Posts by SixT5HiPo

  • Time Machine

    Not to "hijack" the thread, but I never heard of the Goodyear Thunderbolt tires either. I think the video is from 1967, and around that time the Goodyear Blue Streak and Blue Dot Power Cushion tires were often used for high speed applications.


    Also, around 1967, the Goodyear Polyglas tires were introduced. They were often considered the "performance tire of choice" by Detroit auto makers, and featured a wider tread width. The Polyglas GT tires with raised white letters were an original equipment tire on late 1960s muscle cars such as the Pontiac GTO, Dodge Charger R/T, Ford BOSS Mustangs and Mach I, Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 and many others, along with comparable tires from various competitors such as the Firestone Wide-Ovals.

  • Time Machine

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    Is the Super Snake still around?


    Alive and doing well

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    Great video link...


    Speaking of Time Machines, how about this video?


    CLICK HERE

  • Time Machine


    You said it, Bo.

  • HELP decoders and Date people!!

    Quote from 6F09KANADA

    Obviously blocks, heads, manifolds and the like have to be cast ahead of time to be readily available for assembly and car production. They probably were cast at various foundries and needed to be trucked in and stored for a period of time and used as needed.


    The 289 HiPo blocks, heads, intake and exhaust manifolds, cranks, rods, caps, flywheels, etc. were all cast at Ford's Cleveland Foundry and Engine Plant. The engines were also assembled there, and then shipped out by rail to Dearborn, San Jose, or Metuchen Assembly Plant for installation into Mustangs.

  • MG Owners Club Memorial Run

    Excellent post, Mark. Thanks for the nice pictures of one of the monuments. Probably some of you know that many of the B-24's were built by Ford at the massive Willow Run Assembly Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. According to my source, Willow Run built 6,792 B-24's. Three other assembly plants, the Convair Plant in Fort Worth Texas, the Douglas Tulsa Plant in Oklahoma, and Consolidated Aircraft Corp in San Diego built the rest, for a total production of around 18,000.


    I've had a chance to tour the inside of a restored, operational B-24, and to see it in action recently. Click Here to visit the Collings Foundation for more information about their restored B-24, as well as many other historic aircraft including an operational B-17 and a P-51 Mustang.

  • 5F08K208626 for sale listed @ 50K

    Quote from Rocket

    Does anyone have a picture of the numbers on the boss above the clutch equalizer bar pivot mounting hole? I have a 64.5 K, do all early Ks have the numbers? If so what do they represent, and/or what was its purpose?


    Bob


    The stamped numbers appeared on the 5 bolt blocks, and were likely used to help engineering track quality control issues. Here are a couple pictures to show the location of the number.




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  • New member

    Welcome, Dino. Get your parts list organized, and post up what you need to finish your FB project. Most of the basic Mustang stuff is available at fair prices through the usual aftermarket vendors.

  • NOS BLACK FENDER DATE CODES

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    I guess what I am trying to determine is if this is an actual nos ford replacment fender or repop due to the fact that there is no date code stamp in-between the upper fender bolt holes.


    Are there part numbers stenciled on the inside of the fenders? (Although it's possible to replicate a stencil, it's not too likely a reproduction would have a FoMoCo part number present.) Most factory replacement sheet metal bears a part number painted in a conspicuous yellow block letter and numeral font. Adhesive-backed paper labels with part numbers are used in place of stencils on later factory service replacement parts. As Charles mentioned, the last runs of fenders were made on tooling that show signs of wear, decreasing the "sharpness" of the feature lines...