Ford First Forum

fuel gauge calibration

1jetmech — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:20:51 -0700

Hi, all! I have a 68 Bronco, I want to know if there is any adjustment for the fuel gauge?
When it is full it reads 3/4 of a tank, when it's about empty it reads way below E. Any ideas?

Thanks, Brian

1953-1955 mercury steering wheel for sale [winston salem NC, USA]

jerrybev — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:33:09 -0700

1953, 1954, 1955 Mercury steering wheel, very good condition, $100 plus mailing. 336-608-2954, Mocksville, N.C.

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Re: What's your favorite Ford?

sandrajolly — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:59:20 -0700

Now that is a hard one!
The 1962 and 63 Fair lanes, because of the great styling and practicality.
The 1957 Thunderbird, it was the prettiest car ever made in my eyes.
1932 Ford Victoria, now that was class.
The Ford GT-40, the best sports car of its day, if not forever.
1989 SHO, what a performer. Fast and I got 30 mpg out of it and even better. That is provided I stayed out of the throttle.

Re: F350 suspension clanking

sandrajolly — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:56:02 -0700

To check jack up the car, support it and try to rock the wheel from side to side. It could also be a suspension or damper bush. To find out take the wheel of and look for marks showing movement, If nothing is obvious then lever all the joints with a Tyre lever or similar.
Hope this will help you!! :)

Hello,Hello!

smalltiger — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:48:15 -0700

Hello everyone,
As a newcomer, i am very glad to be here. i hope that someone have good news can share with me.
Thank you!

Getting and maintaining a Late ‘40’s Ford?

TomTxState — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:02:53 -0700

Hi All,

As you can see I am not a Ford owner, but I am thinking about a late ‘40’s Ford. For me, this would be a nostalgia thing. My father owned what I believe was a 46–48 Ford Deluxe 4-Door.

How available are parts for this kind of vintage?

Remember this is new to me. I am an MG owner, and third party parts are easy to get.

Thanks

New here....

kirks-auto — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:20:29 -0800

See some familiar names from some of the Skyesters other forums...one notably in Napa...

Just saw this and thougt I'd post my blue oval interests. Family's first car 1955 Ford Custom with 3 speed slush box...what I learned to drive and filched at times in the early morning hours with my pal up the street to learn to drive "on my own"....if Dad knew, it was the best kept secret ever and today I don't know I was really that smart...will never know for sure.

1965 Mustang GT...my third car, bought at about age 19...should have taken better care of her. 1966 Mustang convertible...paid exactly $125 for a 100K mile car with bad front seal in the C4 trans...hoped to repair front end on the crashed GT but didn't figure some things correctly....money and time off the top. Kept the old girl for 35 years and sold on Efee 2 years ago to Canada...$4000 and they had it running in 3 days...anothe testament to the worth blue oval.

1968 Intermeccanica Omega...289 Ford powered Italian import. One of only 40 made with links to Holman and Moody where the HP and std small blocks and running gear were dropped in. Interesting story when GM came after the company for infringement on the name court ruled in favor the my maker, Holman and Moody saw the chance to bail AND recoup $$$, hired hand finished the last 10 or so. I met in in Charlotte a few years back and he has the very last example in his stable.

1969 Detomasso Mangusta 1 of about 400. Predecessor of the Pantera with a 302 mid/rear engine and ZF trans axle. My particular car was the subject of a magazine article about the owner of the company, entitled Alajandro's Spruce Goose. Would like a copy but refuse to pay the $10 the issue demands on Efee or buying a years worth of the mag for $25 and pay shipping...maybe some day....but I refuse to be gouged for yard sale items in celebration of a car I personally own when there is real $ needed to maintain the car.

Alajandro Detomasso was the South American race horse breeder who rotated into car building and whose biz was rescued when Lincoln Mercury dealers started offering the Pantera on their floor plan. They reissued the Mangusta name sake a few years ago and it was a dismal disappointment. AD died just a couple years ago and I believe the company is no more.

Thus my current stock of "Ford hybrids" are all orphans but well housed.

