Projects Flatheads still rule...

Nice old woodie.
The engine looks great. Going to be hard to hide that air breather.
The valves seem rather loud???

 

The stock hood closes with an air cleaner installed... barely.
The ticking noise you're hearing is actually the fuel injectors. They are noisiest at idle.

 

My 8ba waiting for the machine shop and a mild rebuild for my roadster..... Crack free, (to the best of my knowledge,) '50 truck motor. Stock bore, no ridge. This was how clean it was when I pulled it apart. Waking from a 30 year sleep.

 

I finally added a build thread for my BLOWN FUELIE FLATTY - 1947 FORD SUPER DELUXE STATION WAGON
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...1947-ford-super-deluxe-station-wagon.1082236/

 

I was never a flathead guy, never thought I'd ever own one,,,,than came trog....curse you trog!

Iv been in love ever since. The sound, the look and the simplicity.

 

wow..nice

 

Loving this thread.

My two.



And the one before

 

Love those SU's!

 

Love the flatheads! Still learning from this one.

 

Supercharged. Fuel injected. Doesn't feel like a flathead anymore.

 

V8 60, not a lot of HP, but the car dosen`t weigh very much.

 

my 40 pickup

 

Beautiful work! Would love to see how it sounds. Have you done much internal performance mods on the engine? What cam?

 

Here's Vern running the flat-head he built for my car, and a picture of it installed.

IMG_4885 by bandoola posted Apr 14, 2018 at 8:03 AM

 

In my ‘50 Shoebox

 

True survivor Flathead that was built in the late '40's is now in my '32 Roadster, 268 ci 59A block with a Merc crank, 8BA pistons ( pop up pistons) which I was told was a old school way to create more compression, Ported and relieved block, early grind Winfield Cam, Wieand F-R Heads, pre-war Wieand 2x2 intake like the Pete Hnderson Roadster had Harmon Collins Dual Point Dist. with two 6 volt coils.

 

Here's a few in our shop. The blown flathead in the 3 window was built by art chrisman and we even do 6 cylinder flatheads. Love em

 

Stocker in my roadster, Love it!


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Yes, they do have a lot of character, sound great, and are the period correct engine of choice for our early stuff. But the 4x2 Nailhead in the background sure makes me smile too. It's the era I guess. Anything before '55 has the feel about it. Not that I lament a good old SBC but they are a different thing all together.

- Tim

 

Mine, merc crank, 8BA, 471 Navarro equipped, ported and relieved...if its good, its got it.

It isn't just pretty, its pretty fast.

 

They sure do.! Here's ours. 284 cu." "H & H Flathead" New in the box. Going into it's new home. Ready to make noise.

 

"Nothing Better than a Flathead I Reckon "

 

My 286” Flathead. Love it and the truck it powers!!

 

I wonder why that says more to me than all the polished shiny ones put together?

 

Flatheads for ever!

 

Here’s my old timer ‘34 21 stud

 

Yeah,yeah it was my poor attempt at sarcasm, in that nobody(nobody I know) could be bothered hot rodding an LB. I have always thought LBs were the late 36 motors with insert bearings , 37 and 38 21 stud motors were similar but did not have the LB cast into the block??? I could be wrong however as I have never bothered with any 21 stud motors preferring to sell them to restorers.

 

The 'LB' was never cast into the block - and not always present on the block (seemed to depend where/when it was produced). Some LB blocks were stamped with a LB on the intake manifold surface - usually up by the front on the engine on the Driver's side front corner. Again - no casting marks on the block, bell housing area of heads (that I know of).

 

Here is mine an oldie but a goodie.

DSC00313 opt by Deuce Bob posted Sep 16, 2011 at 9:33 PM