IrishHills
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Just bought this at auction absentee bid, so I don't know what the brass tag says yet, can anyone tell the year of these motors?
Flathead pic?
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Dale Fairfax
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If they're Cadillacs (which they appear to be) they are no newer than 1922. Hendry's History of Cadillac pictures a 1922 engine with that little "scallop" in the lower edge of the head. A subsequent picture of a 1923 shows no scallop.
Bruce Lancaster
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The hump in the center is actually the top of the manifold...there's an updraft carb below it, and the hump part feeds separate manifolds feeding the two banks of cylinders.
Ken/Alabama
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Could they be early Lincoln V-8s ? Say around 1928. I know they have that big blower looking outfit on them and the distributor up front.
IrishHills
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I have looked all over the net and can't find a flathead 8 with that notch on the bottom of the head, maybe know more tomorrow when I pick it up... thanks and stay tuned.
Sure are heavy duty engine stands!
Sure are heavy duty engine stands!
Mart
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The photo of the engine in the chassis at the bottom of the page shows a small scallop half way along the side of the head - 22/23 Caddy??
http://www.car-nection.com/yann/dbas_txt/Phocad22.htm
http://www.car-nection.com/yann/dbas_txt/Phocad22.htm
51 MERC-CT
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Dale Fairfax
Senior Member
I'd have to say Hendry was wrong.Somehow the engine picture that was captioned as 1923 looked like something older rather than newer. The engine that looks like this was in a 1922 car.
51 MERC-CT
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IrishHills
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Looks like it.
Picked up the photo today and all the brass plate says is "Automotive Engine Assembly Plant Detroit Michigan, Ca. 1930"