Re: Classic or...?

kirks-auto — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:59:58 -0800

According to this it would be either or both an Antique and or Classic not a Vintage via CCCA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification#Car_show_class_definitions

But what's in a name or "class"? Unsure if I care for the pin strips but hey, presumably it isn't running a Chebby small block...>:D<

Classic British Cars - One Lady Owner (Video)

Skye — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:32:32 -0800

Fun little documentary about the Morris Minor, Standard 8, Triumph Herald, Ford Anglia, Riley Elf in the era of the new compact "family" cars and the independence it gave to many women for the first time

Video: Ford EVOS Concept Car

Skye — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:37:52 -0800

A surprisingly lovely design from Ford: Evos Concept showcases Ford’s first truly global design language and a new vision for customer-focused and intuitive technologies

The doors are pretty amazing:

first SHO owner on this forum?

Sleipnir — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:19:09 -0800

Great job expanding Skye! As you can see I've been a member for long enough to remember when it was just the MGB experience. I currently own and drive a variety of Fords, MGs and Triumphs, but my daily winter driver for the past 8 years has been a Gen 1 90 SHO.
I know their are other British car guys out there running SHOs too, so hopefully someone else will start posting here.
I'm a full time British car mechanic and own Her Majesty's Auto Service (soon to be relocated from Swansea, MA to Pawtucket, RI) and do all the work on my Taurus myself. I'm not a Ford factory tech who's worked on these cars since they were new, but living with one for 45k+ miles has taught me some things about them.
My SHO is Black on Black with sunroof and regular climate control. It currently has over 195,000 miles on it and runs as strong as ever.
The only mods I've done are a drop in K&N filter and a rod shifter conversion (I put a Dynomax exhaust on it but it has since rotted away). I had to do some things to it when I bought it in 2003 for $500 with 147K on it. I replaced the clutch (it was actually a bad release bearing), subframe bushings, brakes all around with all lines, exhaust, 60k service, plugs and wires and stereo head unit (JBL speakers and amp were and are still kicking). Now I'm on my 2nd exhaust and have done some other maintenance, but I still likely have less than 3 grand into over the time I've owned it.
It'll cruise all day at 100 or get 27mpg at 70. It may not be quick by today's standards but it still surprises plenty of people at the lights or the kids on the interstate in their hopped up econoboxes who pull alongside and slow down to see if I'm willing to try them. When I drop to 3rd and floor it and powershift at 95 they're usually in my mirrors trying to figure out what just happened.
I love my SHO and when it finally dissolves into the earth I will be looking for another Gen 1 from somewhere outside of the rust belt to replace it.

for sale: 1957 Ford hub caps, wheel covers,

jerrybev — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:54:39 -0800

set of four 1957 Ford hub caps, 14" in very good condition $75 plus mailing, 336-765-8312 or 336-749-5922, Winston Salem NC email: wwhitfield@triad.rr.com

Re: 1950 F-1

mrbarry — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:19:31 -0700

there is a F-1 with an engine abandoned down the draw .. 6 inch tree growing up out of it ,, ill try to go take a pic and post

Re: 1950 F-1

Curmudgeon — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:14:36 -0700

Hey, we've got F-1 listed! Modified my entry! Thanks!

1950 F-1

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:59:55 -0700

Finally got a photo up. Bought it 22 years ago (had to go look), yanked the six out shortly thereafter, dropped a 239 in it. Then, decided to put a 255 in about 6 years ago. Grille was mangled upon arrival, finally found another, lovely bride stated she like blue, so For Blue it is. Counting the heater ducting, it was like 40 bolts holding it in, none of which had been out since 1950......lot of work, but it's in. Drive it often...gotta find time to drive all three.

Re: What's your favorite Ford?

