Doug, MY dream rod, I always loved the readster PU's(
still do) what a great start. the fan on a shaft- some
trucks had the shaft mounted fan and it mounted above
the intake manifold because some of the radiators where
so much higher(especially in the trucks) other wise the
fan wouldn't be in the center of the radiators. Keep us
posted on your project. wmts
Quoting Doug Anderson <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>:
> Later on, back at th Ranch; ..or Crazy bout a
Merkerr-ie!
>
> Date line, July 22 , 2001
>
> Yup ol Dirty Dougs finally gone off th deep end
this time. Done got
> hisself a Mercury. 1950 to be exact. Flatmotor.
Cast gold. Crude.
> Poor mans OFFY. 255 cubic inches of smokin snortin
flatty Seriously
> though, this is my mental commitment to untold hours
of pain, blood,
> drudgery, skinned knuckles, and joy. Theres no
turnin back. Yup, gonna
>
> build me one more car before I leave this earth,,,, a
track racin 28
> Roadster Pickup circa 1951 or there abouts!
>
> She (Miss Merc ) was ALLEGEDLY running 5 years
ago ,,,, Got'er
> complete;
> from Intake to drain plug, with the crank pulley, the
Dizzy, the water
> pumps,-da whole enchilada... Had to take the Merc-o-
matic offer
> myownself. Somebody went to the trouble of painting
the motor in the car,
>
> and installing a nice OFFY dual carb manifold
onnnit. Now I ask ya;
> would you do that if she wasnt a good runner? Naw
I didnt think so. Me
>
> neither. I might have found a winner here boys. We
took alla plugs out
> for
> a lookie loo and found just blackie carbon starin
back at me. No sign of
>
> oil wetness in any hole. Rubbed alla electrodes on
the back of my hand;
> and
> no oily streaks of any kind All uniformly sooty is
all. Yippie! Too
> much choke! She turns over nice and even feels
like shes got decent
> compression. I really dont know how a flatty
oughtta feel when hand
> cranked over, so Im a little in the dark here But I
got a good feelin
> this here motor might could be a nice starter engine
for my RPU project
> Im thinkin -You know, like a good buddy usta
say; you just dont find
>
> these things at K-mart. Hell good flatties, let
alone Mercs dont exactly
>
> grow on trees anymore -And heres the best part; I
got it from one of my
> younger generation friends, who not only gave me a
most righteous price,
>
> but has me signed up on the slo-pay plan and then,
to top that, He told
> me
> he was cleaning out his stash because he was tired
of doing swapmeets,
> and
> MADE me take all sorts of rusty old Ford parts,
including a complete late
>
> Merc stick shift bellhousing, the inspection cover,
front dust cover, the
> throwout fork, and starter for same, an extra
starter, a stock generator
> bracket, a fan on a shaft. (not sure what its really
from..) with a
> bearing
> and pulley on a right angle bracket, a stock Ford &
Merc head mounted oil
> filter, an extra road draft tube, a new intake
gasket, a decent long style
> pressure plate, another throwout fork, a clutch disc
with half of one sides
>
> lining right blown off it, ( who sez flatties dont
make power ???) a
> bunch of firewall throttle linkage, and two truck
water pumps with the
> handy
> motormount brackets so cherished for HOT ROD use. He
also made me take the
>
> complete original Merc-o-matic Trans assembly as
well. ....And a Partridge
>
> inna pear tree. The bum.
>
> The engine still has the OFFY manifold, so instead of
removing it, I gave
> him an identical Weiand in exchange. Did I do good ?
>
> You know every once in a while,
> but oh so infrequently,,, Murphy does
go on vacation
>
>
> Till next time,its Dirty Doug Anderson, signin
off
>
> who allas says,
>
> " if it's got a number on it,
> ...and makes a lotta
noise,it's groovy "
>
>
>
>
>
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