john in illinois
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Brendan, I am running a 39 rear end. I set up the engine with wishbone and shortened the drive shaft and torque tube to fit.
John
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Brendan, I am running a 39 rear end. I set up the engine with wishbone and shortened the drive shaft and torque tube to fit.
John
bart78
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The only flathead that I know of. That does not fit is the 8ba. But can make it fit with a 85a cam truck pumps and crab style distributer. If using a 32 k member. You can use 34 style wishbones. And not have to split them. Buy the Tardel book. It has all the info you need.
V8COOPMAN
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I'm curious about this "85a cam truck pump" thing. DD
deuce_roadster
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My first car (started building it when I was 12, am 65 now) was a 30 model A with a flathead and 39 trans. Stock steering and rear end, but I had to trim the firewall. Had a crab distributor a 33 radiator and never ran a fan. Drove it to high school. It also never overheated!
rotorwrench
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Are you sure you don't mean 59A? I've never seen an 85A prefix. 81A yes for 1938 parts but no 85A.
The HAMB is the best place to enquire about big questions like this. The Bishop/Tardel book has a lot of information but is by no means all of the information. It's just a known traditional method that can be made to work if you follow that exact plan. There are way to many varialbles for a single post entry.
Pete Fl/Wi
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Hi John. Your headers look famililar. We will be heading North on 57 and would love to stop and see you. I will give you date and time. It will be early May.
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Ol' Ron
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Using early pumps with seals in them, and a GM distributor you can convert the front of the 8BA to the short 59A, Space the generator out 1/4" for distributor clearance. Remove seal bushing from crankshaft and install early crank pulley.
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1928Fordman
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LOL I was thinking the same thing.
Walt Dupont--Me.
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I built an 8BA for a friend a couple of mile from me, he did a great job installing it in a 29 roadster pickup, didn't cut firewall, truck water pumps, chevy dist, radiator in stock place with stock hood, he even squezzed an electric fan between the rad and engine. This is probably where the trick come in, T-5 trans and an adapter where the torque tube bolts to the rear end for an open drive shaft. Really a neat set up. Walt
Charlie Stephens
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Everyone must be e-mailing him the information like he requested in his original post.
Charlie Stephens
The only thing that's really in the way is the stock steering box. I tried with a two tooth A box, the column and rear corner of the head want the same space. You can move it (steering box) back along the chassis a bit, or move it out (looks horrible) or up on top of the chassis (looks horrible). But in the stock place, in my experience it don't fit.
Maybe the early 7 tooth box would clear? Anybody know?
I ask as I have a 7 tooth box for my A roadster project, but haven't got the space at the mo to put it together and see what's what.
Thanks,
Martin.
Maybe the early 7 tooth box would clear? Anybody know?
I ask as I have a 7 tooth box for my A roadster project, but haven't got the space at the mo to put it together and see what's what.
Thanks,
Martin.
House of Fab
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F-1 box seems to be the most popular
