Those Little Bitty V8s

[leon bee]

I have a compulsive, addiction sort of personality and you guys ain't helping. I believe I'd like to have one just to put in a little test stand and run it in the shop when company stops by.

[flatford8]

Originally Posted by leon bee

I have a compulsive, addiction sort of personality and you guys ain't helping. I believe I'd like to have one just to put in a little test stand and run it in the shop when company stops by.

My thoughts exactly!!....Mark

[drolston]

A good use for a V8 60.

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Watched the midgets run at the fair ground track in Staunton VA when I was growing up.

[jim galli]

When I first got to this country (central Nevada) about 1983 the old time Ford dealer in Goldfield Nevada, long out of business as a Ford dealer but they still did tow truck service and some light repairs. But in a little add on building they had a jack shaft machine shop that was in a time warp. The jack shaft proper was powered by a V8-60. They started it up for me and it just purred. All long gone now, I wonder who got that motor.

[Oakhurst]

Just returned from my first visit to the fantastic SPEEDWAY museum in Lincoln Nebraska. I saw over a dozen V8 60s that were extremely modified. One had four Triumph motorcycle heads (2 cyl each) and was air cooled. Hemi heads and of course Ardun heads also. 21 and 24 stud flatheads in all forms are abundant also. This museum is AMAZING with docents who are well informed. I am currently rebuilding a V* 60 for an early wooden hydroplane (HEBE).
It was clocked at 70 something knots in the St Charles river. PODH class.

[TomT/Williamsburg]

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Personally I would love to own and run any Ardun powered flathead ....

[JSeery]

Originally Posted by Oakhurst

I am currently rebuilding a V* 60 for an early wooden hydroplane (HEBE).
It was clocked at 70 something knots in the St Charles river. PODH class.

Very Cool!

[JM 35 Sedan]

The Speedway Museum is amazing. I must have taken a couple hundred pictures while there in 2013. I took multiple pics of every engine on display, including all those wild looking V-8 60's, and what seemed like walls and walls of Flathead intakes. I recall the tour guide trying to move me along through those displays a lot faster than I wanted to go.

[ford35lh]

The Railway Express Agency bought a bunch of 39' Tonner's that were
outfitted with a square box body and a 60 hp engine with governor.

With the maximum brake torque rpm of 2500 and the 6:67 "stump puller"
rear ratio the maximum speed was about 35 mph.
Most of the driving was generally city/suburb making the max speed
more like 15-25 with the governor just snoozin.

Many of these trucks lasted into the early 50's.

2nd photo shows motor mounts Ford mods for the 60.