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Received: with LISTAR (v0.128a; list pre61-list); Mon, 08 May 2000 00:14:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 00:14:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: pre61-list digest users Reply-to: pre61-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: pre61-list Digest V2000 #73 Precedence: bulk ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts 1948-1960 Truck Mailing List Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe pre61-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ pre61-list Digest Sun, 07 May 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 073 In This Issue: Re: Classic Ford Truck Website Re: steering wheel cover Toyota Steering/Column?? Re: Where do I begin? Re: Classic Ford Truck Website ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "kent suter" Subject: Re: Classic Ford Truck Website Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 00:28:07 -0700 thanks nice web site -----Original Message----- From: pre61-list-bounce ford-trucks.com [mailto:pre61-list-bounce ford-trucks.com]On Behalf Of Ed E Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:12 PM To: pre61-list ford-trucks.com Subject: [pre61-list] Classic Ford Truck Website FTE's: I invite you to take a look at the website I just posted on classic Ford trucks at: www.geocities.com/eellston/ Ed and the Effie ________________________________________________________________________ ========================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe pre61-list" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 12:52:09 -0400 From: "Abram H. Stauffer" Subject: Re: steering wheel cover The cover on my original steering wheel on my '54 I got at K-Mart. I picked the largest size they had and started to put in on my wheel. When I ran out of cover I got my wife's hair dryer and heated the cover to stretch it. It worked and it is still protecting my hands from the black stuff I used to get when my hands were wet or sweaty and looking good. I guess the key is to get one made of vinyl or plastic. Abe 54 F-100 ------------------------------ From: "Earl Capps" Subject: Toyota Steering/Column?? Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 17:55:46 -0700 Update: I have the 429 mounted using the frame mount from Trans Dapt via a restoration store. I have the gear box mounted. I ordered the pitman arm from Bob's F-100 parts; a little sloppy looking but heavy duty. This will allow me to attach to the stock drag link. The gear box looks like original equipment. It lines up perfectly. Now: I need a new column; maybe. I previously had a '73 LTD column. This does not fit the Toyota splines on the box. I'm told that late model GM columns have the same splines. What does late mean? Will a GM rag joint of the late model mate with a Ford column? In other words, are GM and Ford rag joints the same? The Toyota rag joint has a smaller four bolt pattern! Any info is welcome! earl '55 F250 429 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 19:56:15 -0400 From: The Neighbors Subject: Re: Where do I begin? Mark Campbell wrote: "Hey guys, I'm brand knew to this forum. I only got my 1950 ford F3 pickup (flatbed) yesterday and I'm dying to get started with the restoration. It was in a cemetery for the first 20 yrs and was not really driven much for the next 30. I've got about 53,000 on the original flathead V8. The truck has been setting in a junk lot since 92'. Everything has a layer of rust on it. Engine looks not to bad. I was just wondering where you guys would begin this project. I thought I would just get it running but don't know where to begin that....clean gas tank (rust), change plugs, d-cap, points, etc. What are your thought????" Your truck sounds like mine, Mark. Grover was a farm truck until parked in '74. I got pretty lucky in one respect when I got my truck: Almost no rust in the gas tank. A lot of guys have trouble with that, but Grover's tank has never been removed. Squirt some oil, or diesel, into the combustion chambers and make sure the engine turns over freely by hand. Let that soak a while and rebuild the carb, check the distributor cap and the rest of the ignition system. Replace everything the mice have chewed on. While you're at it, make sure the mice haven't built a nest in the clutch. I found a nest made of cotton batting in the pressure plate when I replaced everything, after I'd driven the truck a few thousand miles. Talk about a mess.... Once you know the truck will go, now make sure it will stop! Your truck hasn't sat as long as mine, but you'll want to be sure the brakes are in good shape. I had to rebuild everything and replace all my brake lines. Everything that might cause you trouble you'll probably find pretty quick. Have fun, and be sure to keep us up on your project. -- Don Neighbors '54 F250 Named Grover "Any dropped tool or part will automatically fall into the most inaccessible part of the vehicle." grover ford-trucks.com ------------------------------ From: "Jack Wart" Subject: Re: Classic Ford Truck Website Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 00:17:52 -0400 Nice site. -----Original Message----- From: Ed E To: pre61-list ford-trucks.com Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:17 PM Subject: [pre61-list] Classic Ford Truck Website >FTE's: > >I invite you to take a look at the website I just posted on classic Ford >trucks at: > >www.geocities.com/eellston/ > >Ed and the Effie >________________________________________________________________________ > > >========================================================== >To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with >the words "unsubscribe pre61-list" in the subject of the >message. ------------------------------ End of pre61-list Digest V2000 #73 ********************************** ---------------------------------------------------------- Ford Truck Enthusiasts 1948-1960 Truck List Send posts to pre61-list ford-trucks.com If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing.... 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