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01-21-2021, 03:30 PM | #21 | |
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Re: 1961 FE exaust manifolds and casting numbers.
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01-22-2021, 04:05 AM | #22 | |
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Thanks Alan! Great information. |
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01-23-2021, 06:28 AM | #23 | |
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THANK YOU!
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01-23-2021, 10:43 AM | #24 |
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Re: 1961 FE exaust manifolds and casting numbers.
I have several price sheets from 79 to 80's time frame, also a 79 and 80's OSI books. The OSI books are pretty rough, well used. If anyone is interested in them.
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01-23-2021, 01:17 PM | #25 | |
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For a 'geek' like me who uses these kinds of things when researching the chronology of parts development and applications for VTCI's Original Factory Specifications (OFS) manuals, answering tech questions here or in the VTCI Forum, or writing tech articles for VTCI's "Thunderbird Scoop" magazine, I can't live without OSIs and MXRLs along with period/loose-leaf MPCs to find numbers that were deleted in final editions of the '49-'59 and '60-'64 "Blue Bibles" along with the final editions of the '65-'72 and '73-'79 MPCs, plus all the Mercury and Lincoln parts catalogs (BTW I'm still wanting to add Edsel catalogs to my library), which in the late '50s were loaded with the number-only part numbers (well, I could, but it would be more of a challenge trying to figure things out).
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01-23-2021, 01:21 PM | #26 | ||
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I can't say that I've found a 'Rosetta Stone' of documentation to make sense of the 7-digit, 8-digit, 10-digit (or whatever the heck they they used) parts numbering system - it looks to me that they must have had blocks of numbers assigned concurrently during the period...I never really paid attention to counting how many characters were in the part number - just that there was a damn long part number to try and find in the MXRL, OSI and MPC.
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01-23-2021, 02:59 PM | #27 | |
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... sigh ...
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01-23-2021, 04:51 PM | #28 |
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Re: 1961 FE exaust manifolds and casting numbers.
With all the dealership takeovers combining Ford,Chrysler,Dihatso and whatever wonder how many of those books went in the trash. Several years ago the 'kid' at the Ford parts counter tried to humiliate me when I asked for alternator bearings and brushes with oh we don't have any old parts. Literally would fit millions of Fords on the road. Kultulz try the manuals and books section of ebay, may get lucky some day. Sorry for rant.
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01-23-2021, 05:31 PM | #29 | |
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Later, with the microfiche, the actual slides were updated quarterly. There were usually held onto for reference. FORD than went to computer (CDP) and of course everything is done through the system by DEARBORN. Most information has been tossed/forgotten and it makes restorations difficult. One would have to have a period correct CHASSIS MANUAL (catalog) to find concise info on that odd numbering system. And believe me I have looked. THANX!
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01-24-2021, 12:54 PM | #30 |
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Re: 1961 FE exaust manifolds and casting numbers.
Parts catalogs can sometimes be purchased on CD format. I always get all the info I can get for the old cars. The Hollanders are the best interchange books to get. It take a while to go through all those old Ford reference manuals. I have a bunch of them myself but seldom ever use them.
If a person finds the exact part number they need, it takes a lot less looking on the internet. Two good early 60s salvage yards in Texas are Owen's Salvage in Wellington TX and John's Salvage in Seguin TX. If I can't find it on the internet, I call them. It's too bad Stacy Brown closed up shop in Arlington TX. He had tons of NOS parts for the old cars. They will all eventually be gone though. Ford's numbering system was always evolving and still does but it is of a similar format even today. I find 1949 to 51 Mercury parts (8M) that were used on my 1956 Ford 850 tractor. Last edited by rotorwrench; 01-24-2021 at 01:00 PM. |
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