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F-450 Deberti designs

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[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by dependencies

F-450 Deberti designs

Where is the rear axle?

[KevinP73]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Where is the rear axle?

trailing arms replace the axle.

[CurtEgerer]

[Wyvern]

^^^
I am going to take up WRC . Like the painted on support crew uniforms !

Beautiful day here in Nor Cal

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by Wyvern

^^^
I am going to take up WRC . Like the painted on support crew uniforms !

Those uniforms are a trademark of the 'Barum Rally' .... Google Images is your friend on this.

From Mexico this afternoon. Some people really need to get a clue

[apis mellifera]

[widebody911]

That one didn't quite come out like the picture, did it?

Originally Posted by apis mellifera

[apis mellifera]

Shoulda followed the directions. I'm not done with the bodywork, though, and with Bondo, anything is possible.

[URY914]

[widebody911]

[911boost]

That 23 window is looking good. Are you going to keep this one or sell it?

Bill

[PSportoVeloce]

Originally Posted by BSiple

My father in law had a brand new 63.5 R code Galaxie just like that. He sold it in 65. Back then he got a new muscle car every other year or so. He would order the biggest engine, manual trans, and that was it. His list of cars is pretty impressive.

The Galaxie is the only one he still talks about all the time, and the one he misses the most.

Bill

That's super cool. And validating. That car came out 25 years before I was born, and I've never been that into American cars, but something about the car really appeals to me. Nice to know that someone in the know finds the car compelling too.

Mustn't forget, transportation pic:

[Jim Bremner]

My Dad has built some cool 427 engines. there's a 63 1/2 up in the Sacramento area that has one of his engines in it.

He built one that the first cylinder on each side was sleaved down to measure out to a 400 cubic inch engine but the rest of the engine had the 427 size pistons plus .060 over.

I have a hankering to build up a '66 Fairlane, you could get them with a 427 if you had $$$$. My second car was a 390 that had some good work to it.

I want to build it up with a 351 based stroker in the 420ci ish range

[URY914]

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

My Dad has built some cool 427 engines. there's a 63 1/2 up in the Sacramento area that has one of his engines in it.

He built one that the first cylinder on each side was sleaved down to measure out to a 400 cubic inch engine but the rest of the engine had the 427 size pistons plus .060 over.

I have a hankering to build up a '66 Fairlane, you could get them with a 427 if you had $$$$. My second car was a 390 that had some good work to it.

I want to build it up with a 351 based stroker in the 420ci ish range

Jim - very cool cars. A former neighbor owned a '66 Mercury (Comet) Capri 427. His dad ordered it new to drag race on the weekends. It was ordered with only 1 option - a remote trunk release. This was in case his wife ever took it to the grocery store. It is a real survivor with original paint, but not a show car. The rear fenders were carefully widened with a ball-peen hammer to fit the drag slicks! The car ran 9 second 1/4 mile times with very few mods. Unfortunately, I never took any pics of it

These pics coming out of the Rally Mexico yesterday remind me of the old Targa Florio, Carrera Panamericana and Mille Miglia road races of days gone by.

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Think Id rather have that tow hook around the "B" pillar. Little more solid than the sheet metal around the back window!

[EarlyPorsche]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

He built one that the first cylinder on each side was sleaved down to measure out to a 400 cubic inch engine but the rest of the engine had the 427 size pistons plus .060 over.

Why?

[Jim Bremner]

Originally Posted by EarlyPorsche

Why?

The series that the car was raced in had a 400ci inch rule. The race officials would check the volume of 1 & 4 Due to eaze

A Ford 390 ci and 427 big block ( FE ) engine would share the same stroke.

390ci 4.052 x 3.784
427ci 4.234 x 3.784


Now if you drop in the 428 crank into the 427 you're sitting at 450 ish ci
Mine was a '66 I like the '66's better The interior is simpler and the taillights suit my taste better.

I think this is a good price on this car. I wish that I had the cash sitting around the house like I had back 4-5 years ago!


1967 Ford Fairlane GT 390