This has always been a puzzle for me.  Factory invoices always treated an oil filter as an option.  The brochure for the 56 Birds also shows it as an option or available equipment. 

Has any one ever run across a Yblock that didn't have an oil filter from the factory  ?  Is it even possible that the spot where the filter goes be blocked off and still have oil pressure throughout the engine ?


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