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Swap Meet => Wanted => Topic started by: sko_ford on October 30, 2007 2:39 am

Title: f1 box and columb
Post by: sko_ford on October 30, 2007 2:39 am

wanted  or at the very minium to barow one to see if it would work on my A

Title: RE: f1 box and columb
Post by: AntiBling on October 30, 2007 10:33 am

I've got a F3 back at my farm, and it appears to have the same column/box as the one I pulled out of a F1 for Eyeball.  I'll make a post on the HAMB about it to make sure.  If not I have a line on another one but it wouldn't be till Thanksgiving till I could pull that one and even then I'm not sure if it's seized up or not.

Title: RE: f1 box and columb
Post by: pinstriper40 on October 30, 2007 7:17 pm

I've got an F-1 you can borrow if you'd like.  All you have to do is come pick it up!

Title: RE: f1 box and columb
Post by: sko_ford on October 31, 2007 2:52 am

i think ill take both of you up on it.  i think the f3 has a diffrent flange but i dont think thats a problem

Title: RE: f1 box and columb
Post by: AntiBling on October 31, 2007 10:57 am

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=218894

That's what I got for responses.

Title: F6
Post by: tracywiedrich on October 31, 2007 1:56 pm

I have a box off of a two ton truck, I believe a F6, in my rpu. It steeers beautiful. As far as being bigger I think the mounting flange is larger and for getting it to fit into a model A frame I had to reclock the flange. I just cut the flange down till it fit in the frame nice and saved the pieces I cut out,v'd em down and welded em back on to make a repositioned triangle. The metal on those boxes welds very nice wit a wirefeed, I just took my time so as not to overheat it and wreck seals etc. As far as the drag link being longer that worked out to my benefit also as I had to heat it and bend it for clearence on my radius rods which in effect shorten it somewhat. It was all I had at the time and had no way to know how goood it would steer, but figured usually big trucks arent driven as much as pickups as they were usually only used during harvest season. The only regret I have is that I didnt keep the engine from the truck as someone has swapped in a 303 Olds and had a Offenhauser adapter to the ford tranny. So I would say if you have a truck box use it....Weed

Title: Re: F6
Post by: Tom on October 31, 2007 3:03 pm

Quote from: "tracywiedrich"

I. The only regret I have is that I didnt keep the engine from the truck as someone has swapped in a 303 Olds and had a Offenhauser adapter to the ford tranny. ....Weed

Shit!!! Do you know what happend to it??

Title: RE: Re: F6
Post by: sko_ford on November 01, 2007 7:44 pm

i was thinking i could cut off the flange and clock it or cut it off and use the tardel adapter flange

Title: RE: Re: F6
Post by: Eyeball on November 01, 2007 7:56 pm

I cut mine off and then just made a new one.

Title: Re: F6
Post by: tracywiedrich on November 01, 2007 10:15 pm

Quote from: "Tom"

Quote from: "tracywiedrich"

I. The only regret I have is that I didnt keep the engine from the truck as someone has swapped in a 303 Olds and had a Offenhauser adapter to the ford tranny. ....Weed

Shit!!! Do you know what happend to it??

You mean the adapter or the engine? The adapter is hanging on my wall, but the 303 is long gone to Porter Bros...

Title: RE: Re: F6
Post by: racerjohnson on November 01, 2007 11:06 pm

i just bought the an offenhauser adapter for olds to ford tranny. They're sweet

Title: Re: F6
Post by: Tom on November 02, 2007 1:26 pm

Quote from: "tracywiedrich"

[You mean the adapter or the engine? The adapter is hanging on my wall, but the 303 is long gone to Porter Bros...

ha ha I should have known you wouldn't have let that slip through your fingers. :lol: