For Kansas 4010

Thank you so much for all the info on your Grandpas truck. I went home and took this pic of the cloths pens and thought you might like it.

The clothes pins don't work. They've been superseded by cow magnets! But they must be taped on with masking tape! LOL

I remember those engines... With the expansion joint in the exhaust pipe! Just to be sure you get your daily allotment of carbon monoxide!

Oh the good ol' days!

had a 1954 ford sedan with the 1st. overhead valve v8 with that same exhaust configuration. took the cross over pipe off and fabricated piping to convert to dual exhaust. weird looking but worked.

meant to respond last week but boy am i'm jealous. trying to located a photo of the 64 ford pu i owned in the early 80's. job transfer forced sale of it in 82, regretted it ever since. keep it original is my suggestion.

I'd reroute that fuel line away from the exhaust pipe that should help prevent vapor lock. Clothes pins were a myth that everyone seemed to try.

Familiar sight, the front cross over, stock exhaust, my F600 has the same thing. On mine the valve covers are a metallic gold, not sure if that signifies something with these Y blocks.

I thought I saw reproductions of the rams horns type manifolds, which makes it possible for dual exhaust, seems the other Y block manifolds will interfere on the steering box side.

I wanted to install those on the F600, as the heat that comes off that cross pipe, sure keeps that engine compartment nice and warm on a hot day. Those rams horn manifolds used to fetch a hefty price, if you could find a set, so I left as is, but had a heck of a time quieting this old truck down, kept having problems with manifolds, bought some off ebay, and finally got them to seat with out a leak, even napa was helpful, for valve cover gaskets, manifold gaskets, I helped them zero it down, but I did get the right parts the first time.

Of course like you said, you'll want to keep er just as she was, but always an option, the 292 does have a nice sound to it, and I thought for a big ole truck like the F600, it was decent on fuel with the 2bbl carb, same as a pick up truck, just no real power on hills, but nonetheless, was not bad for the 30 mile range I used to run it.

I remember that goofy exhaust on some Ford Y blocks. Burned my forearm on one once and still have the scar.

Back in the 60"s a friend and I put a 292 in his 53 Merc after the flathead blew up. It could have fit better in a little later car, but the 53 was what he had. The car was WAY faster with the Y block.

But there were some problems and one of them was vapor lock. We tried wrapping the fuel line with aluminum foil and also wrapped the crossover pipe with many layers of foil and maybe some asbestos sheeting. It helped a lot, but looked kind of cruddy. Eventually my friend found some exhaust manifolds that sent the exhaust pipes down and to the back, where he added dual pipes and glasspacks. No more problems with vapor lock and that dualed Y block sure sounded sweet. We had lots of fun with that car!

Another way of dealing with vapor lock is to use an electric fuel pump and a return line back to the tank. Mid 80"s 460"s had such a setup and it seemed to eliminate vapor lock. Good luck!

Yep thanks for posting that. Maybe it is a myth but after they were put on it never seemed to have a problem with vapor locking again. They've been on there for more years than I've been alive. My opinion is if it ain't broke don't fix it. I don't remember a time when that truck wouldn't fire right up. It's had side boards made for it and hauled grain up to the local coop when the trucks couldn't keep up. It also had a stock racks made up and hauled a critter to the sale barn or vet many times.

Old mechanic told me the myth got started because there use to be clothes pins made of steal and they would ast as a heat sink well people thought it was any clothes pin that would work but it had to be a steal one to work