What have you done to your wagon lately? (Let's keep the thread going!)

Finished cleaning up the brackets for the engine. It's a 429 and I found a serpentine set-up from a 1987 460. The bracket had a bunch of extra metal for an air pump which I trimmed back and cleaned up so you would never know it should be there.

I also ordered a spacer for under the air cleaner as this is sitting on the float adjusters on the carb.

Starting to get close to firing the engine up, but I don't want to rush it and miss something. Attached is a before (not my engine, but it is my pullies and brackets) and after photo.

 

Looks great!

 

The engine looks very clean and tidy. I don't recognize the air cleaner; is that off an earlier car? I had a '66 Mercury with a 390, but it's been so long ago I don't remember what the air cleaner looked like.

 

I picked up the air cleaner a while back. I believe it is off a '61 T-Bird, and the snorkels were added. I liked the look and thought it made for a nice era cleaner to top the engine. I just have to decide if I am going to stay with the gold, or go to blue, but that will wait until I have more of the body back together before I make the final call on that one.

 

Looking good, pvan!!!

 

Dam, that's Purdy....Purdy freeken nice!




If my 460 looked like that, I'd be.........

 

That is a purdy engine for a Ford. Wonder if it runs with the distributor at the wrong end?

I like the gold color air cleaner
While at the U-Pull-It our son got a Chevy twin snorkle air cleaner for his 85 truck. It's the kind with tapered round tubes then the wide ends. It looks nice too.

 

No, noo, nooo, CAT,, you gotz it allll wrong..
The dist is ALWAY on the front of *GOOD* motors.....


(unlike them thar chebbies) :banana: :banana: :banana:

 

I will admit they were easier to get to to work on the points, etc.

 

Thanks for the props. I'm leaning toward staying with the gold. As for distributors, I kinda like em right up front, but I'm a tried and true Ford blue-blood. It just looks like something is missing otherwise.

I'm pleased with how it looks right now, but it will be interesting to see how it presents once I put a car around it...

 

Just waiting on my tailgate and bumper bracket to show up so I can finish it up..I want to get some fall cruising done.

 

WOW, thats awesome. Did you actually do that...had you done it before?
sorry, I see the later postings. I take it you do this for a living occasionally??? or are you a sign guy with vinyl 'smarts' and took a stab at this?????

 

I was tested my gas gauge for accuracy on Saturday...I ran out of gas...Managed to roll into a gas station with the engine not running ...Power brakes and steering do not work well when the engine is not running .

It showed about a needle width above empty. That won't happen again.

 

Clear Bra guy, Shop owner/installer, and yep took a stab at it. this was my first color change. if you can put a sticker on, you can install this stuff, takes time and patience's

 

Gas gauge Russian roulette??


Mine was registering three quarters full when it was filled up so I bought one of those 91-96 B-body fuel cage calibration deals and installed it and it's right-on now.