37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[randyr]

That looks good, Dave! I definitely like the alternator better on the low side. That's where mine has always been. Of course, I'll have an AC compressor mounted above that.

To get clearance on my cross member my oil pan came from an 80-86 F150 and the dip stick is on the driver side screwing into the pan. I still have to find a decent screw-in tube & dipstick that will clear my headers, tho. It doesn't appear to be the same size fitting as the screw-in 351W oil pan.

I like that radiator hose treatment, too. I see you have what appears to be a heater/ac bulkhead on the firewall but no hoses. No heater hooked up?

I'm sure I'll follow your lead on the distributor, too, but I'm not quite ready for that yet......

.....and thanks for the pics!! I don't understand why they can't make it so we can add captions to each pic. That would make it a lot easier to explain what we're doing!!

[Bob Parmenter]

I don't understand why they can't make it so we can add captions to each pic. That would make it a lot easier to explain what we're doing!!

Actually Randy, that's supposed to be one of the "improvements" with the new software/pic posting. It's always been available with using a photo hosting site, but the new software can also do it from pics housed in your own hard drive. Sadly, I've not taken the time (perhaps frustration too) to figure out how to do it. Perhaps one of the other guys who has made the effort can show us the way. Hmmmm, does my expecting another member to spoon feed me on this make me an OCHR (Occupy Club Hot Rod) member?

[randyr]

Actually Randy, that's supposed to be one of the "improvements" with the new software/pic posting. It's always been available with using a photo hosting site, but the new software can also do it from pics housed in your own hard drive. Sadly, I've not taken the time (perhaps frustration too) to figure out how to do it. Perhaps one of the other guys who has made the effort can show us the way. Hmmmm, does my expecting another member to spoon feed me on this make me an OCHR (Occupy Club Hot Rod) member?

Yeah, Bob, I guess I could use a little spoon feeding, too! It seems like in the past when using Photobucket or whatever, you could definitely write captions between the pics but the pics would often show up a links on this site instead of actually pictures. I'll do some exploring and see if I can figure something out. If not, I'll just have to pitch a tent with you and wait for somebody to give us something....

[IC2]

That extra length rubber hose is due to the fact that the Speedway tubing ends up being about an inch+ shorter then what I needed. for the application. I would eventually like to have it Jet Hot coated and at that time will add some length. That cross piece is for the hood supports. Since I'm currently running without hood sides, I made up some different ones that use the bolt holes on that as well as the hood side rod loops.

Randy, my original brackets were for the alternator and the a/c compressor. When I decided to not use the a/c, I then just used the alt bracket, but somewhat modified. After having the car on the road for a while decided that it just didn't look right, unbalanced. Then to, it was a bear to do anything with the distributor. As far as a heater, it's a big Vintage Air, installed, works great, but I decided to 'prove' my mods plus make an attempt to do something better then having a couple crappy looking hoses draped alongside the engine.

I guess I would end up making my own dipstick tube, possibly even a flexible one or adapt one of Lokar's if I had your arrangement.

This is what I originally started with and was set up for the sedan that began this saga.

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