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Billboard from back in the day....

Wow, if they tried that today....

Yeah, that would have about 10 groups raising h*** if you did that today. We saw a couple of those black jockey boy statues at a swap meet a while back, haven't seen those in years, but I remember we had one with a lantern in his hand in our driveway entrance when I was a kid.

Don

Oh heck Richard you had me sucker in there for a minute.... I thought that Ford had finally woken up to the fact that the distributors should be at the rear of the engine block...

HE! HE! HE! Richard, Richard, Richard, HE! HE! HE!
Whiplash did you ever have to beat the fire wall in to make the distributor fit?
Just a thought!! HE! HE!
Kurt

Actually Kurt my earlier cars had the Ford in the Ford type of story and it wasn't until I was building my Anglia that a small block chevy came up at the right price that I changed my way of throught. And then the original firewall was taken out for a complete new one made to clear that distributor etc.
I have always found it a wee bit amazing on how some guys are so staunch on what should be in what...
Another one I have been know to throw into a conversation,just for the reaction, is that car is sooo original it should of been restored not butched with a smallblock and modern suspension...
Boy does that get an interesting reply at times.

Originally Posted by vara4

HE! HE! HE! Richard, Richard, Richard, HE! HE! HE!
Whiplash did you ever have to beat the fire wall in to make the distributor fit?
Just a thought!! HE! HE!
Kurt

Or burn your beer belly on a hot radiator tank? FORD really did "Have a better idea!"

Originally Posted by joe_and_jeep

Wow, if they tried that today....

I thought it was Michelle picking up some xtra cash to pay down the debt.

Richard, when my grandma died, we went to her house, and I took a plastic set of salt and pepper shakers as a momento of her.. They were shaped like two black servants. It was the epidome of my grandma, a tough old bird who may have been a bit opinionated and "politically incorrect", but she was my role model for work ethics, which I stand by today. I loved her, and those shakers still make me laugh and think of her.

Richard - that's a really politically incorrect ad these days. Heck, might even be cause for a visit from the ACLU( I'll refrain from getting political again on threat of being beaten)

Whip - if I had a Chebbie in my car and with the engine setback I would need a trap door to set the timing (or even see the distributor).

Now - isn't this easier to work on:

Originally Posted by IC2

Richard - that's a really politically incorrect ad these days. Heck, might even be cause for a visit from the ACLU( I'll refrain from getting political again on threat of being beaten)

Whip - if I had a Chebbie in my car and with the engine setback I would need a trap door to set the timing (or even see the distributor).

Now - isn't this easier to work on:

Ill jump in here in front of Whippy...Course its easier...Who in their right mind would put a dissy in the rear of an engine anyway?? You only gotta smack the firewall in for clearance in an engine swap...

So very Nice.

Isn't it funny how we can get a reaction. Now Richard or Pat and I dear say heaps of others could tell us how many Ford engines came out with the distributor at the rear of the engine block on an angle???
IC2 your car is tooo good to be a another hotrod,you should of restored it, As I said I like all sorts of motors and appreciate what anybody uses in their car if finished to a complete look with the rest of the car. Now just to be cheeking, even if your body is Fibreglass IC2 ,it should of been restored

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Isn't it funny how we can get a reaction. Now Richard or Pat and I dear say heaps of others could tell us how many Ford engines came out with the distributor at the rear of the engine block on an angle???
IC2 your car is tooo good to be a another hotrod,you should of restored it, As I said I like all sorts of motors and appreciate what anybody uses in their car if finished to a complete look with the rest of the car. Now just to be cheeking, even if your body is Fibreglass IC2 ,it should of been restored

Thanks Whip - not 'glass except for the Wescott front fenders tho it is a Brookville steel repro so I at least didn't have to patch the usual rust. I built it as a 'resto' rod.

Thanks Dave for your fast reply and I hope you ain't offended with my cheek. I will go to your personal photo album soon and check out your build pictures. I have always liked the resto rod cars, I once had a '28 Dodge 4Door with 318 Chrysler running gear that was all stock body etc done in the restorod way.