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70 MACH1 Engine Bay & Engine Questions
Blown351stang:
Hi all
My first post and first Mach1 8). I have been thinking of doing a engine bay restoration not concours but a lot closer to the original look. It has been done before at some time in it's life I do not know the cars history.
The car is a 11/69 Dearborn 351 cleveland built car. I have tryed to find photos of some original cars but have not found many and they all seem to look different. So the bay should be semi gloss black with slop gray hood hinge,shock mount? I will put so photos up of what it looks like now.
What air filter housing do they have? like how many holes are in the side of the housing for pipes or are just blocked off.
What oil cap on rocker cover would it have?
All input would be appreciated.
I have some right rocker covers for it.
Is this the right OK stamp for a Dearborn engine?
J_Speegle:
First welcome to the site - we hope that it meets you concours related needs for your project or restoration
--- Quote from: Blown351stang on November 05, 2016, 09:00:44 AM ---The car is a 11/69 Dearborn 351 cleveland built car. ...................
So the bay should be semi gloss black with slop gray hood hinge,shock mount?
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No. Hood hinges and springs would have been phosphate and oil as were the front upper shock mounts.
There are a number of unrestored 70 Dearborn threads that will/should help with these generic details for that plant. Don't have to be the exact same engine combination for these details.
Hood latch support and a handful of other parts were a slop gray. Check the FAQs for this section for a list of those parts.
--- Quote from: Blown351stang on November 05, 2016, 09:00:44 AM ---What air filter housing do they have? like how many holes are in the side of the housing for pipes or are just blocked off.
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If you would include where your car was delivered to we can narrow down the answer to those questions
--- Quote from: Blown351stang on November 05, 2016, 09:00:44 AM ---What oil cap on rocker cover would it have?
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Large flat "cookie cutter" style breather with a plastic hose nipple attached
--- Quote from: Blown351stang on November 05, 2016, 09:00:44 AM ---I have some right rocker covers for it.
Is this the right OK stamp for a Dearborn engine?
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You sure that bottom one is correct? Formed differently from the other and from others I have pictures of
Dearborn engines were built at the same place as they were for the other two plants so in this case the car assembly plant does not matter in this detail
Three different styles/layouts were used during 70 production from what I have. Most of the time I've found it on the passenger side valve cover and only on a couple on the drivers side. Is this from the original valve covers or ones you've purchased?
Blown351stang:
Thanks for the welcome.
The car was delivered to Houston TX.
With the hood hinges and shock mounts being phosphate and oil would they look like this photo?
As for rocker covers no I am not sure if there the right ones for that year I just purchased them as 70's cleveland covers but I do think the light blue one is not right as it has the rocker oil deflector welded in it. The dark blue one would be the passenger side and have a PCV in the spot of the elbow. I thought the dark blue one would be a early cover since the US did not use the cleveland for very long.
specialed:
I have a 70 351 c heat shield & tube for the snorkel if you want to correct that.
Blown351stang:
--- Quote from: specialed on November 07, 2016, 11:09:13 AM ---I have a 70 351 c heat shield & tube for the snorkel if you want to correct that.
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