there's a chance that a bell off of a mid 80's , F-350 with a 351w, 4 spd might work. you may have to use a electric fan since they mounted the fan up higher on the engine in those cabovers.

 lincoln/merc. y-blocks &mel's                                                               bucyrus, ohio.

Just curious if you have any pics, or id numbers on the trans/bellhousing on this?

Yeah you right, quad headlights for 58,59,60 I believe and they used to be pretty popular here to but they are getting kinda rare, as you can see our weather here is not kind to vehicles. I have the front panel welded in now but still have to patch the front and rear corners, this truck was originally white but was redone in red and they did inside and underneath as well so I think that is why it has held up better then others I have seen.



Matt

Those used to be all over the place around here,I think they were made from 58 up to the 90s and all looked the same except some had 4 headlights.

Butchering up everything I can get my hands on in Dayton Ohio

you were right its a 292.

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My progress so far, someone's idea of dent removal caused the front sheet metal to rust beyond repair so i will be cutting out large sections and welding in fresh metal. Overall the truck is in pretty decent shape for it's age but this is the only major damage it has, it isn't as hard to fix as it looks. I thought of cutting the front section off another truck I know of but Ford never really sealed the back side of this front metal at all so there is lots of surface rust on the inside so it just makes more sense to start with fresh metal rather then fighting rust.

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And the tranny (4-speed)

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The '63's original engine