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24-09-10, 02:57
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Well Ford Dark Green it is then, I bet we are just scraping the surface of a deep subject, I may well contact the Ford Archive in the US, they have helped me out before. I am interested to know if Ford shipped Merc V8s (like the T16) to the UK or only ever the Ford V8. To be honest I'd rather have a Merc as they have more poke
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24-09-10, 03:51
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I'm betting you make other compromises, and the Merc engine, is an easy one.... You dont have to tell anyone (else) How is anyone going to know?
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25-09-10, 20:24
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But I will.....
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26-09-10, 02:02
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Then,
just do it anyway..... Do you want a carrier that struggles to climb over a cow pat, in low gear? (.... at least it would be truly british)
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26-09-10, 03:47
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yeah go for it... mine has the inlets flowed, i have also ported out the exhausts and had the heads machined... going to put a blower on her for some extra poke.....
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26-09-10, 07:42
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Lynn, when do we get to experience the sound of one of your carriers running? Surely you must be close now?
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26-09-10, 19:02
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My biggest issue with getting the correct Flathead is that the US version by 1943 was using 24 head studs, finding one in the UK is rather difficult, I may have to resort to importing a couple from the US. As far as I can determine Dagenham production never took up the 24 stud mods and stayed with 21 studs right up into the 1950s when Flathead production stopped.
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