Fords fourth generation in-line six 240, 300
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- Fords last generation of their in-line six engine 240, 300 both legendary workhorses that will last forever if maintained proper
Early release or a.k.a. should've been posted last night, but didn't this episode will drop at 12 noon eastern standard time - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Yeah buddy congratulations I had to go back and look at all the previous comments. Make sure that you are the first one to get that correct.
I don't know is this your first time getting name that tune before anybody else? If so congratulations =)
@@What.its.like. yes first time i knew what it was
@@johnbecker5213 awesome =)
Owner of a 300 six. One of the greatest engines ever made. You will never win a sprint race with one...but you will win gold in a marathon. Told all my buddies... if it were 340 C.I. no one would need or want a v-8.
Hi Jay! Those big Ford Sixes were super! My Dad had the 300 in a 1977 LONG bed extra cab pickup. A BIG truck, that 300 was just a great engine! The WYR's are hard! Have to pick the 1968 Truck first, although that '65 was a neat looking truck. The 1967 Ford was one of the best looking ones! Now, if that '65 had been a '66 I would have had to pick it! I know that finding info on it would be hard, but an episode on that Weidely V-12 would be interesting! Would be interesting to find out more about that company that was based in Indianapolis. Those V-12's were used in interesting cars, also, such as the Heine-Velox.
Awesome insight and information as always, sweet choices
The wieldly V12 is on my radar that is an engine that I really want to cover but as you said information is impossible to find on the Internet, so I'll probably have to go to AACA Library for that some other engines that I really want to do this year I really want to do the Nash advanced six as well as the advanced 8 two underappreciated engines from the 30s Duesenberg walking beam.. that is a really fascinating engine. It's just hard to decipher what that was used in information really hard to find on that as well. Duesenberg made a lot of really cool engines that I'd love to cover. They worked in part with Bugatti to design a U16, tonight might be a double feature episode. I say might because I'm working on in-line six will Saint Clair I wanted that one to come out today. The wagon episode took all night to upload and it still didn't upload so I had to upload and try again this morning finally did upload it p.m. slot the wheel St. Clair engine might come out tomorrow. I got a lot of stuff going on. Lol I try and make the most out of every day and there never seems to be enough hours
My buddies grandpa had a tree service, he had a woodchipper with a 300 in it. What a beast.
My '68 Ford F-100 sported a 300 straight six. The thing was bullet-proof.
Man that's awesome thank you so much for sharing your experience =)
The 1970 Custom belongs in that Burt Reynolds movie. I believe that 245 cu in inline six cylinder engine is the ideal displacement for power and fuel economy. I would also recommend Michael Fassbender to be the next James Bond.
@@davidparkin9017 I had to look up another 70 custom because that looks very similar to a Dodge design a new Dodge and Chevy kind of piggyback designs for a little bit specially in the 30s and 40s, but I just can't get over how much how similar that looks to a Dodge
When I was a kid I worked at a Goodyear dealer that had a 1968 F150 with a 300 3-speed. It never ran right until one of the mechanics increased the jet size. Then it ran great but it was a little tough on gas. If you went through a deep puddle it would quit and you'd have to remove the distributor cap and dry it out. Otherwise, it was a great truck that ran well for years and was nice to drive. On my second day there the boss sent me a few towns away to pick up a load of truck tires. Coming back I had to floor it to get on the highway because there was a lot of traffic. I was winding it out in second gear under an overpass when I heard a BOOM! I instantly thought I blew up the engine but a tire on a class 8 truck right next to me had blown out. I have never been so relieved when the rubber chunks started hitting the pickup. I'd choose the 65 Bronco and the 67 Custom.
@@geebs76 thank you so much for sharing those incredible memories. That would be absolutely terrifying. If the tire blows on a tractor trailer they could kill you especially if they have the split rim set up...
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I had a 2nd gen Econoline with the 240 and a 3sp manual bought used for $200. It was well worn when I got it but as a work van it was OK though it smoked a bit. I re-ringed the engine in place, my best friend dropping the pistons in and me underneath torquing things down. It was bored .040 over already. The rings stopped the smoke and helped a bit on power. Later the fiber cam gear went out and I cut the end of one bar on the grille and bent it out of the way to get the cam out to replace the gear. That sure beat pulling the motor! With all my tools in back you essentially drove it with the gas floored most of the time. After another year it was ragged and jumping out of 3rd gear and I was tired of having to hold it in gear. One Friday after work I'd had enough. Heading home I spent 20 minutes on the highway with it in 2nd gear floored with he engine screaming at 50MPH waiting for it to blow. It didn't even run hot, a tough engine for sure. I junked it for $100 so not a bad deal. BTW, did you know some of the industrial 300's had 4-bolt mains? You don't need them though; 2 bolt mains are good for 500HP stock and with aftermarket caps you can double that reliably. Best. Six. Ever.
