We've got all the big name auto parts stores around my area, but when it comes to quality parts and counter people with a brain you can't beat NAPA. The other stores hire kids that wouldn't know a cam shaft from a drive shaft if the computer went down.

Here's the cheapest, easiest way I know of.
http://www.ecihotrodbrakes.com/early_fo ... sions.html

This is the strangest looking 62 I've ever seen.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-FOR ... dZViewItem

I'll bet it will be nice when he gets done buffing the paint out.

JC, My dad grew up in the era where he had to depend on a Model T to get around. He never really understood why I bought Model T's, he was happy when he didn't have to own one anymore. I had an uncle that always picked on me about my T's every time I saw him. One day he said, " If you run acros...

JC,
I can remember helping my dad (probably in the way more than anything) work on one of our tractors when I was probably abut 8 years old. He said, "hand me the Ford Wrench" and pointed at a hammer. That's one of those things I never forgot and probably never will.
Jim

As bad as this may sound......you could always hit the vent with a hammer.

Doug, One more thing... I didn't have any problems with the vent tube. The engine is a 63, I'm no expert, but I've noticed that some of the early y blocks have a tall can for the vent tube, the one on my engine is no more than an inch and a quarter or so tall. The offy intake clears it by a good dis...

Doug, The linkage is an Eelco progressive linkage. The center carb is the primary carb and the outside carbs are secondaries. The secondary carbs have no choke, vacuum or idle circuits and can't release any fuel until the butterflies open and manifold vacuum draws through them. It starts and runs up...

Take a look at the pictures in my gallery. There are a couple of pictures of my 63 292 with an Offenhauser intake with 3 Stromberg 94's.

Brian,
If it aint broke, don't fix it.
Jim

I have 40's on hopped up Mustang GT. They're good mufflers, have good flow, and are built to last but man are they loud!

JC, I did see the jack in the link you posted. I didn't think that style of jack was used in the early 60's, but maybe it was, I thought it came out in 65. Like I said my knowlege of 60's Ford truck jacks is very limited since every time I buy a truck the jack is long gone. The first Ford Truck I ev...

I'm with Skip, the cheap floor jacks work great for the money. I Would still like to have the right jack for my truck just for looks though. I probably have it and don't know what it looks like. I've got a couple of scizzor jacks with Ford part numbers. Could they be for the early slicks?

Like I always say, "it's not the age that matters, it's the miles"

I guess I could have been more clear. What I really want to know is what jack the various years and models of slicks used. I've never owned one that came with the factory jack. I always figured either the jack was either no good and they junked it or really handy for something else and they kept it.

Can anybody help me out with identifying some jacks? I've got a bunch of Ford jacks from the teens through the 70's, a lot of them are from trucks but I don't know what years used what jacks. Does anybody have any ideas on where I can find this kind of information?
Thanks,
Jim

I guess my 62 is a car. It has a Volare front subframe and it sits low. I could haul with it, but don't. I have a late model diesel pickup to do the hauling so I don't see any sense in using the 62 for anything more than pleasure driving.

My 62 unibody has power disc brakes, power steering, tilt column, an alternator instead of a generator, a CD player and an automatic transmission so far.
A/C from Classic Auto Air is the next thing on the list, then maybe power windows after that.

I just don't get it. It even has a couple of extra holes. If I had known 20 years ago what I know now, I wouldn't have hauled quite as much stuff to the junkyard.