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    1959 Ford F100

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/02/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

    Official engine of the Anadol, Turkey's first mass-production car. #1960s
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/02/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    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
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    Image of velocecrat velocecrat
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    Also powered the sexylighthotness that was the DeTomaso Vallelunga. #1960s
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    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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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by joneez wants the clunkers he paid for at 11/01/09 8:04 PM joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of kleinlowe kleinlowe
    11/01/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    I'd still flinch.
    I don't like to bang up my good ladder. #truckmonday
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    Image of bozoerrebbe bozoerrebbe
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
    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
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    In reply to Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

    Oh, Ford. If only you'd shared this with the US. (I believe this Capri also packed the Kent.) #1960s
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    Image of ssrock64 ssrock64
    11/01/09


    @Novaload: Or as seen here in later production form. #1960s
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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    11/01/09

    @Novaload: I think the Landies are circling this toad in preparation to beat it to death with pitchforks. #1960s
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    @Ralph Wiley Is Poised: Indeed. They have scented "not-us." #1960s
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/01/09

    @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?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/01/09

    @tonyola: Rare indeed. I never, ever saw one. Then again, I wasn't in a major city/urban area. #1960s
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    Image of 80Kofdrew 80Kofdrew
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    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.

    Good times. #truckmonday
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    Image of flyingstitch flyingstitch
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    Safety glass? Feh! If your head goes through that side window, it will decapitate you, and by gum you'll like it! #truckmonday
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    Image of ummagumma82 ummagumma82
    10/31/09

    @flyingstitch: And that's probably for the best, considering the gas tank is inside the cab. #truckmonday
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    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    11/01/09

    @ummagumma82: Right where I can keep an eye on it! #truckmonday
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    11/01/09

    @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
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    There's a '60 100 for sale not far from me. Bed's from an International, though. #truckmonday
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    I love these style trucks probably my favorite body style of any truck ever.
    It's a shame to see this thing rusty. #truckmonday
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    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
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    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    11/01/09

    @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
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    Alameda, the island that rust forgot. Well, almost. #truckmonday
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    Image of TurboBrick [LIGIER] TurboBrick [LIGIER]
    10/31/09

    @Mobius: This truck gets its rust delivered through mail order from New York. #truckmonday
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    Image of 1964F100 1964F100
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100
    That road veteran may actually be an F-250, judging from the 8-lug wheels. #truckmonday
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @1964F100: Hmmm... looks like I made the mistake of going by the hood emblem on the (non-matching) hood. #truckmonday
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    10/31/09

    In reply to 1959 Ford F100

    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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    10/31/09


    @Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: Yep, it's a Mercury.... #truckmonday
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/31/09

    @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
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    Image of Lounge Singer Chamois Lounge Singer Chamois
    10/31/09

    @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
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/31/09

    @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
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    Image of Lounge Singer Chamois Lounge Singer Chamois
    10/31/09

    @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
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/31/09

    @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
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    Image of despisethesun despisethesun
    10/31/09

    @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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    10/31/09

    @despisethesun: That's what I thought....thanks! The Mercury 100 emblem was purchased in Canada when I was there several years ago. #truckmonday
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    10/31/09

    @skaycog: Cheers! #truckmonday
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