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:24:38 -0700

Anything with a Flathead V-8........except the last two years just looked too new......and the 38's didn't really float my boat. Grew up riding around in a 40 Tudor DeLuxe....still have the bonnet "DeLuxe" emblems from it.
That said, working on cars for a living, about anything Ford with a CuIn that ends in a "9" or at least the initial offering did.
239 (flathead), 289 ( out-runs those a bit newer), and 429 (better and longer lasting than the 460). I worked for Ford when the 460's came out....there was a reason there was a 429 CobraJet and not a 460 CobraJet.
Mustangs are cool....Cougars were better. 67 Mustang or Cougar is better than a 68...less "fed" stuff, both under the bonnet AND mandated sidelights. Lean against a 67, you lean against a 67. Do it to a 68, you leave a dent. Just what I remember.

F-1!

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:43:57 -0700

I'll have to get a photo up. Had this 1950 for....26 or 27 years, still plugs along. Soon as the listing of vehicles shows "F-1" I'll list it.....'cause it sure ain't an F-100!
I had pictures, but the last computer explosion took the latest unsaved entries out.

Re: Model A

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:40:12 -0700

Had a 29 Tudor for many years....all done except upholstery....and sold it. We called it "Massacree", as the build date stamped on the firewall side of the petrol tank was St. Valentine's Day 1929.

(Massacree as in St. Valentine's Day Massacre)

Re: oil pressure drops off at 65mph-fresh rebuild

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:36:49 -0700

On a flathead, galley plug behind the timing gear. Others (including flatheads) garbage in the oil pressure relief valve.

Re: Classic or...?

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:35:21 -0700

Been trying to enter vehicles......one won't go yet, as there is no "F-1", but I did the requisite e-mail and we'll see!

Re: Thunder Road

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:22:48 -0700

Yup.......I have a sign. If you know your old Fords, and watch the movie knowing what to look for, you will see him driving a 49, 50, and a 51. If I recall (and it's been years), when he ended upside down in the ditch the dash is 51...and 51 ONLY. I got my first 50 in 1965 or so, sold it in late 68, bought the next one January of 70, still have it and drive it. Over 500K on the clock. Last engine lasted 30 years, new engine is a Merc, has OD, duals, glasspacks....scoots.

Re: Classic or...?

Curmudgeon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:19:01 -0700

Too new. Still nice.

Re: howdy

mrbarry — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:23:48 -0700

just not a lot of traffic on this net..

..

i was losing brake pedal .. but after 30-40 miles it would pump up for me so i got new pads up front in the Local Napa work Bay .. .
cant not recall when or if it ever got pads up front .. maybe 100,000 miles ago .. maybe never.. and the pads were still above min spec..

new pads and the rear shoes adjusted and it was everso much better ..

service while you wait , i walked across to the barber shop got a hair cut and it was done when i got back ,, cost 100$ installed

shoulda got the rotors turned or new ones since they were pretty Groovy
but times are hard up here on Iron Mountain .. Hardscrabble

i told the Man let 'em eat

Re: Nice birthday present...

hunter57 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:02:44 -0700

That is what I would love to have. Maybe not quite as much under the bonnet, but love that Rothman's color scheme. It would definitely be an eye catcher here in the States.

Re: What's your favorite Ford?

hunter57 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:45:24 -0700

My favorite Ford is this one: 1966 Coupe. Original T code, 200 6. it has a disc brake conversion with Konig Rewind wheels, 15x7's with 215/65/15 Firestones.
I am partial to the 64 to early 66 Falcons. If I had the money I would import a Mk.1 & a Mk.2 Escort.

First Ford engined MGB GT V8 conversion

Chilipadi — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:20:25 -0700

I am researching the MGB GT V8 and was wondering if anyone can tell me (or at least point me in the direction of someone who can) when the first conversion of an MGB GT to Ford V8 engine was done.

Ideally I would like to get some form of proof of it's construction (ideally as a series by a car conversion specialist or other). I need to prove that 2 MGB GTs were converted to Ford V8 engines and what type of engine (289, 302, 351...) before 12.31.1988.

Cheers

drew

Re: What's your favorite Ford?

FrankJ — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:16:26 -0700

i love the Explorer.

Thunder Road

OldBloke — Tue, 10 May 2011 09:16:38 -0700

Remember this cult movie featuring now classic "hot" Fords?

Re: Classic or...?

wkarhan — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:51:58 -0700

Nice!