We now know what Ford stand's for

[Simplysmn]

The Ford boy's should Love this one somebody finally figured out what ford really stand's for





FORD





Ford Owner's Recommend Dodge :-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf:-lafOo. Oo. Oo.

 

[JR]

:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[JMetzger]

Love it at least it is true.

 

[Grizzly]

I thought F O R D stood for: For Old Retarded Dorks.

 

[GHarman]

Ahhh, back about 40 years ago, FORD meant "Fabulous Off Road Device":-laf! And Dodge was abbreviated as DOG!

Yeah I know! Dont get me going about Chevys and GMC's. Course, in them days they were all rusted out in the fender wells in a couple of years and gulped gasoline measured in gallons per mile :-laf

I went some really hairy places in my old '72 Ford F-250 4X4. Those were the days!

 

[GCroyle]

I saw a Ford blue oval in a tech school on the wall captioned,well at least they circled the problem!



I did own a couple long time back, one was an Econoline Pickup, 3 on the tree, doghouse etc. real rough, simple and worked beyond its design, but rusted out. Crude, wow but it had a vent right below the column, felt good in the summer heat.

 

[jgillott]

We had a '69 Mercury that met it's maker under the old "Fallen On Road Dead" slogan. Drove it until the front seat finally fell through the floor.

 

[Grizzly]

Ahhh, back about 40 years ago, FORD meant "Fabulous Off Road Device":-laf! And Dodge was abbreviated as DOG!
Yeah I know! Dont get me going about Chevys and GMC's. Course, in them days they were all rusted out in the fender wells in a couple of years and gulped gasoline measured in gallons per mile :-laf
I went some really hairy places in my old '72 Ford F-250 4X4. Those were the days!

I had a 71 F250 with a 390 and a 4 speed standard. After 3 engines and only 121K on the clock, it wasn't a happy experience.

george

 

[Grizzly]

Just for conversation sake, do you know what a dork is?

Dork | Define Dork at Dictionary.com
noun 1. Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit: If you make me wear that, I'll look like a ...

This is what I meant it to be. In the 50's and 60''s it had a very different definition, which I won't go to.

 

[Missouri Mule]

That's Good!!!!

 

[Jim W]

Ford also stands for Found On the Road Dead. My 1992 Ford Explore was found that way in the winter of 1996; the vehicle turn turtle (upside down) with the great Firestone tires on it.

I rolled the vehicle doing between 45 and 50 MPH on a black top county road early in the morning going to work. The vehicle lost stability and started to fish tale on some black ice tried to correct the spin but the vehicle would not correct and went into a rollover did three or four rolls and total it out. Never again will a drive a Ford vehicle for my own use.

Jim W.

 

[GHarman]

Grizzly,

Where do I start?

My old '72 was the 360 gas, 4speed 4X4. Lost the whole left bank of valves at 2000 miles.

Common fuel mileage when new was about 8mpg. Replaced the carb with a Holly 500CFM with the center hung float. Replaced the power valve and jets, adjusted the timing and it really started to run well!

The . 360 was one of "Ford's better ideas"!NOT!

Rebuilt the motor twice, transmission once and the Dana T-case once.

Last time on the rebuilt motor we installed an RV cam. What a monster!

Chained up on all 4 with a popup camper, pulling a horse trailer carrying 3 horses. It was this elk hunters dream rig:-laf Course, till the Cummins/Dodge came alongOo. !

I am not able to post the pictures as yet. Have to scan them and figger out this new 'puter.

Anyway, I kept that old ford for 22 years and it had 176,000 HARD miles on board when it was sold.

The fenders were rusted through, floorboards rusted through. What can I say! No better or worse than any other similar vehicle available at the time.

Greg

 

[jhenderson]

My buddy runs an automotive machine shop. A good portion of his work is rebuilding FE model big block Fords for guys doing restoration work. He says it's no coincidence that the periodic tables list FE as the symbol for iron.

