hey Paul has jack(Daniel's) been talking to you again?
bill 53-3600 hot rod
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From: Hudson29@aol.com <Hudson29@aol.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 1:58 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] What About A Ford?
> For those of us that are pondering the powerplant choices available for
>our oletrucks, the small block Chevy V-8 has a lot to recommend it. It is
one
>of history's great designs, combining light weight, high power,
compactness,
>reliability, plentiful spare parts and a wealth of easy modifications with
>ready availability on the used market. On a purely emotional level, it was
>the motor GM fitted themselves as soon as it was available and the little
>Chevy V-8 looks right at home in earlier trucks.
> For installation in some older trucks however, not all is sweetness and
>light. For one thing, while the Chevy is remarkably compact fore and aft,
it
>is too wide to fit without moving the steering box and the rear mounted
>distributor clouts the firewall unless additional clearance is created.
> As great as the small block Chevy is, it is not the only choice.
Chrysler
>made some small V-8s, although I don't know much about them. There is
another
>great small block, one with every attribute that the Chevy possesses and a
>couple of advantages that just might just make it a good swap into our
>oletrucks. That motor is the Ford.
> As I recall from another project some years ago, the small block Ford
is
>significantly narrower than the Chevy, and the distributor is up front out
of
>the way of the firewall and in a position to be easily worked on. The T-5 5
>speed gearbox is also mated to the Ford in Mustangs and perhaps other cars,
>and the whole front from that same Mustang may well be a boon to the
rodders
>among us. For those that wish an auto, the Ford Automatic Overdrive is one
of
>the best around.
> Has anybody installed a Ford in an early Chevy truck? Will the steering
>box clear? How about the firewall? Are there any other problems that crop
up?
> Now, I know that talking about a Ford on a Chevy list is like going to
a
>Hatfield family reunion and singing the praises of the McCoys, but I think
>the little Ford has a lot of potential to solve some of our problems and
>thought it worth bringing the subject up. No offense intended to any of you
>Chevy die hards!
>
>Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com
>1951 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Project, See it at:
>The Poor Man's Advanced Design Tech Tips Page
>http://home.earthlink.net/~conntest47/
>Fullerton, California USA
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