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
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
@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
@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?
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
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
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
@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
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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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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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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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 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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scary things on the road on hallow's eve
click on thru the other side #fordgalaxie
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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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Healey.... I've now been nudged further down that path
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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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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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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