02-21-2024, 11:12 PM
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Re: Which motor is it?
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Originally Posted by Ken T
I'm new to flatheads and I've been reading and learning what I've got. The fire engine is a '41 and weighs 10k lbs. I'm assuming that the motor a 59AB because of the following. The carb has MODEL 59 stamped on it. It has a crab style distributor. The head on the driver side has 59 A-B and on the passenger A. The coolant outlet is centered on the head.
I've read that the 59 A-B was built in '46 to '48. This would mean that it's not original to the vehicle. Here, I learned that it has been rebuilt. I read on Vanpelt that the crab style distributor was on '42 to '45 motors. It doesn't have an oil filter.
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