Ford Six HotRod Articles

:beer: 62 Cometman, nice collection of articles! I have been looking for an article that Ak Miller did on building up an early Maverick think it was sometime around 1969 or 70. Thank you for those scans (y) :nod:

I came accross this early Hot Rod article on the first 144 six's a few weeks ago (see below links) showing how even the 144's were being built up into a fun rides back in the day! Just as soon as the first 1960 Ford Falcons hit the show rooms in about September of 1959 people started to Hot Rod and race the little Falcons. This article also shows for the first time how a 3 X 1V carb installation was done. Edited

Making The Falcon Fly
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Plus if you wanted too a 144 can be made into a 170 easily and probably at a low cost! 144's and 170's share the same bore size, so all you need is to drop in the 170 ratating assembly, i.e. The Crank, Rods, and Pistons. Also if you could find an early 200 4 main crankshaft it would drop right into a 144 or 170 block along with a set of 170 or 200 conecting Rods. :nod:
 
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HOwdy All:

Hey Cometman- Thanks for the old Hot Rod Magazine article scans. These should be archived for future reference. I've got those issues around, someplace. That's where I keep important stuff- around, someplace.

Thanks again.

Adios, David

good suggestion david, i have stickied this thread, and when it plays out ultimately i will archive it.
 
Wow this is a great thread, thanks for all the scans, especially to bubba for the 3x1 article very good info. Being in the Bronco community I've heard plenty of praise for Bill Stroppe, but had no idea he was in on this stuff.

So if Stroppe sold his 3x1 configuration to Ford, and H&M and Edelbrock configurations were similar, what happened to the latter two? How and when did Offy get involved?
 
Off. wuz here in the 30s started in marine racing, came over to cars & developed early record breakers. 70/80 yrs now. They have been an Indy winner 50s - 70s. This helps sell parts to folk like us.

I never knew their geographic base tho.
 
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