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01-02-2014, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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please help...flathead identity
Ok...i purchased a flathead v8 from a old friend..oldtimer...he got this motor 15 years ago...fresh rebuild ..running when he recieved....stored for the 15 years.now mine...so info from him says it came out of a 51 truck...which means nothing since it was mostlikely swaped at some point...MAYBE....bill of sale to my old timewr friend says motor H2091:2....which is rear casting num i believe...not motor number...motor number on that nice flat part of block on drivers side of motor...NOT SO FLAT anymore is ground off....yes i know touchy subject....it is what it is now..oviously machine shop done by quality though is now stamped 5534...also my front distributor cover is alluminum....could have been swapped...who knows...haeds say 8ba..could have been swapped also...an on an on...i have motor accesable now..can anyone tell me how to identify year? Model? An h.p....old man says its 100hp ...which means r series i believe...please help...with real info .
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01-02-2014, 12:26 PM | #2 |
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Re: please help...flathead identity
Pictures are sometimes worth a thousand words. But from the only identifying feature that you mention (8BA) says that it could be a '49--'51 car engine.
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01-02-2014, 12:41 PM | #3 |
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Re: please help...flathead identity
Thank you very much...i will try an attach photo now...are there any internal numbers to help possibly?
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01-02-2014, 12:45 PM | #4 |
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01-02-2014, 12:55 PM | #5 |
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Re: please help...flathead identity
Except for the paint, looks like my 50' 8BA. 239ci., 100hp. I do not know of any ID#s to be found inside. Sure looks nice though.
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01-02-2014, 01:03 PM | #6 |
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01-02-2014, 01:04 PM | #7 |
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Sorry for spelling...lol.i cAnt see shit from torches an thr welding
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01-02-2014, 07:36 PM | #9 |
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Thanks 51 Merc-ct..I just saved and printed that cool chart...
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01-02-2014, 07:57 PM | #10 |
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Re: please help...flathead identity
Everdently you had a head off to see the crosshatch on the cyl. Did you measure the stroke? If it 3-3/4 it's a Ford. If it's 4in. it's a Merc. Those no. stamped on the front don't mean anything to us, only the guy who stamped them. If you deciver those no. on the top it will only tell you when the engine was made at the factory. Walt
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