The Ford Barn

supereal · 12-10-2020, 05:18 PM

If you have a '54 car or truck, finding engine parts can be a struggle. We just rebuilt a '54 OHV 239 engine, and finding most parts is a challenge. We needed a water pump and pistons, and other pieces, but it took a month to locate them. This engine was a one year only model. Even finding the cream colored engine paint was tough.

paul2748 · 12-10-2020, 08:38 PM

With a number of manufacturing plants in the U. S., it will be hard to precisely date the manufacture of the last one.

GB SISSON · 12-10-2020, 08:51 PM

'53 was the year I was born. For my 53rd birthday I bought myself a '53 F350 pickup with a 9' bed. Got to enjoy it for 5 or 6 years and then the great recession hit us pretty hard in the building trades and along with some other vehicles it had to go. That's what got me thinking about the flatheads and 1953.

12-10-2020, 05:18 PM	#1
supereal Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,634	Re: Last of the FH V8s in the US If you have a '54 car or truck, finding engine parts can be a struggle. We just rebuilt a '54 OHV 239 engine, and finding most parts is a challenge. We needed a water pump and pistons, and other pieces, but it took a month to locate them. This engine was a one year only model. Even finding the cream colored engine paint was tough.

12-10-2020, 08:38 PM	#2
paul2748 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Midland Park, NJ Posts: 4,406	Re: Last of the FH V8s in the US With a number of manufacturing plants in the U. S., it will be hard to precisely date the manufacture of the last one. __________________ 48 Ford Conv 56 Tbird 54 Ford Victoria

12-10-2020, 08:51 PM	#3
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: Last of the FH V8s in the US '53 was the year I was born. For my 53rd birthday I bought myself a '53 F350 pickup with a 9' bed. Got to enjoy it for 5 or 6 years and then the great recession hit us pretty hard in the building trades and along with some other vehicles it had to go. That's what got me thinking about the flatheads and 1953. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

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