thanks for the tip on the Farmall tractor throttle levers.... next time I visit all of my tobacco raisin' family down in NC (yep, I've got a bunch of them) I will have to see what all they have in the barns. In the meantime, I will google some of those photos.

thanks!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Daniel, my IH Farmall tractors have a throttle that might suit what you want. It has a lever that is spring loaded from side to side, with a fan shaped row of notches for the lever to catch on. To operate it you move the lever sideways a little to free it from the notches and it moves easily. The spring holds it against the notches when you want it to stay in one place. I believe it just bolts to the steering post. Look at pictures of Farmall tractors from the 1950's, letter series A, B, C, etc.



Tom from the chiggerfarm located in the beautiful Heart of Central Texas

When you cannot dazzle others with your brilliance, baffle them with bullcorn!

Just got back from my trip down to Waverly, Virginia, about 4 hours away from me. Wayne was so happy with that teapot carburetor he had to show it off. I brought my engine run stand down for him to take a look at, and wouldn't you know it but one of the rear braces broke on the thing when I hit some hard road. I had to take a detour today when two truckers hit each other head on and the DOT closed down Hwy 460 both ways for about 3 or 4 miles. We did get it fixed pretty quickly though and Wayne enjoyed waking up the neighborhood.

He has a ways to go on his 56 Fordor, but his engine is running very well. He gets duals on Saturday.

He gave me a core 272 block that was prety much junk, bare and left out in the rain for about 20 years, lol. The other block was an EDB but it had ECZ-B heads, not G like I had hoped. The motor aint froze up though. I might try to fool with it just to see if I can get it to run. Wayne had a few parts cars lying around that he pretty much wanted me to take off his hands. One was a ROUGH 57 Ford 2 dr hardtop. A Y block was sitting in it, but I could not get at anything to see what the block letters were. The first letter on the VIN was C... I think that means a 292 right guys?

HOT day, but a good trip. Wayne and I had good time getting to know each other... and he had a great time resurrecting the Y block habit. I hope he can get on here with us...

dan

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I run an electric puller fan on my roadster with a new aluminum radiator. There is no mechanical fan. With a 180 thermostat and the fan set to come on at 180 the fan rarely runs. Often it only comes on after I've driven a distance and turn the engine off. I know it kicks on while I'm driving but I've never seen the water temp over 190. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Dan, don't think Ford ever put a fan shroud on 55/56's. I don't know if any stock ones would fit our cars.



There is a after market one, but it's expensive; ThunderBird SouthWest



Jeg's has a couple of universal ones, here is one; JEG's



An electric fan with the radiator you have might be the best option. I have an electric 'pusher' on my Ranchwagon. Comes on at ~190°F , off at ~170° No fan on the water pump.



Sorry to be spending your money, just trying to keep you in one piece.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Shouldn't be hard to get it to 2000rpm for breakin. If you don't run a fan blade you should at least blow a fan through the radiator. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Boy, you don't miss much. The photo is of the engine obviously running. I had really wanted to get a new radiator/electric fan combination to mount for this stand. I should do some homework and find a common radiator that will line up without much modification to what I have already existing. That would negate the fan attached to the water pump.

Do you happen to know if Ford ever made a shroud for the 55 and 56 Ford Passenger cars?

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Yes, haven't thought of the obvious. It does have an idle set screw, I guess I would have to play with that to see how far I could bump the "idle" up for any kind of a break in period.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Nice test stand! Have you considered installing a fan shroud? Or electric fan? For Safety?? A spinning fan is almost invisible...

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Do those older carbs not have an idle screw? Works well for break in with newer carbs.


Lawrenceville, GA