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    Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent

    1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible

    There's Nothing Wrong With A 1965 Ford Cortina That A Honda S2000 Engine Can't Fix!

    1969 Mercury Marauder X-100, 1968 Chrysler 300 Go To Crusher Side By Side

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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 scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    11/02/09

    In reply to There's Nothing Wrong With A 1965 Ford Cortina That A Honda S2000 Engine Can't Fix!
    Jeff appears to be leading the life I would very much like to lead. However, in my version, there's a Fintail Mercedes Benz sedan with an M-100 engine under the hood....and I'm somehow taller. #fordcortina
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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 Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/02/09

    In reply to There's Nothing Wrong With A 1965 Ford Cortina That A Honda S2000 Engine Can't Fix!
    I'm envious and so on, but mainly I'm envious of anyone who knows a girl who'd appreciate a Fiat 850. #fordcortina
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    11/01/09

    In reply to 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
    Simply breathtaking. #fordgalaxie
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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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    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 87CapriceEstate 87CapriceEstate
    11/01/09

    In reply to There's Nothing Wrong With A 1965 Ford Cortina That A Honda S2000 Engine Can't Fix!
    How does that work for smog if the car is a 1965 and the engine is post 2000? #fordcortina
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @87CapriceEstate: In California, vehicles built in 1975 or before are exempt from emissions testing.

    With a post-'75 car, you can drop a newer engine into the car and get a Bureau Of Automotive Repair referee to certify it. At that point, the car will be tested to meet the emissions standards of the year of engine manufacture. #fordcortina
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    Image of 87CapriceEstate 87CapriceEstate
    11/01/09

    @Murilee Martin: Thanks and I hope the skulls were a smash hit! #fordcortina
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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 skaycog skaycog
    11/01/09

    In reply to 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible

    I think the 1964 Ford is absolutely beautiful! Usually, red is my choice of color, but this turquoise is really pretty. #fordgalaxie
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    Image of skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
    11/01/09

    In reply to 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible

    scary things on the road on hallow's eve

    click on thru the other side #fordgalaxie
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    Image of souldoubt88 souldoubt88
    11/01/09

    In reply to 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
    My brother and I have a '71 Galaxie 5-hundo, and it is a beast, love that car!
    I cant get youtube at work so if anyone could put up the Galaxie 500 song for Rev. Horton Heat it would be much appreciated! #fordgalaxie
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    Image of skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
    11/01/09

    @souldoubt88: now with more pr0n #fordgalaxie
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    Image of Evil_Genius Evil_Genius
    11/01/09

    In reply to There's Nothing Wrong With A 1965 Ford Cortina That A Honda S2000 Engine Can't Fix!
    This gets the official Evil Genius seal of approval.. I've been thinking of putting an S2000 motor in my Big
    Healey.... I've now been nudged further down that path
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @Evil_Genius: Maserati engine in a Nash Metropolitan! How hard could it be? #fordcortina
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    Image of Evil_Genius Evil_Genius
    11/01/09

    @Murilee Martin:

    You do know that the Maserati motor is wider than the Nash? I guess we'd have to lengthen the Nash and mount the engine behind the front axle. I haven't seen the Nash in person yet, bought it sight unseen, will pick it up tomorrow and send pics. Then we can discuss jalopnik approved motor/trans swaps..... #fordcortina
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @Evil_Genius: How about a Volvo B23? #fordcortina
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    Image of Armand Armand
    11/01/09

    @Murilee Martin: One of the guys at a local Weber carburetor supplier has a Metropolitan whose B-series motor has been swapped for a later 5-main-bearing unit out of an MGB. It's got an aluminum crossflow head and, of course, twin DCOEs. He gets something like 140 horses at the wheels.

    Evil Genius, I still vote for the quad-cam Maserati motor in the Metro. Or the Healey. Or pretty much anything. #fordcortina
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    Image of Evil_Genius Evil_Genius
    11/01/09

    @Murilee Martin: Volvo B254f , B- series 2.5 penta boat motor stroker crank, 4-valve head... I've got one, yeah, It'll fit....
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    Image of clinto clinto
    11/01/09

    In reply to 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
    Absolutely love '63 and '64 Fords. When I was in high school, a kid I worked at Kroger with had a black 390/at '63. This was in 1993/1994.

    About a year ago I saw it driving around not 15 miles from the frocery store we worked at and the driver looked like the kid I worked with (albeit 15 years older). #fordgalaxie
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