WYR I love the early Broncos especially with that paint scheme. I like the 67 Custom too. For an engine episode blow most people's mind with a Commer TS3 "Knocker", possibly the weirdest engine to ever see production.
Thank you so much for sharing those memories and experience that you had with your 240 I heard they wasn't a particularly fast engine but reliable if maintained proper could pull house down just couldn't go fast
I got tonight's episode done I've just been waiting for it to upload says it's going to upload within the hour but it's been trying to upload for the last hour so hopefully tonight if it doesn't upload before 11 o'clock, I'll just drop it tomorrow
I drove a 2nd gen Econoline with the 240 and an automatic briefly working for a print shop and one afternoon coming back from a post office run a radiator hose blew and lost all the coolant and waiting for a tow wasn't an option, plus nobody was at the office then at 5 o clock so I kept going the last 12 miles to the office with no coolant and the engine getting so hot it was rattling like a diesel so I turned the key off and coast to a stop and wait a while start the engine and go again until the engine overheat and knocks again and kept repeating the process until I made it back to the office and told the boss next day about the hose and he had the hoses replaced, new antifreeze put in and that van kept going like nothing ever happened, I don't know what became of the van after that, I quit that job 6 months later after that, it probably has been long recycled but I can testify that those Ford sixes are tough and hard to kill.
My dad had a 1965 F-100, non Custom Cab with a 352, which Ford said they never made. He sent them the serial numbers and they confirmed the combination. He bought it new and found out the engine was an early 1966 engine. When they were moving the assembly line, they put a new 66 352 in the last 65 F-100 and shipped it to Mississippi for the dealership to use. They thought it was a bad combination, so they sold it to him. It's still in the family along with his 1994 F-150.
I have a 1967 Custom 500 that was my first car. I've had it since high school for 43 years. Originally a 240 car, a few years later, Dad exchanged the 6 for a 302 and automatic because of a head problem. I always loved the 6 and the straight shift. He didn't bother to tell me the 302 was a 72 police engine. Over the years with multiple family vehicles, HOSS (my 67), ended up parked because of what I thought was engine issues. It sat for over 25 years, only being carried a couple of times by trailer. I kept trying to save money to have it worked on and was finally able to take it to a mechanic a little over a year ago. The shop called me to come by after they assessed what work was needed. I had bought a new fuel tank and other engine parts. They first turned it over by hand to make sure it was froze up. It turned freely so they attached a battery pack, sprayed fluid down the carb, crossed the solenoid and the started barely rotated twice till the engine fired up and sat there and idled. No smoke, no roughness, no gasping. He was so excited he went to check the exhaust and forgot he was spraying the fluid and it went dead. It immediately started again though. After some brake work and a carb rebuild, I've been driving my 67 again. Same points, plugs, condenser, hoses, wires from over 30+ years ago. It has a real 'patina', but it'll be painted sometime. I have a 71 police 460, I had built for it some time ago (never run), but maybe go back with a 6 instead after seeing the power nation special.
I remember the days when you went to the Ford dealer and they had a couple dozen F-150's and all but a few were 300-6 models with about 1/3 of them having the 5 speed manual! Most were XL with about 1/4 being XLT and a couple Lariats with 302 V-8 and automatic transmissions! How times have changed!!
WYR: 1968 truck and 1967 Custom.
I had an 80 F150 for a while with the 300 inline 6. With the three speed manual, and the gearing in that truck, it didn’t matter if the bed was empty or fully loaded. 0 to 60 time never changed 😂. That in-line six was a torque pump. ~ Chuck
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My dad had a nineteen-eighty-something (never knew exact model year) 300 cid 6 p/u and he said it was the best 6 Ford ever made. Vehicles 68 Ford pickup--Clean timeless styling still looks good even today.
The I block 6 from 1952-1964 had a separate intake and exhaust manifolds as well. it was Fords first overhead valve 6,,in fact Ford cars first overhead valve engine as the overhead valve Y8 was not introduced until 1954,,delayed in part by the Korean War.
