The Ford Barn

FordCustom · 05-11-2014, 08:31 PM

Got my water pumps Friday, they are already ready to install, and I also blasted and painted the crankcase vent tube. Everything is looking pretty good. I also got the frankenstein starter in. It cranks the engine flawlessly. Like it's brand new. No fire yet, but I will get to that soon enough. Thank you so far for all the help in both advice and parts.

I am going to bolt the pumps on sometime this week, after work.

FordCustom · 05-12-2014, 06:21 AM

95 views and not a single comment. Wow, thanks.

Vic Piano · 05-12-2014, 06:44 AM

Lookin' good. what paint did you use, is it brush on or rattle can?

Walt Dupont--Me. · 05-12-2014, 06:45 AM

The front of the engine looks good. But if that's Chevy orange engine paint the engine will not run. lol Walt

Vic Piano · 05-12-2014, 06:52 AM

Hey Walt, you know that Ford called that color red before Chevy called it orange...

LOL

4dFord/SC · 05-12-2014, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by FordCustom

95 views and not a single comment. Wow, thanks.

Everybody's in HAMB-Watch mode.

sidevalve8ba · 05-12-2014, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 4dFord/SC

Everybody's in HAMB-Watch mode.

Yep, I would bet that the Ford Barn has gotten a whole lot busier since The H.A.M.B. went down.

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FordCustom · 05-12-2014, 08:07 AM

Lighting and android camera I guess? It's Ford red. Says so right on the can. In person it's a bright, angry, red.

19Fordy · 05-12-2014, 08:44 AM

Really looks nice. Congrats on the new pumps.

super flat · 05-12-2014, 09:24 AM

I just love progress---- no matter what color!

FordCustom · 05-12-2014, 10:15 AM

I just hated the bronze color, didn't do it for me. If it was more like the caddy gold, it would be more to my liking. I read these could have been bronze or red, so I picked red naturally.

FordCustom · 05-12-2014, 10:17 AM

I also found a local place that can change the 6v generatpr to 12v. Probably the next service to be done.

TonyM · 05-12-2014, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by FordCustom

95 views and not a single comment. Wow, thanks.

That's how it is sometimes. This past Saturday I posted on an existing Clutch Chatter thread and asked for feedback. About 100 views later and no response. I deleted my post and reposted it so the thread would go back to the top. Eventually, after about 30 more reads or so, some one did respond.

51 MERC-CT · 05-12-2014, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by FordCustom

Lighting and android camera I guess? It's Ford red. Says so right on the can. In person it's a bright, angry, red.

That's why it doesn't make much sense when someone posts a picture of a car wanting to know what color it is, (to much digital variation)
Is this a little closer?

Walt Dupont--Me. · 05-12-2014, 12:01 PM

Oh Yea, every time I see red lips like that I want to blot em. yum yum Walt

FordCustom · 05-12-2014, 09:48 PM

Much closer to in person color yes!

roadster36 · 05-12-2014, 11:02 PM

Walt gets a time out.

FordCustom · 05-13-2014, 05:27 AM

I was wondering... Do flatheads have any "hot" spots? You know where the paint overheats and discolors or burns off? I've never been around one long enough to know.

51 MERC-CT · 05-13-2014, 05:35 AM

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I was wondering... Do flatheads have any "hot" spots? You know where the paint overheats and discolors or burns off? I've never been around one long enough to know.

On the intake manifold in the area of the heat riser passages.

FordCustom · 05-13-2014, 12:20 PM

Thanks:-) ...Now...Does anyone recognize what year spread these pulleys were used. ? These are not the ones on the pumps I shipped to Skip. Mine were perfectly dome shaped and had no stamp marks around the middle. I was planning on chroming them when they came back. Now I feel like I am having tto justify asking for them back. He says he will go look on the "junk pile" and send them back. He may be good at rebuilding pumps, but I am not finding it easy to communicate with him after this. If he had notified me that my pulleys didn't fit his shafts and would have to be chqnged, I probably would have been okay with it. I am looking at it from the standpoint of..What if I was going for a complete correct restoration, and this happened

05-11-2014, 08:31 PM	#1
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Two steps forward. Got my water pumps Friday, they are already ready to install, and I also blasted and painted the crankcase vent tube. Everything is looking pretty good. I also got the frankenstein starter in. It cranks the engine flawlessly. Like it's brand new. No fire yet, but I will get to that soon enough. Thank you so far for all the help in both advice and parts. I am going to bolt the pumps on sometime this week, after work.

05-12-2014, 06:21 AM	#2
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Re: Two steps forward. 95 views and not a single comment. Wow, thanks.

05-12-2014, 06:44 AM	#3
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,611	Re: Two steps forward. Lookin' good. what paint did you use, is it brush on or rattle can? __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.

05-12-2014, 06:45 AM	#4
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: Two steps forward. The front of the engine looks good. But if that's Chevy orange engine paint the engine will not run. lol Walt

05-12-2014, 06:52 AM	#5
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,611	Re: Two steps forward. Hey Walt, you know that Ford called that color *red* before Chevy called it *orange... LOL __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.*

05-12-2014, 08:07 AM	#8
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Re: Two steps forward. Lighting and android camera I guess? It's Ford red. Says so right on the can. In person it's a bright, angry, red.

05-12-2014, 08:44 AM	#9
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,943	Re: Two steps forward. Really looks nice. Congrats on the new pumps.

05-12-2014, 09:24 AM	#10
super flat Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: west bend wi Posts: 314	Re: Two steps forward. I just love progress---- no matter what color! __________________ I am usually relatively happy------Gary

05-12-2014, 10:15 AM	#11
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Re: Two steps forward. I just hated the bronze color, didn't do it for me. If it was more like the caddy gold, it would be more to my liking. I read these could have been bronze or red, so I picked red naturally.

05-12-2014, 10:17 AM	#12
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Re: Two steps forward. I also found a local place that can change the 6v generatpr to 12v. Probably the next service to be done.

05-12-2014, 12:01 PM	#15
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: Two steps forward. Oh Yea, every time I see red lips like that I want to blot em. yum yum Walt

05-12-2014, 09:48 PM	#16
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Re: Two steps forward. Much closer to in person color yes!

05-12-2014, 11:02 PM	#17
roadster36 BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sonoma,Calif. Posts: 877	Re: Two steps forward. Walt gets a time out.

05-13-2014, 05:27 AM	#18
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Re: Two steps forward. I was wondering... Do flatheads have any "hot" spots? You know where the paint overheats and discolors or burns off? I've never been around one long enough to know.

05-13-2014, 12:20 PM	#20
FordCustom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Houston, Tejas Posts: 274	Re: Two steps forward. Thanks:-) ...Now...Does anyone recognize what year spread these pulleys were used. ? These are not the ones on the pumps I shipped to Skip. Mine were perfectly dome shaped and had no stamp marks around the middle. I was planning on chroming them when they came back. Now I feel like I am having tto justify asking for them back. He says he will go look on the "junk pile" and send them back. He may be good at rebuilding pumps, but I am not finding it easy to communicate with him after this. If he had notified me that my pulleys didn't fit his shafts and would have to be chqnged, I probably would have been okay with it. I am looking at it from the standpoint of..What if I was going for a complete correct restoration, and this happened