My next flathead build?

[38 coupe]

That is a interesting combination of parts. In the USA the core plugs in the oil pan rail were phased out in late 1940 with the switch to the "raised deck" blocks for 41 model year. The combination of round center water hole with upside down keystone bottom center water hole indicates a factory 239 pre-war or war time engine. Does the block pass the "pencil test"?


I would love to find an complete oil pan like that, they don't seem to have wandered south to Texas much at all.