The Ford 4.9L (240 c.i.) was offered even in full-size cars. It started out life, with it's 7 main bearings, in the 1950's as the 223. After correcting oiling problems, it became the 240-6. Ford needed a truck engine to compete with Chevy's 292, so it was increased to 300 c.i., making Ford the "king of the hill".
I would take the 1st gen Ford Bronco over any of the cars/trucks shown. It redefined the off-road segment. These Broncos have commanded extremely high prices for decades. Of the passenger cars, I've always had an affinity for the '67 full-size Fords. For 1967, both Ford and Chevy went all out on their full-size designs.
This one give me flashback to my first F-250 truck went 200000 miles, outlasted the cab when it rusted out even in Texas, those engines were very dependable like the slant six and besides industrial marine and stationery applications were offered in the lighter C series and lighter Louisville series as options. I've only seen 2 C trucks with a six and no Louisvilles with sixes. First pick another 73-79 300 six truck and the 65 custom car.
68 F (owned an '86 F100 with a 300 CID 6 at one time)
65 Custom
DANG! You found a 1959 Mercury Commuter Station Wagon! Ok, Mom's was green, but still! Dude! Well done!
Yeah, that's coming tonight. Hopefully, I'm gonna really hope to get it out by eight. I'm about halfway with it.
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All of them Jay
Hahahaha nice =)
I'm gonna really try to get that 59 mercury commuter hardtop up tonight that's a really cool car. I meant to drop this episode yesterday.
I ate dinner and I got super tired. Usually I can rejuvenate with a half hour nap or whatever but I never woke up. Lol
@@What.its.like. Don't overdo yourself get some rest look forward to the Mercury, I love that the Mercurys and the 59-60 GM windshields are so similar and were inspired by the 57 Buick Wildcat concept, and the 56 Packard Predictor. Viewed a video of the Predictor last night .
@ i'm definitely not gonna overdo it. That's for sure. I'm in the process of building a cabinet at the moment. I think I could put the 59 episode together rather quickly because I just did a 59 mercury a couple weeks ago, but this is going to be a totally different episodes. Going to be more focused on wagons.
@@What.its.like. Can't wait for that cool hardtop wagon.
Two of my favorite engines! You misspoke when you said that most Ford sixes had an integral intake manifold. Only the 144 thru 250 series had integral manifolds starting in 1960. The 223 design was from the early 50s, and had like 12 horsepower. The 240/300 was a clean-sheet design for 65, but many parts are interchangeable with the 289 V8. A friend of mine had a (company owned) 300CID Econoline in the 70s. It had a 3 on the tree. We found that, with the engine idling, foot off the clutch, you could just JAM the shifter into first gear, and the van would just chug away. I don't think the transmission liked that. WYR= No such thing as a 65 Bronco, but I would take a 66, and I like the 65 Custom. NTT=Sounds familiar, but IDK.
Haha thank you for those corrections
There are tons of these still running today in mining and quarry pumps I have ran across these in Argentina powering anything you could imagine. They were still made in Argentina in the early 2000s.
In the 80s there were drag racers that could build the inline fords around 500 horsepower with ram air intakes. If you turbo them you can push them to 800. Considering it was never intended for that it's pretty impressive.
I take the Bronco and the 67 Custom.Now here in Brazil we had a handful of 240 and 300 ,even though aftermarket parts are scarce ,the FI 300 is hard to beat
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Always like to see what the Americans were offered compared to our Australian market at the same time.
I've had a 300 six in a 76 D series truck.
Had a lot of ford sixes, some were available in US and Australian markets, some Australian market only.
Had the 200, 221 and 250 in early falcons.
200 and 250 cross flow head sixes in 86 and 88 fords.
4.0 tickford in a 94 falcon, as well as Barra 4.0 and turbo Barra.
Is equally awesome to see what countries did besides what America did to Australians had some killer sixes. I'm very envious of the hemi six that you guys got that we never got.
Y'all got better sixes than we did, and some of the V8's too.
@P_RO_ , you got cheaper aftermarket performance parts, watching some of the builds for $10G would cost at least $35G in Australia. So I suppose we're even.
I've got a 2008 4 door ford sedan 5.4 ,with 422hp standard NA.
But you get a better variety of two door V8'S.
I had a couple of 200 cu in Ford sixes. And one 300. The 300 was very durable but seriously thirsty. And low reving. High torque though
I’ll choose all THREE Custom models!.I would like to see a show about Nash/Ranbler/AMC Engines,please!.😎
Yes!!
