On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:20:34 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm,
Gerald Miller quickly quoth:

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:22:55 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

'Course, a 260/289 under the hood of a 64-1/2 Mustang had that same
look.

In the opposite, my old '60 F-100 had enough room under the hood, even
with the 312 V-8, for me to climb in and stand (on the ground) on
either side to change the plugs. It was great!

Ain't nuttin' like Old Arn!

IIRC you had to either cut an access opening in the body metal, or
pull the engine to change the #8 plug in the '54 Monarch. Bear in mind
that this is hearsay only

A whole lot of Mustang V-8 bodies got sent to the frame shop for a
front clip after people cut too large/too many a hole in the inner
fenders for tuneups. The 'Stangs were one of the first unibody
frontends and they disintegrated from the extra holeyness. Flatrate
(from the Ford Bible) was 6.5 hours to R&R the engines for a tuneup.
Har!

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