The engine looks too modern, or maybe just the valve cover.
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Joe Travers
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Re: Autoblog
When did 'Power By Ford' script first appear? I'm thinking of the slanted script around '67-'68.A/FX wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 6:51 pmThe engine looks too modern, or maybe just the valve cover.
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Block script a little later? Say the '70s?
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Re: Autoblog
typical engine swap with 'drop in' engine 10-15 years newer
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good catch- the intake manifold on early Falcon sixes (Comets too) is more tubular than later 'flat top' manifold log. Also the Carb adapter has a blocked off EGR port , probly early 70's (Maverick/Comet). And - the "Carter YF" wasn't used intil late 60's early 70's .
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the most 'Unicorn" of Comet's are Wagons, even made 2 Door Wagons., and of course Comet was not VIN badged as "Mercury' Comet until 1962. 60/61 were separate Ford division. After Edsel folded, Mercury/Lincoln/Edsel dealers became Mercury - Lincoln - Comet Dealers until '62.
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have fun
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my '61 had these pics in it when I dragged it out of long time in junkyard @ 2\0 years ago:
and interior:
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suspension needed some attention
after @ 20 years, 61's 'Junkyard Rescue' is at least half done:
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have fun
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good catch- the intake manifold on early Falcon sixes (Comets too) is more tubular than later 'flat top' manifold log. Also the Carb adapter has a blocked off EGR port , probly early 70's (Maverick/Comet). And - the "Carter YF" wasn't used intil late 60's early 70's .
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the most 'Unicorn" of Comet's are Wagons, even made 2 Door Wagons., and of course Comet was not VIN badged as "Mercury' Comet until 1962. 60/61 were separate Ford division. After Edsel folded, Mercury/Lincoln/Edsel dealers became Mercury - Lincoln - Comet Dealers until '62.
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have fun
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my '61 had these pics in it when I dragged it out of long time in junkyard @ 2\0 years ago:
and interior:
.
suspension needed some attention
after @ 20 years, 61's 'Junkyard Rescue' is at least half done:
. . .
have fun