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I'll let you in on a secret. I'm going to a Nash collection on Sunday but they're from the 30s and I want to get information on the advanced six and the advanced eight engines. They're super hard to find information about but they were revolutionary overhead valve engines twin ignition , main bearings on the six cylinder nine main bearings on the eight cylinder
Tough one today... I'm leaning toward the '67 custom.
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In the first scenario, I can’t decide, all of those would be perfect. The second scenario, I would choose the 65 model.
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Bronco
67 custom
Ford 300 was Sturdy and Reliable !!!!👍
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@@johnboydTx awesome choices not fast but smooth and will last forever
Like the Aussie V8 Clevelands the Aussie Ford inline 6 has an amazing history. At the closing of Ford Australia in 2016 Ford was producing up until that time the Barra (Barramundi) engine which had a 12 year run (2004-16). These Barra's can produce up to 2000+bhp and up to 1000bhp in stock form. People these days, rather than fitting or rebuilding a V8 are installing these Barra engines simply because nothing can touch them. I've even seen the barra in GM products like the Holden Commodore. Think about doing an episode on The Aussie Clevo's and inline sixes.
I would take the 1965 F series, and the 1965 Custom. Frame rot was a major problem on the 1967 cars.
I had an '83 F150 with the 300. I don't know what Ford did to the carb but it could not be made to idle without shaking. Two trips to the dealership could not fix it. I found an old German Carb expert who drilled our the jets and told me Henry Ford would be rolling over in his grave if he saw that carb which was designed to be non adjustable. Needless to say the engine idled beautifully after the modification.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience =)
You're not the first one that said that the Jets and the carburetor were kind of small
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Very close
Good engines for water pumps and generators, but not enough power for trucks. We switched our electrical service trucks from 300 c.i. 6cyl. to 302 and 351 V8's.
@@LBrawn I've heard they were bulletproof, but they were a bit slow. They will pull a house down but 70 to 75 miles an hour was like the end of the world.
@@What.its.like. Yes ours were carburated .
68’ F-series, 65’ custom
My best memories of the 300 six are from the injected versions 88’ E150 vans , they were absolute workhorses and were in use constantly unlike current late model trucks that are always in the shop. Next video should be later Essex V6’s 3.8 and 4.2L
@@tonychavez2083 definitely going to cover the Essex V6
I don't know what the next engine episode is going to be. I started doing an engine episode on the Will St. Clair overhead valve overhead cam in line 6, but I can't find all of the information that I want to share especially can't find documentation on the engine on the Internet, so that one might have to go on hold for a little while.
Also, contemplating on doing the Nash advanced eight series, but I might have to hold off on that as well because information doesn't exist on the Internet
I try to space the manufactures apart and try not to do too many from the same company because we do one episode a week generally .. I think the next Ford engine episode is going to be the model K and then the in-line six will be complete =) I could make a playlist lol
@ right on, your doing a great service to all of us motorheads, thank you!
The Bronc😊.. how about the ford V-4 for an engine feature?
Awesome
I will add Ford V4 to the engines to do =)
Jay you have a couple of issues with this video. First the first overhead valve 6 that ford introduced in 1952 had separate manifolds. They didn't have interictal manifolds until 1960 on the new lightweight sixes used in the Falcon at first and then later used in the other line of cars. Also the blue pickup you show in the would you rather portion is not a 1965. iy's a 1964.
Thank you for pointing that out for whatever reason, I thought the intake was integral on all sixes up until the 240..
Thank you for those corrections
Nope, that truck's a 65. First year of the twin I-beam as seen by the fender badge. That emblem was the only body change made from 64 which was the last straight axle Ford pickup. I used to have a 64 and know these trucks well.
@@P_RO_ Grill is a 64, I own a early production 65 that my Grandfather bought new in the fall of 64.
How about the Ford Pinto and Mustang 1.6L 'Kent' engine, with later models featuring a 2.0L EAO and still later models with a 2.3L Lima? The GM Chevy Nova and Marine Engine 153/181, or the GM 2.5 Iron Duke, I think would be interesting options. You have an awesome show; thank you!
Awesome suggestions I'll add those to the list =)
@What.its.like. Thank you 😊
Have you featured the small Ford six, 144, 170, 200, 250?
Yes
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Look forward to the next live when will that be
@@What.its.like. Probably Friday night at 10 your time. I watched the other Ford six video.
