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Oct 29, 2004 | 01:48 AM

OldSchoolRodz

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Framed? 53-55

What are the differences between a 53 and 55 frame? My 55 frame is beat, will my 55 Y- bolt into a 53 for a flathead? Thx. David

Oct 29, 2004 | 08:01 AM

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every parts catalog that i have seen has parts for 53-55 together so i am guessing that they are the same.

Oct 29, 2004 | 10:11 AM

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I've noticed . My '53 with an inline six has one crossmember up front with a riveted flange for the motor mount:

I have another frame that doesn't have the riveted mount but rather an additional crossmember. I'm told the frame is from '53 so it might be for the flathead engine mount. It looks very similar to the y-block engine mount found on George's '56 F-250, Earl:

Anything look familiar?

Kevin Kessler
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Oct 29, 2004 | 11:18 AM

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For what it's worth, that top pic is how my '56 frame looks. With the bracket on the main x-member for the yoke-mounted motor and sans the second x-member.
Also, isn't there a # stamped on the top of the frame rail right in the cowl location? That could be referenced, I'd think.

Oct 29, 2004 | 11:28 AM

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They are very similar, but another difference is the length of the rear springs. I know that when they list springs, it's 53-54 and 55-56. John

Oct 29, 2004 | 01:05 PM

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The bottom pic looks like the front of my 53 frame. The smaller front crossmember is where the front mount on the flathead was bolted.

Nov 3, 2004 | 01:53 AM

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Thx. fellers, looks like I just have a world of options Avail to me. Holy Moses, like every other thing I've tried to peice together on this old Ford, interchange is a fuster cluck! Oh hey, this is supposed to be fun? It would be funner if I had a bottomless bank Acct. Anybody who knows of a good 55 F100 / 250 long bed rolling chassis for a Y-block out here in the Southwest, gimme a shout.