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lfson · 05-03-2017, 02:45 PM

I'm confused. What is actually the fact? I was told by an EFV-8 Club authority that the production engines in the 1946-48 production Ford and Merc cars were 239s marked 59. The 59A and 59AB should be Ford's after market replacement engines that were bored to either 221 or 239. Is there a contemporary Ford document confirming what was going on at the time?
The early reference to '48 Merc engines could be related to the "big news" in 1948. The 1949 Mercury was presented in 1948. Who knows?

05-03-2017, 02:45 PM	#8
lfson Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 41	Re: 59 AB a Ford or Mercury? I'm confused. What is actually the fact? I was told by an EFV-8 Club authority that the production engines in the 1946-48 production Ford and Merc cars were 239s marked 59. The 59A and 59AB should be Ford's after market replacement engines that were bored to either 221 or 239. Is there a contemporary Ford document confirming what was going on at the time? The early reference to '48 Merc engines could be related to the "big news" in 1948. The 1949 Mercury was presented in 1948. Who knows?