8ba

[marko1943]

hi guys I am looking @ a 8ba engine that is blue in color with a truck trans on it it has a no.18 357400 any body have what year this was built and what h.p it mit be thanks for help marko

 

[19Fordy]

You may be looking at a 1949-53 Ford engine with an earlier transmission bolted to it.
This may help re: transmission numbers which were really VIN numbers.
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_serialnumbers.htm

 

[Russ/40]

Not considering the number, but the color, sounds like a '49. Many of them were blue.

 

[VeryTangled]

Hi Everyone, I'm not an authority but hopefully this thread started in 2011 on Engine ID's will help.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25301&highlight=flathead+identification

Trans number is not a sure-fire way to identify the engine as suggested by 19fordy.

marko1943, Welcome to the Forums!

 

[4t8v8]

My 1950 F3 engine was blue from the factory. Took it out, rebuilt it and put it in my F1 in1984.

 

[George/Maine]

The date is on the intake surface on starter side.
Mine is B 22 M = Feb. 22 1950

 

[V8COOPMAN]

The date is on the intake surface on starter side.
Mine is B 22 M = Feb. 22 1950

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