Welp, after taking the day off and traveling in what amounted to a monsoon ending in snow by the time I arrived 4 and a half hours away from my residence, I was rewarded with what amounted to a holy grail (or at least the shroud of Turin ). The carbs look to be correct and in very good shape. The o-rings for the secondary tubes - those have only been staked once. The butterflies operated normally and nothing seemed wobbly - even the bores were pretty clean. I have not opened up the bowls yet but would assume they are dry. Thankfully, the intake was very clean inside with no corrosion showing anywhere, and the coolant ports look very good. No repairs have been made and the belly looks to be very solid. The big bonus in all this was the air cleaner and original FoMoCo air filter. There was only one phenolic spacer under the front carburetor. While this purchase was not exactly cheap, I was glad to locate the setup.

Question 1 - It appears that these 2x4 ECG9424D manifolds do not have the same bolt pattern for the accelerator linkage to bolt to the manifold. The holes look to be closer together than the standard Y Block intake. I would assume that this would be because of the base of the rear carb. How difficult is it to find a 1957 passenger car accelerator linkage that matches? more hen's teeth?

Question 2 - I would assume that both carb bases would require phenolic spacers, but it appears this may put the carbs not exactly at the same height. Is this correct?

Question 3 - Can I assume that this air cleaner is from a 1957 passenger car in original application? Is anyone reproducing the air filter?

Question 4 - I have heard that Ford did have a matched distributor for the E code. Does anyone know where I could find the specs on that? 




Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
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