I've been lucky enough to find myself with some free time this summer!   With my '62 292 done, it was time to turn my attention to the old 272 in my Ranch Wagon.  Since I did the Black and Gold in the 292, I wanted to go just a bit different this time so I went with Black and Silver.  I rebuilt the carb and gutted the original oil bath air cleaner (when I got the wagon, the PO had a homemade air cleaner top with a paper element installed.  Luckliy the orignal top was in the back seat!)  It's now fitted with a K & N.  A friend powder coated the valve covers and the air cleaner with Eastwood Platinum for me.  While they were out, I cleaned up the engine and shot it with black.  I replaced the engine wire harness and installed a Pertronix ignition and coil.  Finally, when I got the powder coated parts back I dressed it all up with some repop decals from T-Bird and put it all back together.  I know it's not Ford Red but I could do it all with the engine still installed and it's easy to touch up!  Best of all, it wasn't a budget buster!!  Here's a before and after shot:

A.J.

South Jersey

SMSgt USAF Retired 
1955 Ford Ranch Wagon & a couple of old guitars...Life's Good!

WOW, that looks great!

1964 F 100 LWB Roller 5.0 & T-5

2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ

2009 Harley FXSTB Night Train



"I still have a Y block - it's just not in anything yet."

That looks mighty pretty. Ive gone for black & silver on my 312.

  Picture taken in 1960. Funnily enough it still looks like this!

1959 Mercury Monterey 312 Y Block.   NORFOLK, ENGLAND, UK.

Looks good. I need to do the same thing on my 63 Uni's engine compartment. Plan to use chrome valve covers and replace the current ones with the rounded top air cleaners.



Probably will take off the front fenders to give me more access, plus I plan on doing a front disc brake upgrade at the same time. Yeah I know, I've got to do something about those "hillbilly" headers too! Opps! sorry about the huge pic. I'll have to fix that.

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed

Feel free to size the picture just a tad larger unless that’s as much you want us to see of them ‘hillbilly’ headers.  Sizing to 550 wide should keep the text from scrolling off of the right side of the screen.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

A.J.

      the motor looks great, nothing the matter at all with the color combo. With the before and after you can really notice the difference.

                                Michael

Michael

Sandy Valley, NV

that looks good and car show ready how much time do you have in it lets see some pics of the rest of the ride

y-block newbie

Thanks for the compliments!   I'm planning on showing it for the first time on Sep 6th at a small car show here in Jersey.

A.J.

South Jersey

SMSgt USAF Retired 
1955 Ford Ranch Wagon & a couple of old guitars...Life's Good!

looks good now the engine compliments the rest of the car

y-block newbie

Did my 292 too. Not too bad for a quicky job.



1964 F 100 LWB Roller 5.0 & T-5

2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ

2009 Harley FXSTB Night Train



"I still have a Y block - it's just not in anything yet."