check out this V8-60 with Smith Heads

My friend Rick Schnell just finished putting together this V8-60 with very rare Smith heads that re-locate the exhaust valve into the head.

It's a display motor (block is empty because there were too many parts missing like rocker arms, pushrods, valves, to make it a runner)

Check out the killer stand - beautiful, eh?

enjoy.

 

Wow! Love it.

 

Now that's some great eye candy!

 

Sweet!!!!!!

 

Man, someone put a center cap on that wheel......Seriously that is one wild 60 i like it as art but i would fab whatever one off parts needed to get that running.

 

Beautiful work. I love the use of the wishbones on the stand. I need to get me one of these for the HAMB room.

Doc.

 

Didn't know they were made so is way neat by me.

Thanks for posting.......

My '52 Willy's Areo Eagle's 6-banger had the intakes in the head and the exhausts in the block.

pdq67

 

That is just TOO rad! It needs to go in a car!

 

Oh... hard to contain the drool... if only it ran!

 

Wow...beautiful! And different. The Smith heads must be extremely rare...I've never seen them 'til now. Then again, the V-8 60s themselves aren't plentiful.

 

Great looking engine!

 

VERY nice

 

Never heard of that setup. WoW.

If his work is that nice, he must have the talent to make the missing parts


Sure agree that it would be nice in a rod...and running...but I get why he likes it as is.

 

Rick builds 'em to run too -- the V8-60 is for a customer, these are what Rick drives - (regularly):

 

He did a nice job there.

 

Very interesting,,8 port flathead,,,what's the history on those?

 

NOW THAT SOME EYE CANDY!

I don't know what's cooler the v8-60 or the engine stand. I love it all.

 

Very cool. That conversion is sort of the opposite of the Willis/Jeep F-head (that had the intakes in the head, but left the exhausts in the block).

 

Wow, I could probably even talk wifey into dusting that

 

WOW!. Very nice. The Smith "Jiggler" is very rare. It's only the second one I have ever seen. I like the work on the stand too. He had some time on his hands?

 

Mr. Smith from Corpus Christi TX advertised his Smith Jiggler F-head conversion head for V8-60 Ford V8s in HRM and other venues. He may still be alive.
The heads were most often used on midget racer and boat engines.

 

Nice engine, nice stand!

 

Worlds Most Awesome paper weight

 

BTW Whats that in the background of the 3rd shot?

 

What no Kelsey Heys wheel, im dissapointed ;-)

Just kidding awesome work both on the engine and stand

 

I need one! Shiny cool stuff is always good to have!

 

Surely Rick could've milled some rockers and sourced a set of pushrods and valves from some other application to make it a runner. I know he's more than capable.

 

Thanks for posting JP. I hadn't heard about this project.

Hope to see you next May in the hills.
Tom

 

I would think that the talent this guy has he could make the missing internals and have a runner, and then maybe give me the stand, LAUGH!!! Nice Display, Wow!!!

 

Damn that is a nice looking engine... too bad it is missing some internals. It would be sweet to see it in a period correct hot rod.