Oh, and it did 0-60 mph in 22.6 seconds according to Motor magazine. That alone made the Sprint more compelling of a buy.
The twin fender mirrors on this car were not normal fittings. They look more like the mirrors once seen on Japanese home-market cars. Wonder if this Capri lived in Japan?
When I was a kid on the farm we had one in red with a flatbed on the back.......when the frame rotted away, my Dad, my brother and I put the body on a '68 F-250 4x4 frame. Also slid in a 428 from an old Galaxie in front of the four-speed. Used it during planting and harvesting season.
I still remember cussing that thing trying to start that beast, but it would pull damn near everything.....including the combine when the tranny on it failed.
@coupeZ600: Makes the sending unit easier to switch out. Beats crawling around under the truck and dropping the tank. When I put the "new" junkyard sending unit in my truck it took maybe fifteen minutes. #truckmonday
Very nice old truck. The fact that the hood, doors, bed and quarter panels don't match earns bonus points. The surface rust doesn't bother me at all. There are a few battle scars, but so what. Nice old survivor.
As noted below, it's a 3/4 ton. Semi-floating rear end, 8 lug wheels. But an F100 badge? Someone replaced the hood on this F250 with the hood from an F100. Tree limb or something must have fallen on the original hood. This truck has got to have an interesting history. #truckmonday
@CptSevere: Love the car mirror on the drivers-side, and nothin' on the other (pass.) side. Got the bolt holes for "west-coasters" on both, but the only pics I can find that show any mirror are post-style like the '59 4x4 below.... Weird... #truckmonday
I found this one up at a race in British Columbia... A little bit cleaner. Look close boys and girls and tell me if you can see what's different about this one.... #truckmonday
@Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: I have seen one Mercury pick-up in the US....I believe it was a 1956. It really got everybody's attention. Used to have the above Mercury emblem, but, alas, it got away. #truckmonday
@skaycog: Maybe it sounds dumb of me to say it, but I think it's somewhat sad that you can't even buy a Mercury in Canada anymore, let alone a Mercury truck.
Why is a Mercury pickup cool? I don't know, but it just is.
I also got more of a kick than any sensible man should on catching sight of an old Fargo pickup on a recent visit to Montreal.... #truckmonday
@Lounge Singer Chamois: I've never heard of the Fargo; so I looked in Wikipedia. How interesting....thanks for that! Also of interest about the Fargo, is that it still exists in Turkey, where it and Desoto trucks are made by Askam Kamyon Imalat, with no technical or business connection with Chrysler. #truckmonday
@skaycog: Ah, Turkey, home of De Soto, Fargo and, indeed, one of the very last remnants of the once mighty (well, relatively) British Motor Corporation. Yes, BMC still exists, but only in Turkey.
Perhaps we need a special DOTS, Istanbul style. #truckmonday
@Lounge Singer Chamois: An Istanbul DOTS would be interesting indeed. Nice visiting with you. I haven't had the "earlier comments" at the bottom of page to click all day. It looks like this will be my last comment. #truckmonday
@skaycog: IIRC, Mercury trucks are a rarity in the US because they were mainly intended for sale in Canada. Many smaller towns up here only had either a Ford or a Lincoln-Mercury dealership, so Ford trucks got rebadged to sell where they didn't have a Ford dealership. Odds are pretty good that the truck you saw came from Canada at some point long, long ago. #truckmonday
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Official engine of the Anadol, Turkey's first mass-production car. #1960s
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Is it because I didn't use Whitworth wrenches? Or did the non-paraffin oil I used damage the British alyoominium in the pistons?
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I don't like to bang up my good ladder. #truckmonday
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Oh, Ford. If only you'd shared this with the US. (I believe this Capri also packed the Kent.) #1960s
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@Novaload: Or as seen here in later production form. #1960s
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The twin fender mirrors on this car were not normal fittings. They look more like the mirrors once seen on Japanese home-market cars. Wonder if this Capri lived in Japan?
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I still remember cussing that thing trying to start that beast, but it would pull damn near everything.....including the combine when the tranny on it failed.
Good times. #truckmonday
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It's a shame to see this thing rusty. #truckmonday
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As noted below, it's a 3/4 ton. Semi-floating rear end, 8 lug wheels. But an F100 badge? Someone replaced the hood on this F250 with the hood from an F100. Tree limb or something must have fallen on the original hood. This truck has got to have an interesting history. #truckmonday
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I found this one up at a race in British Columbia... A little bit cleaner. Look close boys and girls and tell me if you can see what's different about this one.... #truckmonday
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@Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: Yep, it's a Mercury.... #truckmonday
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Why is a Mercury pickup cool? I don't know, but it just is.
I also got more of a kick than any sensible man should on catching sight of an old Fargo pickup on a recent visit to Montreal.... #truckmonday
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Perhaps we need a special DOTS, Istanbul style. #truckmonday
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