I hope to have the next episode of this uploaded in the next few days

Thanks,interesting

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Did the 428 go straight in or did you have to modify the engine bay a bit?

@@martydavies7198 Many ,people in the day, would put 352 FE engines or 390 FE engines into 55-56 Fords, they bolt pretty much right in nothing to troubling to deal with , My car had a 292 in it before I installed the 428FE CJ, and even used the top loader 4 spd and Cougar nine inch rear end housing to replace the stock 55 Fords driveline , No firewall cutting everything just fit like it was made to be there.

@@lenkowalyshen9571 Thanks for your reply mate. I'm down in New Zealand and we love the American cars here, I particularly like the 40's and 50's era. I wouldn't have thought the big blocks would have gone in without some major modifications. Between me and a couple of my mates we have a 61 convertible, 61 starliner, 59 Ranchero, 56 F1 57 convertible, 65 Buick Electra, etc etc with stuff going between NZ and Aussie. I'm looking around for an old Norton ES2 500cc if your savy with the old cycles. Thanks for your help Len

@@martydavies7198 Sounds like the old cars are doing just fine over there, I was talking to a NZ, fellow that lives near me on Vancouver island, Victoria area, he told me they were taking all the old cars off the road over there ? Looks like things are changing for the better, wish I could say the same here, All the speedways ,drag strips are being regulated to close. I used to to race Super Stocks, the track closed 2 years ago. Big push to go electric here. many are sticking with ICE cars and trucks. Yeah , for the 55-56 and even 57s FE big block are shoe ins, I think the only thing would be the fan spacer to rad., you just remove it. The old 292' V8s, and 312s pretty much match mounting in the Cars, front mount for trucks, Sounds like you guys have some nice cars, I owned the 55 Ford Town Sedan, Black, was a 292, 3 spd car ,and I had a friend who worked at a wrecking yard and this Cougar XR7 4 spd, 390 GT came in had been wrapped around a pole on the Right side , L-H is drivers here, pushed right in to the middle of the cars seat , I bought the whole car, The 9 inch fit right under the 55, had 3.23s in it. I traded the 390GT , for this 428 CJ , by the way 428 FE are external balanced, have a counter weight on the front balancer and the flywheel is weighted , The 390 352 406 427 FE are not. I also had a 64 Galaxie 500XL 4 spd car, with 3x2 Ford intake , and was a 406 FE, that car flew, had a Borg W, Super T 10 and I put , 31 spline axles with a Bronco front diff. which is a 9 inch, and geared 4.10, some had 3;90 s in the front 4 wheel drive, I also for a short time owned a 57 2 door post Meteor , we put a 429 police interceptor engine in it ,with a C-6 , that engine came from the wrecking yard as well. That car was just finished 2 months and got T-Boned from a guy drunk and ran a red light . Had a 55 2 dr Chev 327 ,3 spd car. that was a nice one , I sold it to a friend and he still has it . We built a Dorset Austin A40 , it was never finished as I sold it half way done, had a 351 W Ford, We raced Fords and Ford guys worked harder and costs were greater to compete but when you learn the tricks those Fords sure run strong, Nothing like a 427 big block in a Super Stock , Heres a very nice local car >> the raceway is gone today. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2m4kKmofLyqi9U.............love this car and he drives it on the road. All the best Len

@@lenkowalyshen9571 The old cars over here are classics that are mainly owned by guys like yourself and me or the classic car club owners. The coppers are hard on people that get around in unsafe cars and they go to the crusher. All the new cars are jap, korean and Chinese. A few mugs bought electric cars but most of them turn out to be duds. No one trusts them and the government hasn't geared up for them, re charging points in enough places and they cost heaps to charge. Its all political here, depends on what big fish country our government is in bed with at the time. We only 4.5 million people down here so other than the plastic, pollution isn't talked about that much. There are still thousands of American autos coming in every month. Mighty obliged for the chat Len.

My father purchased a 1978 Plymouth Sapporo (basically same car as this except that was a 5 speed) in the early 80's and said the same thing as you, that it was a luxury auto, he was really proud of things like lights on the doors and console, remote mirrors, and carpet and a light in the trunk. Yea I'd have saved myself a ton of grief had I switched to Weber haha. But I do have the next episode done and should be up in a few days and part of that does have the bimetallic choke spring and fast idle cam adjustment and so forth.

Interestingly, an idea:: I had a 4-door 56 Fairl@ne , low low Miles( freak accident total): it we heard Rumours, some 312, early Pursuits……?? Any other news on 312s? *****. Lot of Engine questions here, FROM everyone,,,,, ( my first car age 15 , was **57 Engine (289, ??? Carter 4BBL) in **54 2 DR V8 FORD , mildly Customized by Mechanic, Dad found)…..

Thanks, interestingly I bought a 1956* , very Low mikes, Florida Car: Four Door+** TBIRD ENGINE , thinking it was 292/4 **BBL…as 312 ,etc were 1957 Engines??? ODDLY , I REMEMBERED IT as Dual Exhaust thru Bumper, Fender **Skirts, Ps, PB, AUTO…..Unfortunately, totalled in few months , freak accident