Where are the Virgins?
 

NOS, never assembled, flathead Ford V-8. Has anyone ever seen or heard of one? If so where is it, and what is it? RAY

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Never assembled engines? You mean put in cars? My friend has several engines like that.

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No, I am asking about NOS parts that were never assembled to build an engine, but would become an engine if ever assembled. As in one collection of parts. RAY

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My buddy had two F/H V-8 bare blocks in crates from the 70's. Sent one to Motor City Flatheads and they built it into a 276 c.i. motor. Has one left.

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there was a new 59ab in a crate on the barn last year, in az i believe, 5k asking price. barnfind 08 has everything else

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I had this NOS 99a block until a couple of years ago when I was offered too much to say no, I still have the original packing crate it came in.

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What are you looking for in the way of N.O.S. Engine parts, I have a few still in Cosmoline and ford boxes. I also have some never used replacement Distributor caps to replace the old Mallory flat caps to convert to standard tower type caps if you are interested.

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Factory relief... Holy Cow!

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There is one on the HAMB

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...block.1101118/


Also Tod on this forum is going to cast some new ones.

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I had some work done on a banjo rear end by a old Ford guy back in 2000. While he was showing me around I came across a brand new, still shiny, factory relieved, 59AB block on a stand. When I asked about it he said it was for sale. I thought about it for a while but he talked me out of it because it was going to be expensive. Now I'm still kicking myself, it probably would have been the best $500 I ever spent.

Re: Where are the Virgins?
 

<<<<< has NOS genuine Ford rods, cranks, cams, timing covers , aluminum heads, along with many smaller parts for 221-239-V8/60
Cheers
Tony

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A block for $2500? Wow. I know a couple sources for blocks and not near that much. I know where to get an engine for $3500 just a few parts rebuilt.

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I can find out what all was rebuilt but this was a crate engine from wartime.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4515b4aa56.jpg

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Re: Where are the Virgins?
 

I'm sure there are people out there that have collected enough NOS parts to assemble an engine.

That said, I doubt Ford ever sold an un-assembled "kit" (such as all the individual parts in boxes on a pallet sold as a single catalog P/N) to build an engine. A dealer would have either purchased parts individually as needed, or a factory assembled "crate" engine for "drop-in" replacement.

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Very common on military 99a blocks here in NZ

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I guess that is the reason SBC and small block 302 Fords are popular in these old dogs today.................

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LOL, they've been very popular in early fords for more than 50 years!!!

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Don't believe cheap and easy is the current draw of the flathead!!! :)

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I am asking , who are, and where are these people that actually have one? I have heard a lot of tales about the people that know someone that knows someone that has one. I would like to know who those people are. I come from the Show Me state, so I want to see one. RAY

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dose it have the NOS cracks...LOL