Awesome
Looking forward to it
I've had 3 300 trucks. One carbed, and two FI. The carb engine had a tendency to get hot and loose some power due to the intake being right next to the exhaust manifold and literally bolted together. What a stupid design that was. It did fine in winter, but on a hot summer day it would get blazing hot.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Greatly appreciate it.
1rst is: 1968 F series.2nd is 1965 Ford Custom 2 door.
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@@johnboydTx good guess not that song or band
Old hotrod trick. Put the 240 head on the 300 for more compression. Can't find one? Put 351 Windsor flat top pistons in the 300. Either choice gives V8 power. Do both and add a carb, cam and headers to rule the world!
Great information thank you so much for sharing that
The Ford 240/300 six is very similar to the 1952 to 1963 GMC 270/302 , with the major difference being the Ford has a factory 12-port head. If you query for "GMC 12 port" you will find that the big GMC six was a hot rod favorite among the now 90 year old youth, often beating modifed Ford flathead v8s. If the 1940s aftermarket produced multiple GMC race heads, why can't the Ford 300 have a new performance head at an affordable price?
Do what they evolved to in aulstralia.
The 68 first. I own one. Then the 65.
OK what AMC car had the 300 CI Ford engine in it?
I don't think AMC ever used the ford 300 but Jeep used AMC's engines
@@What.its.like. I thought I remembered that in the last year of the Gremlin (1978) they brought out a 'ringer' model, the Gremlin GT that was designed to take advantage of the SCCA Showroom Stock C class and was available with the 300 inch Ford engine. I looked around and I can't find any conformation of that memory so maybe I misunderstood. There was the GT model but all I can find about it is it came with the 258 six. They only sold 3000 of them so they were rare. The only reason I remembered it was I thought the engine selection was so weird so I'm really scratching my head now.
I like the 68 f 100 and the 65 ford
Would any one know if it is possible to drop a 300 six into a 97+ tenth gen Ford Pick up. I love the jelly bean style but I don't want one of the V-6's unless it has a 4.6 like my 2003 Mercury.
Too bad ford didn't make a Cleveland head for the 300 six like Bruce Sizemore did. then that engine would have been known for reliability and making power
Thank you so much for sharing that insight and information. Greatly appreciate it. =)
One guy did. Check out Boss 300 Finished Project on Ellison's Machine Shop - Your Engine Guy
With the single barrel carb, they were useless for anything other than a farm truck or city driving. When they got fuel injection they were at least as good as a 302.
backwards engine, intake/exhaust on wrong side, distributor oil filter is on wrong side
F series - 70
After the apocalypse, only 3 things will continue to exist, roaches, twinkies, and, the ford 300 online 6!
Hahaha right
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The second generation Ford inline-six (1952 through 1964), 215, 223. 262 cu in, had SEPARATE intake and exhaust manifolds. It is a common fallacy that the 240/300 are in indestructible and will run forever.
Got bad information sorry to offend you...
my 89 f150 4.9 is bad on gas
For a while in the 1970s and I think it was only for about 6 months I drove a tow truck as I was finishing up my high school and before I went in the service there were in just a few months at least four completely different Ford vehicles that I had told that had the number 600 blown out of the side of the inspection Port that the engine was voluntarily putting into itself. I don't know where you got the idea that this is such a great engine, but in the mid-1970s, it was a piece of garbage!
Light blue Ford pickup is a '64. Prefer the 68 F100. Prefer the '67 Ford Custom.
Great choices =)
The photo is of .64
Figures Google search hasn't been very good with putting the right pictures with the right year
The truck is a 65, first year of the Twin I-Beam as noted by the fender emblem near the cab. Other than the emblem the bodies were identical those two years. I had a 64, last straight axle Ford pickup.
@@What.its.like. You had it right- see my other replies and look up some pics. Positively 65.
THEY ALL HAVE RELIABLE ENGINES BUT THEY INSIST ON PUTTING JUNK IN THESE NEW CARS. THEY OVER COMPLICATE AND OVER COMPUTER THIS NEW $$HIT. SCRAL THE EPA BULL$HITS AND BUILD A GOOD ENGINE. YOU WANT FOLKS TO BUY AMERICAN. OK SO SCRAP THE EPA AND FOCUS ON QUALITY NOT OVERCOMPLICATED $$HIT
Do what they evolved to in aulstralia.
@@infernoking7504 totally will if I can find the information
Do what they evolved to in aulstralia.