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DavidG · 11-01-2023, 08:06 PM

That's an oddity that I have yet to encounter with any B four-banger. Four recesses, four bolts, and four cups. It would seem that your car was built with a V8 insulator; misbuilds aren't all that rare and for sure Ford would not stop an assembly line for want of a four-cylinder insulator if the V8 was still on hand.

Or given the number of other modifications from original in the first photo, it could be a post-production change made by one of its previous owners.

11-01-2023, 08:06 PM	#5
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,111	Re: 1932 firewall insulator - 4cyl That's an oddity that I have yet to encounter with any B four-banger. Four recesses, four bolts, and four cups. It would seem that your car was built with a V8 insulator; misbuilds aren't all that rare and for sure Ford would not stop an assembly line for want of a four-cylinder insulator if the V8 was still on hand. Or given the number of other modifications from original in the first photo, it could be a post-production change made by one of its previous owners.