Gallery Update - Day 1, finally started
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Gallery Update - Day 1, finally started
Updated my gallery, finally got a free couple of hours to start work. 3 and a half hours to remove the front clip by myself. Not bad considering many of the bolts had 54 years of seize. Murphy's law intervened as one of the few bolts I did not want to break, broke off. It was the bottom cab stud for the passeneger fender.
Question for you guys, after some research I am now confused on the engine color. I thought it was Chevy orange but seems like this color may have been period correct for the truck even though the engine is a 71 302?
Ready to pull the engine and tranney to clean them up and get my new mounts in. Hoping to turn it over by Thanksgiving and see if this engine is a keeper.
Question for you guys, after some research I am now confused on the engine color. I thought it was Chevy orange but seems like this color may have been period correct for the truck even though the engine is a 71 302?
Ready to pull the engine and tranney to clean them up and get my new mounts in. Hoping to turn it over by Thanksgiving and see if this engine is a keeper.
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Originally Posted by merten
If by period correct you mean V8 engine color for 1953?
It should be green like this engine.(J. Halbewachs collection)
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From: springfield il
mines grease and green unlike mertens shiny one ! aint got time to clean it , to busy trying to wear it out drivin' !!!!
nice truck though , love it ! and as a side note i cant remember the last time i had time to play . always sumpthin huh ?
nice truck though , love it ! and as a side note i cant remember the last time i had time to play . always sumpthin huh ?
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Laughing Gas
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55f350
please don,t mistake that beauty for my flathead, mine is green ,grease and rust.
please don,t mistake that beauty for my flathead, mine is green ,grease and rust.
Last edited by merten; Nov 12, 2007 at 12:23 PM.
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Original engine colors are one of the more popular subjects on FTE. Bottom line is Ford went through a bunch of different combos in the 50's and early 60's before they settled on the later 60's/70's Ford blue.
Things were often different between cars and trucks of the same year. If memory serves, somebody put up a year by year chart on FTE a little while ago that listed the block, valve cover, and accessory colors. Try an "engine color" search using the blue bar near the top of the page. Good luck!
Merten, I think your engine compartment looks great. Original with a "patina"!
Things were often different between cars and trucks of the same year. If memory serves, somebody put up a year by year chart on FTE a little while ago that listed the block, valve cover, and accessory colors. Try an "engine color" search using the blue bar near the top of the page. Good luck!
Merten, I think your engine compartment looks great. Original with a "patina"!
Last edited by F250Rob; Nov 12, 2007 at 12:28 PM.
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From: springfield il
hmmm ya showed that pic of the shiny one so i figured ya had yours out and polished it up for a hot date there merten . nope yours looks like mine only i think i might have a lil' more of the color on mine . thats the way they should be if they're running , covered in patina , left alone and enjoyed ! 
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From: NM
Originally Posted by 53OlderThanMe
Hmm, I was looking at a Hemmings ad from a paint supplier and they list Ford Orange for 52/53 flathead V8s.
