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Is that the same deal with heaters? A lot of 53's I've seen have heaters I've seen in 52 and older trucks. Some I have seen have the recirculating heater like mine. Did Ford use up the old heaters before they shifted to the recirculating heater like the one in my 54?
Here is the heater I am talking about in a 53.
yea the 53 got the earlier cheap dealer installed heater until stock was depleted. 53 also had the fresh air at that time
Who else is as impressed with the folding carpenter's ruler as the other tools?
Originally Posted by abe
Even though I am the second owner of my 54, tools and jacks and jack handles can and do go missing in farm trucks. The only thing behind or under the seat of my 54 was a Grote reflector flare set and a tool like below that does not have a Ford part number nor the word FORD anywhere on it.
In the 55 F350 however I found all these tools behind the seat.
It looks like the F350 jack is bigger than the otherbottle jacks I have seen. The F350 jack base measures 4" x 5". Other jacks I have are 4x4.
I've got several folding carpenter rules... I even have one with "one tenth" divisions and stadia markings on the back side
All if mine are wood with brass hardware... that one looks to be plastic/
Believe it or not, there is still an industry that uses folding rulers. Logging. It's called a Doyle Log Scale and is used to calculate the board footage of a log based on length and diameter.
I only use it to measure 13" for my stove wood.
Believe it or not, there is still an industry that uses folding rulers. Logging. It's called a Doyle Log Scale and is used to calculate the board footage of a log based on length and diameter.
I only use it to measure 13" for my stove wood.
when I was a lineman for the power company we still used them as they are safer around power than a metal tape measure.
Looks like this is jack from my Grandfathers 49 F1 according to the photos posted by DW..... thanks for everyone's input. Found some other related items too.
All if mine are wood with brass hardware... that one looks to be plastic/
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John, I wasn't sure so I went to check. It is wood. I have another one that is broken that I keep in the glove box of my 54. It is plastic. See the pics.
Wooden rule, see where some paint is chipped off Plastic rule with broken end
Regarding the Ford road side flare set, here is one I recently picked up. I know Abe has one too.
This set is missing the red flags that attached to each reflector, but I have the flags from another set.
Regarding the Ford road side flare set, here is one I recently picked up. I know Abe has one too.
This set is missing the red flags that attached to each reflector, but I have the flags from another set.
Originally Posted by mtflat
Seeing all the folding rules, here's my last from the early 70s. A brick masons rule with courses marked on the reverse.
We sure did hijack this thread LOL
Brian, I had to buy a partial off brand set to get all components for the Ford set I bought.
MT, I never saw a masons rule.
I like them because they are rigid and don't bend like a conventional tape rule.
Regarding the Ford road side flare set, here is one I recently picked up. I know Abe has one too.
This set is missing the red flags that attached to each reflector, but I have the flags from another set.
flags and spring arms are easily found The hard part to find is the original instructions. I have a few on the shelf plus one in every truck
Instructions for the reflector flares? I have the instructions for the Grote Reflector Flare set that was in my 54 when I bouight it from my Grandpa.
you can see the box is rusty. This shows you how badly my cab leaked. I wish I had taken it out of the truck when I bought it in 1977. It might be in better shape.... or I might have misplaced it.
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