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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 04:00:56 -0600 (MDT)
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fordtrucks-digest Friday, September 19 1997 Volume 01 : Number 227



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In this issue:

Re: Acronym [Joe D ]
Re: Acronym [Joe D ]
RE: strange motor in 56 F100 ["Neal B. Forbes" ]
Re: Riddle me this!!!! (Spare tire carrier) [dave.williams chaos.lrk.ar.u]
Re: Hello !! ["Kevin Fowler" ]
Re: the brady bunch 9" differential ["Kevin Fowler" ]
Digest #218, etc ["Don & Teresa Neighbors" ]
RE: the brady bunch 9" differential [Sleddog ]
Re: Acronym [Dan Wentz ]
Re: Acronym [sdelanty sonic.net]
RE: 56 ford f100 - need opinions [Tim Baker ]
Re: Dim instrument lights...Help!!! ["MICHAEL FRISCH"
Re: Riddle me this!!!! (Spare tire carrier) ["MICHAEL FRISCH"

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:23:21 -0400
From: Joe D
Subject: Re: Acronym

Cheap
Heap
Eats
Valves
Yearly

Joe
For Off Road Duty

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:26:13 -0400
From: Joe D
Subject: Re: Acronym

Theres also the GMC or Garage Mans Companion....
Joe
68 f100 4x4

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:27:53 -0400
From: "Neal B. Forbes"
Subject: RE: strange motor in 56 F100

Your strange motor was a YBlock. It came into Fords in 1954 and replaced
the flathead. It was Ford's first attempt at an overhead valve V8. It
really had 16 pushrods, I don't know what was wrong with yours! The YBlock
displacements were 239, 252, 272, 292, and 312. The highest performance
motors went into Thunderbirds and some even got supercharged. It had
unique stacked ports, intake over exhaust. 1957 was the highpoint for
YBlocks, they declined as Ford designed freer breathing motors. It was a
good bracket racer, making lots of torque. It did not like sustained high
rev operation, so was not a good circle track racer. After 59, the Yblock
was mostly a truck and school bus motor. In 63, the Yblock was abandoned
because the 260-289-302 series was much better.
$2500 isn't too bad for a running Effie if it hasn't been hacked too much.
Check out October issue of Classic Trucks magazine for a great "how to
buy a classic truck" article.
Neal Forbes 54 F100--hot 292 YBlock--3.92 Spicer


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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:45:00 -0500
From: dave.williams chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Subject: Re: Riddle me this!!!! (Spare tire carrier)

- -> Why not just throw it in the back like everybody else? :-)

Being a shortbed stepside with a 25 gallon booster tank in the back
already, there's room for the tire and maybe two bags of groceries. I
can carry more in the RX7 than in the F100. Bleedin' embarrasin', it
is.

Hmm... one of those little bozomobile rollers - a foot tall and a foot
wide, stuck completely outside the fenderwell - might give me some extra
room in the bed. But I might as well not have a spare at all then,
since I'd be too embarrassed to be seen driving on it.


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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:32:52 -0000
From: "Kevin Fowler"
Subject: Re: Hello !!

The 64 F-100 was the last year to have a strait axle. Motors were a 223
inline 6 or a 292 V-8.
Some Deluxe models came with an overdrive transmission

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From: Brian & Jacque Milbrandt
To: fordtrucks ListService.net
Date: Friday, September 19, 1997 12:25 AM
Subject: Hello !!



>Hello..I am a new subscriber and have enjoyed what I've seen so far.
>I've been involved with 4x4's since about 1978. bought my fist new ford
>in 1979...F150 4x4 short box. have owned too many Fords to keep track
>off. I presently own a 1996 f150 short box, a 1997 J**P
>wrangler, and just bought a 1964 p/u 2 wheel drive Ford. Not sure what I
>have but is in great shape. Am looking for info on the 64'... any help
>would be great... Thanks Brian
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:39:40 -0000
From: "Kevin Fowler"
Subject: Re: the brady bunch 9" differential

No way will I give up my 9". In my 64 I have a 351C and a "3 on the tree".
I have blown apart the clutch, broke universal joints and bent a drive
shaft.
I have never hurt the rear end. I think you are just having "bad luck".

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From: Sleddog
To: 'fordtrucks listservice.net'
Date: Friday, September 19, 1997 1:21 AM
Subject: the brady bunch 9" differential



>the brady bunch theme popped into my head today while i was trying to make
>one working 9" from a couple of seriously ill rears. it took 2 hours just
>to free the left side brake drum from the junk yard rear. and the gears
>inside were so rusted on one spot that the ring gear wouldn't turn a full
>circle. but the mesh pattern is now looking good enough to get me by
>awhile and i got axles with enough spline left to engage the differential.
> as i keep braking these 9"ers, that dana 70 under my other truck keeps
>looking better!
>_________________________
>here's a story
>of a man named sleddog
>who had a 9" with a story all its own
>all of its parts were very broken
>the smallest gear was gone
>and then one day when this rear end met another
>and together they had more parts than one
>even with the rusted gears and bearings
>they somehow formed a working rear
>a working rear
>a working rear
>that's how they both become a working rear
>_______________________________
>
>the brady bunch song never sounded so good!
>
>i couldn't resist ;)
>
>sleddog
>
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:14:08 -0400
From: "Don & Teresa Neighbors"
Subject: Digest #218, etc

I keep the Digest tying up free space in the computer for a couple of
days, and I see that I did NOT get #218. I wondered why I felt like I'd
missed something!
By the way, you're not ignoring us F-250 owners in that model year
breakdown, are you? I mean, Ford made more than just F-100s! ;-)

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:07:12 -0400
From: Sleddog
Subject: RE: the brady bunch 9" differential

bad luck? no, probobly just too much torque combined with too much
traction!

i am not saying the 9" is a bad axle - it is by far one of the best ever!
this last one went thru all season (about 10 pulls and some hard street....

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