I found these beauties just now at a flee market....they have markings on the front that say US PATENT NO. 2010782. One head is dated on the back in a recessed area 2-24-36 and the other head is dated 3-2-36.....and they are aluminum! does anyone know anything about them?????
I don't know what they are off of . . . but definitely not a flathead Ford V8. The bolt pattern is all wrong. Somewhere in my mind I can see this style of heads on another brand of engine - just can't place it.
Yeah you're right, I miscounted somehow. They are definitely 24 stud. Sorry about that. And they won't fit a Ford Flathead....they fit a Lycoming flathead V8. Still cool though. To further the confusion, Bohnalite did make aluminum heads for the Ford Flathead, but I don't think they were finned. Here is some more info on the Bohnalite/Lycoming heads: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136056&highlight=bohnalite
Did a google patent search: http://www.google.com/patents?id=HI...&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=2007 The patent is for a "CYUNBES MEAD FOB INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES", patentet in 1935 by Everett G. Fahlman for the The Permojd Company... didn't find anything about any car brand or engine though...
Just a little tip when looking at Ford heads.. 8 across the bottom = 24 stud 5 across the bottom= 21 stud
Garage wall art. Until someone needs them for a restoration. Then they are a trip to Disney World for you and the family.
thats what I was wondering is if they would fit a cadillac flatty or lincoln flatty. Outside of those (and ford) who else had flathead 8's in 1936? OR could they be something that would have been on a old indy car or something like that??
I believe they were stock, 288.6 CID 125hp. But being Cord, production was probably low. Pop around some resto sites, you can probably make a good buck by flipping them . Flatman
damn..... ask brian over at www.classicandexotic.com he would prolly know how much they are worth and if they are stock.
TO COOL FOR SCHOOL!! Man what a score! Thanx for showin them babies off-Sololobo/Roadburners of Omaha
EWIW, there's a guy who shows up sometimes at the Bacon Bandits breakfast deal in a Cord with a Lycoming in it. He says that they were used in airplanes too. Might want to check with airplane restorers.
Imagine in around 1941 a fenderless black 29 highboy roadster with a Lycoming flat head in it that they got from a fairly new wrecked Cord. I wonder if anyone ever hopped up the Lycoming back in the day?
ill say that they were cheap, the guy thought they were for marine use, although at the time I bought them I didnt know any more than he did. I knew that they were aluminum and that they were heads to some kind of a flathead but I had never seen any that resembled anything even close to these. I had to have them, I didnt even notice that they were dated 1936 until I got home, I freeked out when I saw that.
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