Your Ford Thread

[Wat_Tyler]

And at the far end of the car scale from the Henrymobile:

http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz139/Ojibwa/History%20101/Pierce%20Arrow/1024px-1934_Pierce-Arrow_840A_zps15cfe949.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Fire extinguisher as a parking brake???




I gotta run. No parking this morning!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

All vehicles should have one.


Car shows require them.


So do race tracks.




http://www.velocityjournal.com/images/full/2009/449/pa1930modelbsportphaeton44929943.jpg

 

[Jamiegeo]

And at the far end of the car scale from the Henrymobile:

http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz139/Ojibwa/History%20101/Pierce%20Arrow/1024px-1934_Pierce-Arrow_840A_zps15cfe949.jpg

Awesome.

Fire extinguisher as a parking brake???




I gotta run. No parking this morning!

Iam retardant.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Home . . . and with a disturbing driveline noise.


It makes no noise unless the clutch is let out.


I may be doing some ameteur mechanicking this week.


Funny, I had planned to work on some yard and go to the gun show . . . .

http://www.factoryfive.com/wp-content/themes/factoryfive/images/slideshows/33-hot-rod/hotrod_1.jpg

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I think I'd take the Olds.


https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/...rsus-1970-mercury-cyclone-spoiler/?refer=news


https://assets.hemmings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2017/02/Olds-Merc-aa-970x1207.jpg

 

[Jamiegeo]

I think I'd take the Olds.


https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/...rsus-1970-mercury-cyclone-spoiler/?refer=news


https://assets.hemmings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2017/02/Olds-Merc-aa-970x1207.jpg

Then i would have absolutely no problem with taking the cyclone

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Then i would have absolutely no problem with taking the cyclone

Hypothetically, there seems to be one available.


http://img.fotocommunity.com/32-ford-hot-rod-59165eaa-4434-4549-aa96-dfa2933c2e13.jpg?width=1000

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Iron cross mirror...



It must be a Trumpmobile.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

No, those would be swastika mirrors, and I've never seen any of those.


So, maybe there's a market for them???


I have to go out to attempt to diagnose this truck. I'm not liking the idea.


http://68.media.tumblr.com/1aa4ba3a4113e5374ddf8feb2c33ef21/tumblr_n8dky5BwCo1qm4wj8o1_500.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Good luck with that.


It's not light here yet...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I'm afraid it's clutch/tranny. That'll suck if'n it is.


And I still need a back-up vehicle.


Of course, fixing this one will clean out the stash for a back-up vehicle.


Meh, it's only money.

http://bestcarmag.com/sites/default/files/373482438_Packard-V12-Vic-Dv-12-AI-01.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Some years ago roommate and I replaced his Pinto's transmission. Somehow (probably being stoned) we neglected to fill it with tranny fluid. We decided to go over town to buy beer (because it was Sunday) and the sucker froze up on us on the way back home.

Expensive lesson! Oh, yeah, and the cops took our beer.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yeah, I used to get excited finishing something and couldn't wait to crank it back up.


Like the time i was tuning and changing the oil in my old Olds. I tested out the tune-up . . . and hadn't refilled the crankcase.


It tolerated it for the 90 seconds it ran, proving the Oil Film theory.


And leaving a wrench under the hood and losing it on the road somewhere . . . .

http://16416-presscdn-0-35.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2-12.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I have a pair of vice-grips that were left behind by the guy who installed or DirectTV dish.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have all manner of junkie sockets and pliers and wrenches that I used to find at the old apartment complex, from back when I worked that gig.


I had a helper who left my right-angle battery drill on a job once, never to be seen again.




http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01789/Packard-Bentley-7_1789468i.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I have a tool for pert near everything.



I just don't know where the Queen has put most of them...

 

[Saint Peter]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01789/Packard-Bentley-7_1789468i.jpg

2,563.00 cu in

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have a tool for pert near everything.



I just don't know where the Queen has put most of them...

The Old Man used to dog me for that kind of shit. I thought he was mean, I thought he was cruel.


Then my little brother started losing my shit leaving it all over Hell's half-acre . . . .

2,563.00 cu in

I only get 2,562 CI.


I suspect a rounding error somewhere.

http://www.vaultcars.com/wp-content/uploads/38Packard-0071.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

The Queen call it organizing...


She's really big on getting things organized but staying organized seems to be impossible because even she doesn't remember where she puts things.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Any organizational plan is only as good as the commitment not to fuck it up once it's in place.


I wager this wench could organize my semen deposits . . . .

http://68.media.tumblr.com/fafb07b970486938e5f312473baf2c28/tumblr_mvnn0fea7K1r9x3w6o1_1280.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Fucking gorgeous...



I have to take the Queen's car in for a radiator flush this morning. I hate driving her car, even more I hate readjusting the mirrors of the F150. I had them right where I wanted them too.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

You know, if two people are going to drive the same truck, then power mirrors make a lot more sense.


My truck is truly Plain Jane, so it ain't got squat for options. I set the mirrors 10 years and 7 months ago, so . . . .


I'm in some pain today, so Pretty Things are appealing.

https://ccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/cc-temp/listing/96/5394/6452562-1931-packard-833-thumb-c.jpg

 

[Wat_Tyler]

All real Ford people hate Chevy people, right? Right??!?


Truth is, I rag on both of them, being a Mopar guy, but in the end, they're all car guys.


And it was fun watching the Jack Reacher car chase with his SS Chevelle. I'd have lent him a hat, too.


And then there was the mighty 409 . . . .

http://www.streetmusclemag.com/tech...9-engine-is-alive-and-well-just-ask-edelbrock

http://cdn.speednik.com/files/2017/03/2017-03-14_15-05-38-640x480.jpg

“The biggest advantage is the delivered bolt-on performance that is better than original cast-iron versions. These heads will add value and horsepower to the build they end up on. We have built a 409ci engine with a single four-barrel carburetor using our entire Top End Kit, and have achieved 451 horsepower and 474 lb./ft. of torque using 91 octane pump gas. A factory, dual-quad equipped 409ci engine was only rated at 425 horsepower from the factory.

 

[Saint Peter]

Upgrade the upgrade!

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/mc/power-packages/images/2094.jpg