I bought a 1932 Fordor Deluxe "survivor" a couple of years ago. Being new to Flathead V8's, the first thing I did was scour the internet for V8 identification features. Too bad your video wasn't up in 2022:) However I did eventually discover most all the items that Steve pointed out, and a proud owner of a 1936 Flathead V8. From what I understand its a pretty robust design point, and I'm probably better off then having a truly original 32 V8 Block. Great Video
As a 13 year old kid who wanted to be a mechanic I got a summer job working at my father’s best friend’s garage who was a Ford lover. On a wall in the office he had a poster from Ford showing Ford products over the years. I distinctly remember a picture of the flathead V8 on that poster where the exhaust ports for the front and rear cylinders on each bank were up at the top of the block casting close to the intake manifold. Was this a prototype design or did it make it into production ? The only other example of this I’ve seen is on a flathead powered dragster of Don Garlits in his museum. Great video ! Thanks.
I’m sure most of those hard to find parts were removed and discarded early in the cars life, to be replaced with newer design parts that improved the cars drivability. You would need to be a dedicated purist to insist on parts that are known to lead to poor performance, although sometimes, it would just be a cost cutting change.
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I bought a 1932 Fordor Deluxe "survivor" a couple of years ago. Being new to Flathead V8's, the first thing I did was scour the internet for V8 identification features. Too bad your video wasn't up in 2022:) However I did eventually discover most all the items that Steve pointed out, and a proud owner of a 1936 Flathead V8. From what I understand its a pretty robust design point, and I'm probably better off then having a truly original 32 V8 Block. Great Video
Hey, thanks for your comment. I can imagine the number of people having a similar experience… Have fun with it!
Yeah baby, keep it going!
You know 32 stuff is as rare as hens teeth when a hardcore collector like him doesn't even have a complete 32 engine.
Exactly right
One of the biggest changes from early to later flatheads was shell main bearings.
As a 13 year old kid who wanted to be a mechanic I got a summer job working at my father’s best friend’s garage who was a Ford lover. On a wall in the office he had a poster from Ford showing Ford products over the years. I distinctly remember a picture of the flathead V8 on that poster where the exhaust ports for the front and rear cylinders on each bank were up at the top of the block casting close to the intake manifold. Was this a prototype design or did it make it into production ? The only other example of this I’ve seen is on a flathead powered dragster of Don Garlits in his museum. Great video ! Thanks.
I have never seen that configuration. It’s certainly different!
I’m sure most of those hard to find parts were removed and discarded early in the cars life, to be replaced with newer design parts that improved the cars drivability. You would need to be a dedicated purist to insist on parts that are known to lead to poor performance, although sometimes, it would just be a cost cutting change.
You’re right, a lot of the early parts weren’t used very long.
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