Firing up the Flathead Ford

Over the past few months, we’ve been chipping away at this 1939 Ford to get it prepared to run. After properly setting it up on the stand, we inspected, cleaned, adjusted and rebuilt what was necessary to confidently fire it up. One large piece of the puzzle is set in place.

[@gwolfe1231]

Especially like the aircraft-style safety wiring you did on the flywheel. That's how I'm going to do my '47 59AB.

[@jhricht]

Excellent Work! It looks and sounds great! The last few seconds made me laugh.. lol

[@TheHotRodWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@slowshop]

It fired right up! Sweet! I really need an aircleaner on our Tudor so thanks for the tip, Ill check em out. Have a great day my friend.

[@TheHotRodWorkshop]

Thanks for watching Martin! Yeah I’m always happy with Gear Drive parts. Owner is a good dude.

[@slowshop]

@The Hot Rod Workshop I checked the www but seems like alot of parts is sold out. I'll check in later. 👌

[@paulcarr2207]

Well done!

[@TheHotRodWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@floridian7143]

Thanks for sharing!

[@TheHotRodWorkshop]

Thanks for watching!

[@slim22nun]

what caused the hole in pan?

[@TheHotRodWorkshop]

I have no clue. I discovered it after shaving all the road grime off. Internals looked fine. For all I know, this pan could have come from a different engine.