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54mainlinetim · 06-30-2012, 02:07 PM

Hey guys!
I have a ford-o-matic that was mated to a yblock that i am trying to sell on craigslist, A guy called me up asking if it would mount up to a flat head? I told him I know that earlier fords then 54 had flatheads and fordomatics but wasnt sure if a fordomatic off a yblock would work or not on a flathead and told him i would ask you guys and let him know....even tho im selling it cheap I just didnt want to sell it to him and it not work....sorry if its a dumb question im just not hip on flatheads..thanks for any insight

darrell · 06-30-2012, 02:39 PM

no it doesnt bolt up.different bell

54mainlinetim · 06-30-2012, 04:14 PM

Ok thank you! thats what i thought just wasnt for sure.

Daves55Sedan · 06-30-2012, 11:41 PM

When I was a kid, my parents had a '51 Merc. It was a flathead V8 and had an automatic transmission. In the early '60's, the flathead wore out, so my dad just went to a junkyard and got a Y-Block V8 out of a later year Ford car and dumped it in there. He used an adaptor plate to mate the Y-Block to the air-cooled bellhousing.
Don't know if you can still buy them now. Might be best to ask some of our freinds in the early V8 forum.

toby · 07-01-2012, 12:36 PM

Unfortunately "Honest Charley's" does not deal in adapters anymore. He had so many types of adapters that you could almost put a Hemi in a Metropolitan.

Motorhead6 · 07-08-2012, 01:04 PM

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Use the bell housing off of the flathead and the later model transmission will bolt to it.

06-30-2012, 02:07 PM	#1
54mainlinetim Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 49	will a ford-o-matic off a yblock bolt onto a flathead?? Hey guys! I have a ford-o-matic that was mated to a yblock that i am trying to sell on craigslist, A guy called me up asking if it would mount up to a flat head? I told him I know that earlier fords then 54 had flatheads and fordomatics but wasnt sure if a fordomatic off a yblock would work or not on a flathead and told him i would ask you guys and let him know....even tho im selling it cheap I just didnt want to sell it to him and it not work....sorry if its a dumb question im just not hip on flatheads..thanks for any insight

06-30-2012, 02:39 PM	#2
darrell Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: p.e.i. Posts: 1,060	Re: will a ford-o-matic off a yblock bolt onto a flathead?? no it doesnt bolt up.different bell

06-30-2012, 04:14 PM	#3
54mainlinetim Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 49	Re: will a ford-o-matic off a yblock bolt onto a flathead?? Ok thank you! thats what i thought just wasnt for sure.

06-30-2012, 11:41 PM	#4
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: will a ford-o-matic off a yblock bolt onto a flathead?? When I was a kid, my parents had a '51 Merc. It was a flathead V8 and had an automatic transmission. In the early '60's, the flathead wore out, so my dad just went to a junkyard and got a Y-Block V8 out of a later year Ford car and dumped it in there. He used an adaptor plate to mate the Y-Block to the air-cooled bellhousing. Don't know if you can still buy them now. Might be best to ask some of our freinds in the early V8 forum.

07-01-2012, 12:36 PM	#5
toby Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 472	Re: will a ford-o-matic off a yblock bolt onto a flathead?? Unfortunately "Honest Charley's" does not deal in adapters anymore. He had so many types of adapters that you could almost put a Hemi in a Metropolitan.

07-08-2012, 01:04 PM	#6
Motorhead6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Orange Park, Fl Posts: 406	Re: will a ford-o-matic off a yblock bolt onto a flathead?? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Use the bell housing off of the flathead and the later model transmission will bolt to it.