OFF TOPIC but My favorite engine of all time

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:21 am

Used to own and couple of fords with the Flatheads in them. Also worked a a bunch of them for friends and customers, great sounding, easy to work on, just my favorite engine of all time. Classic !!!

And the best part was you could mount them in a Ford Tractor like this one was.
Ready to plow the fields? :wink:

Open headers, the sound was simply beautiful!

ridenby · **Posted:** Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:26 am

Sweet

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:09 am

X2!!!!!

I go to hotrod shows all the time and see fords with chevy small blocks in them.....so unoriginal. Its nice to see a flat head where its supposed to be. Only other good engine/car combo would be a 30 ford with a desoto engine.

My dad had a tractor just like that......its long gone now but a great work horse. Great grandpa bought it. That tractor was driven by me, my dad, and his dad.

Albert · **Posted:** Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:22 am

Nice flat head and tractor too.

My x father in law had a Ford tractor like that except it had a 4cyl in it. I drove it all over the farm. Don't recall any specifics about it but it was a 1950 something I think. Couldn't kill the sucker. Really good tractor. Looking at the hood brings back memories. It is long gone now. I must be getting old........... :mrgreen:

TAHOE · **Posted:** Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:41 pm

I've never had any experience with the Flatheads...probably cause I'm too young unlike the poster of this thread..... :goink:

but they are a neat motor. Strange header design too. Cool too that it's in a tractor, bet that baby can plow a field in a hurry! I saw a guy on some car show, he has a shop out in Cali somewhere I believe, all he works on his the Flatheads, had a huge collection of rebuilders behind his garge. He knew a lot of tricks to getting some decent HP out of the them. I think he was building one for the SoCal hot rod shop for rat rod they were building.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:50 pm

The last one I had was in a 49 Ford, back in 89. Did some little tricks to it and it would do pretty good, surprised a lot of people at lights, ( not that I have ever in my life street raced :oops:

)
I'm still trying to find a pair of Evans heads for one. Finders fee for anyone finding some that are reasonable! :wink:

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! :pepper:

NanoCar · **Joined:** Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:43 am **Posts:** 12

That so impressive! Hay anyone heard about the V8 engine??????? Lately Iv'e been restoring/replacing/swapping (LOL :lol:

) the ford parts of my wife's car with my 05 Escape.. Crossing my fingers she wont caught me doing the act! :-)

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:19 pm

heard about what V-8 engine, you have me confused as to what you are talking about???

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:54 am

Got one almost just like that I restored years back, loaned it out for some field work a few years ago and haven't seen it again :lol:

interesting and very well done resto / build

he aint hookin to my sled tho

might get his feelins hurt

come to think of it, i very well may know who owns that ford. where'd you see it?

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:25 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

Got one almost just like that I restored years back, loaned it out for some field work a few years ago and haven't seen it again :lol:

interesting and very well done resto / build

he aint hookin to my sled tho

might get his feelins hurt

come to think of it, i very well may know who owns that ford. where'd you see it?

Barnesville Ohio, if it still has the same owner its owned by a guy outside of Woodsfield
Now if you know where these two towns are I will be impressed for sure!

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:08 am

yeah they're like no more than 30 mins from wheeling oh.

i got my massey pre-resto from wheeling on the way back down from either talmedge or wauseon at a natpa pull

guy i got the 2 piles of massey from had a ford flatter

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:40 pm

sweeet ! my dad and i are building a 30 ford 5 window rat rod with a flat head!

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:10 pm

I'll be over when you get ready to fire it up.
They are so much fun to work on, sound great as well!
The last one I built had headers and 12 inch glass packs, with Megs tips
another one of those I should never of sold

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