Good flathead block needs rebuild... HAHAHAHA

A buddy of mine showed this to me. Not too far from where I live.

... good for rebuild!

 

It looks to be a V8-60, by my guess.

 

It looks to me like it is being rebuilt already. Into a fish and crab condo.

 

Put it overnight in a barrel of molasses. It'll be good as new in the morning.

Add some dryer sheets to get rid of the fishy smell.

 

There was a flathead that sat in the yard at my pal Dave's house, the guys would come over, drink beer, and piss on this old flathead!
When I got into my '27 Highboy project, I remembered that poor old engine...it was 1970,
It had been out there since about '62.
Rolled it over, it was a 59L! Hoisted it into my ex wife's '66 Squareback, brought it home, and soaked it in diesel & WD 40.
Days later, I disassembled it, sent it out to Redi-Strip, then down to Ralph's machine shop.
Hot tanked and magged, it had NO CRACKS! (one of very few I've ever seen, let alone had)
It became my 3/8" X 3/8", found everything between swaps and Paul Schultz, in Santa Cruz. Imagine, we were peeing on it...

 

Better grab it before the tide comes back in.

 

Genuine boat anchor!

 

Get 'em, when and where you can find them!

 

New plug wires and she'll purr like a kitten!

 

Cool. I'ld try make a flower planter out of it.

 

"Ran when parked"

 

I would like a set of those valves, no corrosion there!

 

I wouldn't disturb it. Obviously some HAMBer is doing a long term corrosion test on that block. Probably used WD40 (fish oil) on it.