 

[DJW]

Six months after coming to the USA in Jan 1955, bought a new 1955 Customline Ford to replace a Vincent motorcycle I was riding at that time, as a motorcycle a poor choice for winter in Pennsylvania. It had an automatic transmission a new experience for me. In August of that year decided to find a warmer state. Ended up in California, drove across country on mainly 2 lane highways on the route I took. Aside from towns etc, drove with right wrist at 11 o'clock on steering wheel. (almost everyone drove cars that way then). Never had any trouble with that car, quite a nice ride and automatic transmission was the best at that time. Drove it until 1965, timing chain finally broke, friend towed it home, then I left our sons dismantle it.

 

[DJW]

Ooops, correction, drove the Ford across the states in 1956 not 1955, I remember now as my wife joined me in 1956, I drove to New York to meet her off the Queen Mary.

 

[Grizzly]

Your comment and the word dork made me think of a story my son related from boot camp. One kid called another one a dork and the drill sergeant went off on them and asked if anyone knew what a dork was. My son responded by saying, "Yes, Drill Sergent. A dork is a whale's penis. " The drill sergeant just stared at him and finally asked, "How did you know that?" I think the pause was so he could decide whether to make him do pushups or to find out how he knew that. Every time I see the word now, I have to think of my son - it makes me chuckle.

That's what I didn't want to go to!

 

[JHumphries]

I thought it was Fix Or Repair Daily.

and Dodge is Dead Or Dying, Goes Everywhere.

 

[Grizzly]

Grizzly,

Where do I start?

My old '72 was the 360 gas, 4speed 4X4. Lost the whole left bank of valves at 2000 miles.

Common fuel mileage when new was about 8mpg. Replaced the carb with a Holly 500CFM with the center hung float. Replaced the power valve and jets, adjusted the timing and it really started to run well!

The . 360 was one of "Ford's better ideas"!NOT!

Rebuilt the motor twice, transmission once and the Dana T-case once.

Last time on the rebuilt motor we installed an RV cam. What a monster!

Chained up on all 4 with a popup camper, pulling a horse trailer carrying 3 horses. It was this elk hunters dream rig:-laf Course, till the Cummins/Dodge came alongOo. !

I am not able to post the pictures as yet. Have to scan them and figger out this new 'puter.

Anyway, I kept that old ford for 22 years and it had 176,000 HARD miles on board when it was sold.

The fenders were rusted through, floorboards rusted through. What can I say! No better or worse than any other similar vehicle available at the time.

Greg

I believe the 360 was a better engine than the 390.



The first thing I did to my 390 was replace the exhaust manifold with a set of good brand headers. Then modified the carburetor and distributor. Then put super single wheels and tires on the rear, heavy duty shocks and a stack of overloads for better stability for my 10 1/2 foot Travel Queen camper. That really increased my power and stability. Fuel mileage was 12, with camper on or camper off and in town or highway.



I special ordered that 71 F250 long wide bed in Sept 1970. I had the original engine rebuilt at 104K. I had the engine replaced at 121K. I gave the truck away at 131K because the engine was shot. In the time I owner that piece of ---- truck, I replaced the starter, water pump and alternator about 4 times each. I replaced the clutch, AC compressor and mufflers (two) 3 times each. Radiator and fuel tanks (two) sending unites and many other parts two or more times. It seemed like I worked on that Furd every other weekend under my shade tree.



I had similar experience with my wife's 1994 Furd Explorer. We finely got rid of that thing and got her a Toyota Camry. No more shade tree mechanic-ing for me and more time to go fishing.



I hate Furd to this day and will never have another one.



george

 

[NIsaacs]

My buddy runs an automotive machine shop. A good portion of his work is rebuilding FE model big block Fords for guys doing restoration work. He says it's no coincidence that the periodic tables list FE as the symbol for iron.

I run these since 1967, and yup, had the hood up very weekend:-laf For years I had three of them in use, all 428's. I finally gave my 1970 F100 4x2 to my oldest son (he is the same age) it has a side oiler 427 built to 454. My '75 F250 4x4 with 428 is my puller truck and in 1990 I pulled the 428 out of my '74 F350 and installed the Cummins, that finally made a good truck out of it



Nick

 

[Missouri Mule]

I had two ford vans (used in produce business), a 78(237,000) and a 88(247,000) neither one caused me to many problems just a pain to get to things on the engine. Both engines were 460 cu (7. 5 L)engines, 78 had 4 barrel carb, 88 had EFI.