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pre61-list-digest Saturday, October 17 1998 Volume 02 : Number 289



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In this issue:

Re: FTE Pre61 - Ford 8" Rear-end question
FTE Pre61 - CARB Needed
FTE Pre61 - 1950 F1
Re: FTE Pre61 - ADMIN: T-shirt contest, cheating
FTE Pre61 - Q: Tranny for '50 F-1
FTE Pre61 - ADMIN: Trim those signatures
FTE Pre61 - ADMIN: Off-road list vote
FTE Pre61 - removing bodies
FTE Pre61 - Stretching a cab.

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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 07:02:01 -0400
From: Mick
Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - Ford 8" Rear-end question

Royal H. Maul wrote:
>
> I have a 1950 F-2 that I am planning to put a C4 tranny and an 8" read-end
> behind the flathead. I have a rear-end from a '67-'70 Mustang. The spring
> pads center to center and the backing plate to backing plate measurement are
> identical to the original rear-end. Is this a good rear-end to use? Also,
> I don't know what the gear ratio is. The ring gear has 39 teeth and the
> pinion has 13 teeth. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy
> 1950 F-2
>
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THE RATIO IS 3.00 :1 (PINION# INTO RING #) - gearsets are still
availavle through jegs I have used 8" with good success but the bolt
pattern will probably be 4 1/2" instead of 5 1/2" - Mick
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:13:22 -0400
From: Howard Tarnoff
Subject: FTE Pre61 - CARB Needed

Looking for the following Carb: (condition not important, just that it
is all there)

Holley Model 1901-FF
Teapot 2 BBl
Lift Number (any one of the following):
893
894
893-1
893-2
894-1
894-2

Thanks,
Howard


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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:01:09 -0500
From: "Thiele, David A."
Subject: FTE Pre61 - 1950 F1

I have a 1950 F1 and would like to put on modern steel wheels. Maybe 14" in
>front and 15" in back. Will they fit over the hub? Will this impact
anything
>else? Thank you for your responses. This is my first restoration project,
and
>question. Dave


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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:35:02 -0400
From: "Byron Rosbrugh"
Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - ADMIN: T-shirt contest, cheating

It is really pretty sad when our ethics have deteriorated to the level of
cheating on something as simple as a T-shirt contest. What is the old
addage, winners never cheat, cheaters never win!

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> From: Ken Payne
> To: pre61-list ford-trucks.com; 61-79-list ford-trucks.com;
80-96-list ford-trucks.com; 97up-list ford-trucks.com;
small-list ford-trucks.com; perf-list ford-trucks.com
> Subject: FTE Pre61 - ADMIN: T-shirt contest, cheating
> Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 1:26 PM
>
> The voting for the t-shirt on the web site is being removed due to
> several people cheating.
>
> Nearly 10 people have cheated and voted multiple times. One person
> even voted 9 times. The voting results are going in the trash
> since it seems that some of the list members can't be honest about
> this.
>
> I knew there was a potential for cheating because I use IPs instead
> of cookies to track who voted. All most users have to do is hang
> up, dial in and they have another IP. However, its quite obvious
> whats going on when we have several users on the list with an uncommon
> host address and their host address shows up many times in the IP log.
>
> Once I have a solution to prevent dishonesty, I'll let everyone know.
>
> Ken,
> Admin
>
>
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:24:45 -0500
From: Keith Baker
Subject: FTE Pre61 - Q: Tranny for '50 F-1

To Paul: I'm restoring my '50 F-1 and work on '48 Flathead
(rebuilt).I'm throw 3-speed out. I installed '71 F-1 rear gears
(3.25). So, I would like you opion about Toploader 4-Speed (Mustang)
with tranny adaptor (from Flathead Jack). Does those items would good
enough to drive? Tell me about S-10 5-Speed conversion kit and why you
chose it over 4 speed? I have not purchase tranny yet. Play by ears.

Keith
'50 F-1

Paul wrote:

Also, to Roy about the flathead gears: I used a nine inch with 2.75
gears
>> and the
>> factory four speed tranny and I am finding that I am having a bit of
>> trouble getting
>> up the two mile hill out of my town. Other than that though, I have no
>> problems
>> with the 2.75's especially on the open freeway. I am seriously looking
>> into that
>> S-10 5-speed conversion kit for my tranny for a nice little winter project
>> just for
>> the synchro features. Although I have finally mastered that 50 year old
>> four-speed,
>> a modern tranny would make the truck more fun to drive.
>> keep on truckin'
>> Paul Meysembourg
>> Duluth, MN
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:01:30 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: FTE Pre61 - ADMIN: Trim those signatures

I've received several complaints about long signatures
at the end of some postings. Please try to keep your
signatures to a reasonably small size. Signature sizes
are getting out of hand. Our list archives are quite
large and our virtual server size is limited.

Along these lines, as my wife is found of saying...
"when you come to our house, we'd prefer it if you left
your pedigree at home."

Ken Payne
Admin, Ford Truck Enthusiasts


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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 22:12:27 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: FTE Pre61 - ADMIN: Off-road list vote

Check out the voting center on the web site. There's a
new vote in place as to whether you'd like to see FTE
start a off-road/4x4 list.

Ken Payne
CoAdmin, Ford Truck Enthusiasts
http://www.ford-trucks.com
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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 01:27:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Oldtrukman webtv.net (R. Pietsch)
Subject: FTE Pre61 - removing bodies

Hi Paul
A few years ago I replaced the frame under my 56 pickup. I went
down to the local rental outfit and got a set of those old camper jacks,
you know the cable and winch on a long vertical pole. I ran a pair of
heavy nylon ropes off of each end of the angle iron that the camper
would normaly sit on, under the cab to the other camper jack on the
other side and cranked it up off the frame enough to roll the old bent
frame out and the new one in. No sweat. To keep the jacks from tipping
into the cab, I tied another piece of rope from the top of each jack to
an eye bolt that I screwed into a stud on each side of my garage wall.
For your panel, you would probably need two sets of jacks. One set
each front and back.
Just one way you may be able to do the job.
Good luck on your project.




Rix56 'The Rat'

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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 02:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Oldtrukman webtv.net (R. Pietsch)
Subject: FTE Pre61 - Stretching a cab.

I received an e-mail from a list member who has not been able to
post messages himself do to some kind of glitch in his system.
He asked me to post the following message for him. So here it goes.

"I have a '53 F100 that drives like a 45 year old truck. Instead of
upgrading everything, I am thinking about putting the body on a '80 F150
4X4 400/C6 chassis. Can anybody tell me what I am in for if I attempt
this?"
Kurt Stranne
206-544-3462

Ok Kurt, there you have it.



Rix56 'The Rat'

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