I have not gone shopping on the net for new parts however, I believe Dennis Carpenter is importing the 66 rad support. As for the others, especially LMC, their part numbers and years are bogus nine ways from Sunday so if you can see a 65 rad support new before you buy it it might just be a 66.

Yes the battery trays are different but I do not recall why. I thought the 66 rad support was reproduced and the 65 was not. The rad is specific to each year so it mounts differently. There is also a bracket down low on each side of the rad opening that the inner fenders bolt to that is 65 only.

Being mostly a Ford truck guy i\O am not familiar with this numbers matching thing for Fords, I always thought it was a GM thing. I was told different by Paul and some others of faceplant. Should this Ranchero have a Numbers matching drive train? Numbers matching is refering to the vehicles V.I.N. ...

1966 Mercury 100 shortbox styleside (even though I am a major Flareisde nutjob)
427 side oiler with toploader 4spd
Ranger package black interior
Caspian blue/silver tu tone (unless silver was not availble then Wimbledon White) custom colour 6 digit DSO
16 inch wheels
P.S./P.B.

That show is filmed close to my home town. I have watched team green in person years before the show came on. That M350 was scooped close to where I grew up and looked decent. A friend of mine has a 66 M350 which he has owned for close to 35 years.

Shortbox for sure. Same box 57-72. I have heard that 53-56 is the same from some people and different from others. I do not know the differences other than the tailgate.

Recommendations for any new members that we are encouraging to join the chat. When you sign into Slick 60's and click on chat a second web browser page will open. It will be a white background which makes it difficult to see what is being typed. Change the backgroung to black, uranium or any other d...

As a Flareside owner and lover me likely very much. I also agree the mirror heads should be round not bumpside rectangle. It is true about the body side moldings not being available with the Flareside. It could also use Mercury hubcaps, front balance and tailgate :). The fender emblem suggests 1966 ...

Your title maybe should have read 53 to 66 interchange. If you have a Flareside the taillights will fit as will the tailgate with incorrect font for a 66.

Looks nice except for the big dent in the passenger fender

FarmMotorSports wrote:Or there is actually coming to a Slick Stock...

Now now... I am hearby officially banning me from speaking on the subject of SS

I got punted once on my phone. It then asked me the secret answer to the location of a slickstock to which I must have been answering incorrectly as I have never been to one. I do appreciate the site especially the Sunday night chat so I too vote to keep the site clean. Maybe we just need a better s...

Yeah Mercury!!

You do some really nice work for sure!

I love the green 4x4 Flareside

You might have to try some sort of check valve filler neck

Yep. A coils are now N coils and run 410a only. $30.00/lb sounds cheap to me!

Nice start for sure. It is a stretch however, to say that the motor was bored out to a 390. If you actually bored it 120 thou over you would only have a 373ci. and I do not know if you can bore an FE that much. You could stroke it to a 390 if the pistons were changed out too.

I will root for team JC

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