I'm brand new to forums as of about one minute ago so bear with me as I learn the ropes. I have a couple of basic questions about the '69 Mach 1.
Back in the '80's, as I was getting ready to turn my everyday driver 69 Sportsroof into a Mach 1 (what we did back then having grown up in the muscle car era), I bought a spacer/shield plate, flywheel, clutch/pressure plate, and bellhousing off a 351W block that I know came out of a 69 Mach 1. The spacer is essentially round and is a solid piece like off a 289 and 302, according to some restoration books I've seen, but I know this is the original one out of the car. Somehow these parts have followed me around all these years but the car, being a typical Unibody, rotted in half and went to the boneyard better than twenty years ago. If only we knew, right?
A few years ago I bought a Mach 1 without a motor and transmission that will be a mongrel driver, my retirement project someday. That'll explain where my questions are coming from.
I recently bought a 351W out of a running 69 F-150. The spacer has a cut-out in it in the top half along with an access relief cutout in the bottom half. This is also in line with pics I've seen in restoration books. Can someone help clear up the confusion since they're both 69 351W's and they're both original? I know one is out of a car and the other out of a truck. Why might they be different? Car block vs service block perhaps?
Next, same deal with the blocks themselves. I bought some motor mounts which are universal for all 351W's. In the truck block I have there is a 3/8" dia square nut plug near the front of the block in the lower right side. This plug is in a boss cast in the block so I know it's supposed to be there from the factory. This plug interferes with the motor mount by about 1/8". I've put in motor mounts most of my life and this is the first time I've run into this. They're Napa mounts and I've never (that's never) had any problem with Napa stuff. Since I don't have a car 351 to look at I don't know if that plug is in that block also. Any ideas as to what's going on here?
Last, (an easy one), is there color on a '69 transmission, i.e. Ford blue like on the block or any other color, or is it natural? I've seen trannys both ways, both painted and not, so I don't know which would be correct.
Obviously this will never be a points car but, while it's apart, if I can do simple things like paint I will.
Thanks for any help.
Back in the '80's, as I was getting ready to turn my everyday driver 69 Sportsroof into a Mach 1 (what we did back then having grown up in the muscle car era), I bought a spacer/shield plate, flywheel, clutch/pressure plate, and bellhousing off a 351W block that I know came out of a 69 Mach 1. The spacer is essentially round and is a solid piece like off a 289 and 302, according to some restoration books I've seen, but I know this is the original one out of the car. Somehow these parts have followed me around all these years but the car, being a typical Unibody, rotted in half and went to the boneyard better than twenty years ago. If only we knew, right?
A few years ago I bought a Mach 1 without a motor and transmission that will be a mongrel driver, my retirement project someday. That'll explain where my questions are coming from.
I recently bought a 351W out of a running 69 F-150. The spacer has a cut-out in it in the top half along with an access relief cutout in the bottom half. This is also in line with pics I've seen in restoration books. Can someone help clear up the confusion since they're both 69 351W's and they're both original? I know one is out of a car and the other out of a truck. Why might they be different? Car block vs service block perhaps?
Next, same deal with the blocks themselves. I bought some motor mounts which are universal for all 351W's. In the truck block I have there is a 3/8" dia square nut plug near the front of the block in the lower right side. This plug is in a boss cast in the block so I know it's supposed to be there from the factory. This plug interferes with the motor mount by about 1/8". I've put in motor mounts most of my life and this is the first time I've run into this. They're Napa mounts and I've never (that's never) had any problem with Napa stuff. Since I don't have a car 351 to look at I don't know if that plug is in that block also. Any ideas as to what's going on here?
Last, (an easy one), is there color on a '69 transmission, i.e. Ford blue like on the block or any other color, or is it natural? I've seen trannys both ways, both painted and not, so I don't know which would be correct.
Obviously this will never be a points car but, while it's apart, if I can do simple things like paint I will.
Thanks for any help.
