cs39ford: Neat engine. Keep your eye on that red fuel line. It gets brittle, cracks and leaks. Fire hazard.
Our autograph session with the builder, Mike Herman "H&H Flatheads" at the 50th Anniversary of the "Street Rod Nationals" Thanks Mike.!!
1948 286 with oversized main caps and Harmon Collins dual coil, Camaro T5 2.95 input shaft with ford gears, Aluminum flywheel with steel insert, 10” diaphragm pressure plate, dual friction clutch disk, 4:11 8” ford rear with Yukon Trac-Loc. Pretty quick. A lot of bow tie’s get a good look at the rear of the car.
Hello, Having owned a stock Flathead powered 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery, I can attest to the fact that it was/is one reliable motor. Over the 5 years I owned it, there was nothing I needed to do (other than get a hundred more horsepower) for this sedan delivery to give me thousands of miles of trouble free driving adventures. Through rain, saltwater, dirt, mud, ice, and other road hazards, that motor rivaled the Energizer Bunny for activity and trouble free power. (what little it had) There was one thing that no one, (expert mechanics to flathead specialists) could figure out was the usage of oil. No leaks, no black residue on the motor, gaskets, pan, or other oil friendly places to check. No black smoke, no drops on clean concrete driveways, it was virtually leak free and puzzling. It used a can of oil every three to four days. The motor ran great, was checked over and tuned to almost perfection. It gave me plenty of miles of worry free driving all up and down the So Cal coastline. But, my constant companion was a gallon of reclaimed oil sitting behind the seats for any trip back to Long Beach from where we were in So Cal. Cans of Valvoline got to be too expensive, so gallons of reclaimed oil was less than the cost of a quart of Valvoline. Teenage expenses being what they were, it was not a happy situation with each can of oil used. The gallon went a long way… Jnaki I liked the reliability of the Flathead motor. (the former owner had a 348 Chevy motor installed before I bought it) it took me everywhere I wanted to go with a minimal amount of problems. I did have the “worries” when I first put the “key in the ignition”, but the constant start ups without fail, soon put that episode to rest. The recent saying… “No Worries” was an ordinary thing back then, at every start up. So, yes, Flatheads, Forever. I never found the reason for the oil usage and no one could offer any help, either. So, when I sold the sedan delivery to some other kid, he did not care, as it started right up and he looked cool driving it down the road. One thing that was going to go in this sedan delivery was a built up 283 or this motor that was advertised years earlier at Reath Automotive. But, as all teenagers in our area, money/time was tight and we did what we could, with what we had.
Here’s mine. 261 merc motor. Bored .040 over and a SU1A can with sharp heads and a soon to be fenton intake. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.