I am supposed to pick up a '62 Unibody today.  The very early plan is to replace it's 223 with a 292 out of my '64 F-250.  Are there some problems to be encountered that I dont know about?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

You'll have to add a mount to the frame, at the front of the engine. Other than that it should be a bolt in.


Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie, does the bell housing and trans need to be swapped too?  Both the '62 and '64 have the four speed.  I was looking at the I-6 bell mounts yesterday and they appeared narrower than the V-8.

What year is your truck?  The '62 grill looks like yours.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

The Y bell housing is different than the I6. I think transmission should mount to the Y bellhousing.



Mine's a '61.


Lawrenceville, GA

Thanks Charlie.  Paid for the truck today and got the title.  Will go over tomorrow and try to start it.  Luckily it is only 1 rural mile away.

The '62 gives me a lot more enthusiasm than the '64 3/4 ton.  

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

My friend, you and I are trying to do the same thing almost exactly, and we are probably the only two people on the internet right now who are. I am mounting a 292 from a 64 F-100 into a 63 ford Fairlane, which used to have a 170. I found that it was more sensible to use the truck transmission, as well as to notch the inside of the engine compartment at the shocks.

Google "fairlane Y-Block" to read about my struggle with closed minded people who didn't like this idea. I must say, I found people who are into 50s cars much more agreeable about this.

It also seems to make a lot of sense to use the truck's back axle, as the F series has a wheel base in between a Galaxie's and a Fairlane's (if you are using a falcon, you'll likely need a different driveshaft). What car is it, exactly?



Anyways, here's some of the work I did to research this (you must understand I originally thought I had a 312)



http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4616680#post4616680

This shows how you must notch the fender wells demonstrated in a 63 (or was it 64?) Falcon, even smaller than my Fairlane.

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Jester I think your job is a greater task than mine.  The '62 is a Unibody pickup, F-100.  The biggest  task will be getting the body and paint in good order. 

The '64 small block is in great shape and the heads are being redone now.   If my 312 ever becomes reality it can go into the '62 with a nice trans too. 

Hope the 9 inch rear is a limited slip, but will find out for sure shortly.

Wouldnt it be nice if some local rat rodder wants a running I-6 .  Did some searching on ebay and found parts for the 6 bangers to be CHEAP. 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

46,

Since you've paid for the truck, it's probably too late but I hope you got under it and checked the cab mounts and the torque box. They tend to rust out. You will have problems if they are bad. Repairing them is not easy. All of the pieces for the torque box have to be made. Not available new. I am so fortunate that I will get to experience the replacement of both cab mounts and the torque box!


Lawrenceville, GA

Well Charlie, you probably know that I didnt... and what the hell is a torque box?   Maybe luck will prevail, but thanks for the heads up.  Will check it out when in the barn.

Mike

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

you gonna start stock-pileing F-100's Mike?

was that the one i saw on craigslist there in Williams?

Dustin

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