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Jul 18, 2014 | 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SpringerPop

Ol' Henry made a famous comment about the availability of Fords in colors other than black.
"You can have any color so long as it's black." -Henry Ford

Do you know the reason why Henry said that?

Jul 19, 2014 | 01:12 AM

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Black was his favorite color.

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Jul 19, 2014 | 01:31 AM

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Dries quicker?

Speed was of the utmost in all aspects of the manufacturing process.

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Jul 19, 2014 | 09:05 AM

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Interesting that when he said that, he had already been making cars for 7 years, and none of them were black. Green, gray or red, but no black ones.

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Jul 19, 2014 | 11:11 AM

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Probably because it was cheap.

Jul 26, 2014 | 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SpringerPop

Black varnish dried quicker.

Speed was of the utmost in all aspects of the manufacturing process.

Prior to 1924, vehicles were not painted, they were varnished. One entire floor of the Highland Park plant was devoted to varnishing Model T's.

It took about 24 hours for one coat of varnish to dry, but all T's had two coats. When Henry Ford discovered that black varnish dried the quickest, he made his famous statement.

Enamel paint (Duco) invented by DuPont, a major shareholder of GM. First car to be painted with Duco: 1924 Oldsmobile.

In 1925, almost everyone including FoMoCo was using Duco, T's were now available in colors other than black.

Sep 28, 2014 | 08:44 PM

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Not a ford engine, but a well known car.

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Sep 28, 2014 | 08:47 PM

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Corvair???????????

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Sep 28, 2014 | 08:49 PM

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Bingo. First time I saw one up close last Friday. They had 4 at the show and we're all beautiful.

Aug 24, 2016 | 01:00 PM

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After nearly 2 years, a long needed bump to this thread.

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Aug 24, 2016 | 01:23 PM

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I will never understand how engines can breathe through a air cleaner like that, I see no snorkel or inlet of any kind.

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Aug 25, 2016 | 01:17 PM

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I think the same engine here in a '59 Fairlane.

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Aug 27, 2016 | 12:11 PM

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Nice pic's to revive this thread. Lower hood profile equals lower profile style air cleaner.
Pretty custom looking piece.
Neat to see such a simple designed engine.
Spark plug gapper, timing light, and some sandpaper for the points gap and you're good to go.

Aug 27, 2016 | 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wpnaes

I think the same engine here in a '59 Fairlane.

Oil bath air cleaners shown in post 160, this '59 air cleaner uses a paper filter.

215 OHV I-6: 1952/53 cars/trucks. 223 OHV I-6: 1954/64 cars/trucks.

Aug 27, 2016 | 02:03 PM

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Here's an engine out of a 63 Galaxie although originally not the OEM or even available at that time.
A bit spruced up with some work done.