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Topic: Flatheads anyone ? ? ?
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Moneymaker
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From: Lyons, IL, USA
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posted 11-05-2000 12:58 PM
   
Does anyone around here dig old hopped up V-8 Ford flatheads? You know, with the aluminum heads and 2-3-or 4 carb Stromberg 97 intakes and stuff?  Alex------------------
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DidgeyTrucker
Gearhead Posts: 1190
From: Greenbrier, TN USA
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 11-05-2000 03:06 PM
Beyween '32 rails, '29 roadster pickup body, big n little REAL American Torq-Thrusts, Paint it Omaha Orange........
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Mavsleeper
Journeyman Posts: 33
From: Montgomery,Al
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 11-05-2000 07:04 PM
Black '40 2dr, dropped front axel, big and little wide whites, red wheels with stock hubcaps, and smitties.  Bill------------------
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1258
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posted 11-06-2000 06:24 AM
My Dad had '40 coupe dirt-track cars back in the late '60s. I got a serious soft spot for the old Flat-motors.Bought the latest "Rod and Custom", Friday. There is an article about Halibrand acquiring a large quantity of new production (1962 - 1990) Flathead parts from France. The French used Flatheads in their military trucks for a bunch of years. They had fixed some of the cracking problems and had cast them using modern casting techniques... in steel, not iron. $1500 for a block... while they last. ------------------
Dwayne M&M Member #18 '94 Lightning #942 of 4007
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Moneymaker
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posted 11-06-2000 06:48 PM
Yeah, that's the stuff. My favorite concept 50's street rod is a 34 (suicide doors) 3 window coupe, 3/8 x 3/8ths Merc, with a S.C.O.T blower and 4 side draft Strombergs. Cad LaSalle box, big and littles with chrome reversed wheels and baby moons, and no sides to the hood, just the top so the headers can stick out the side. Exhaust pipes welded into the header collectors, then under the car into Hollywood glass packs, ans tail pipes out the back. Rrruuuumpa, Rrrrummmpa!  Alex------------------
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Mavsleeper
Journeyman Posts: 33
From: Montgomery,Al
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 11-06-2000 07:14 PM
Hey Alex, how about a Hallibrand Quickchange in that '34. A banjo steering wheel too! Bill------------------
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 5761
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-06-2000 10:22 PM
i'd say just to get even with the chevy engined 32 guys... (see if the censor catches this?)  TIT for TAT a 69 camaro with a flathead with 3 carbs ,Finned heads ,the works... tell them you used the 350 in your deuce!
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 5761
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-06-2000 10:24 PM
oh guys (Stewart?) we can say TIT now!!  anyways... these new French flatties sound cool...i suppose you can spend a bunch on machining and repairing an original, might be the way to go?
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1258
From: Cumming,Ga.,USofA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 11-07-2000 06:58 AM
Someday.....A maroon '39 Deluxe Coupe, gray leather interior.... Dropped axle (gotta get the "sit" right), with disc brakes (safety first).... a 3 1/4" x 4 1/8" 59AB flattie with Edelbrock heads and 3 Strombergs. This has been my dream car since my early teens. ------------------
Dwayne M&M Member #18 '94 Lightning #942 of 4007
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Moneymaker
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posted 11-09-2000 03:26 PM
Great idea on the quick change Halibrand Bill. I forgot all about the rear end. Would have to have AT least 4.11 gears too! Alex------------------
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Moneymaker
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posted 11-19-2000 12:04 PM
Anybody ever seen a single 4 barrel intake for a Flathead? I have but I forgot who made it and what carb it was for. I think that it was for an old Caddy carb. (before my time lol ) Alex------------------
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MLariviere
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posted 11-19-2000 08:06 PM
I thought Offenhauser made those ol' timer parts! ------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 11-19-2000 08:24 PM
Briggs & Stratton? ------------------
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1258
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posted 11-20-2000 06:54 AM
Offy makes one and it takes a Holley 390 CFM 4BBL. Grrrr.. Briggs and Stratton! A GM company! If you weren't the Master Kahuna I'd bite you on the ankle!  ------------------
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MLariviere
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posted 11-20-2000 04:25 PM
Sick 'em,Thud,sick'em! ------------------
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Stewart
Gearhead Posts: 9743
From: Monterey, CA Mustangsandmore Member #437
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 11-20-2000 06:06 PM
LMAO!!
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 11-20-2000 06:45 PM
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 11-20-2000 06:47 PM
Tecumseh? ------------------
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MLariviere
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posted 11-20-2000 09:45 PM
Techumseh = Mopar. Trust me,they run like them!  ------------------
Y2K Explorer XLT 4X4 4.0 auto with maypops
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1258
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posted 11-21-2000 08:31 AM
I'd rather have a Briggs. I'm sensitive about the ol' flatmotors. There's something about them that hits me deep. (Of course I was joking about biting you on the ankle, Steve.... I don't know where you've been ). ------------------
Dwayne M&M Member #18 '94 Lightning #942 of 4007
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'69 Cyclone Spoiler II
'65 Galaxie 500 + parts car [This message has been edited by Thud (edited 11-21-2000).]
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 11-21-2000 04:28 PM
Yeah, you don't know where my foot's been up! ------------------
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Moneymaker
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posted 11-21-2000 06:30 PM
Not the new issue 4v intake which fits a 390 CFM Holley flange, but the "original" ones from the fifties guys. Besides, Offy was not the only one that made them. Alex------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 11-21-2000 07:49 PM
Like this?  Check this site: http://flathead.arsrobotica.com/carb.htm ------------------
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Moneymaker
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posted 11-22-2000 08:14 PM
Not quite Steve. That one is for two 2 barrel Stronbergs. Oh, by the way  Alex------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 11-24-2000 08:41 PM
Hey, I'm on the right track... Just change the top! Here, have a Billy Baby!
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Moneymaker
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posted 11-25-2000 11:38 AM
When Vic Edelbrock Sr. designed that particular intake manifold, there were no four barrel carbs made yet Steve. The ones that I am talking about were dedicated 1-4 flathead intakes. Possibly by Weiand, Offenhouser, Gran-cor, Edelbrock, etc. Alex------------------
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