Do you think a head surface will help?

[my4dv8]

I helped a buddy with some much needed parts for his model A that were not available in NZ. He called by today with some other thanks bits. I have quite a few speed gear parts as a display , heads , manifolds, etc etc . He gave me this today . I think it’s very cool . Maybe I have a twisted sense of cool …His grandsons dug it out of a bank ,with just a corner peeking out , with their bare hands. It’s going to look great among the shiny finned heads etc.
Do you think a helicoil and light surfacing is in order.? Oh yea some stop leak ?

 

[petehoovie]

Do you think a helicoil and light surfacing is in order.? Oh yea some stop leak ?

 

[Tinker]

Ya for sure......... yikes

 

[tomcarman]

I would get some small LED lites and appropriate mounting fixtures and make a hanging overhead light. I did something similar out of junk pallet wood and old glass insulators over a kitchen counter on the cheap. I have plans to do more stuff with many old Ford parts we inherited to repurpose into something. If a part can't be put back into service why not make it into something else useful? That head has character!

 

[KiWinUS]

A little of you Kiwi ingenuity will have it good as new in no time Bryan.

 

[hotcoupe]

I've always used "JB weld" in situations like that.
Tom

 

[Bored&Stroked]

It appears to me to be the elusive "Air Cooled" version . . .

 

[Lawson Cox]

Love it. I go with tomcarman, repurpose it.

 

[corvette8n]

Looks like pre-aluminum lightweight racing head, too bad you only have one.

 

[texas webb]

Tomcarman That looks sharp, great work!

 

[GB SISSON]

The first of the three photos brings this to mind...

 

[tomcarman]

The first of the three photos brings this to mind...

Good one Gary! I hadn't noticed the voids that created the image.
Edvard Munch, "The Scream", 1893. More thought on how to potentially repurpose this old head into something not only useful but a work of art.

 

[GB SISSON]

Good one Gary! I hadn't noticed the voids that created the image.
Edvard Munch, "The Scream", 1893. More thought on how to potentially repurpose this old head into something not only useful but a work of art.

When I looked up that image, the text stated it was drawn with a mix of things like pastels, crayons and other stuff on a piece of cardboard. Surely a similar piece done in aluminum would have to be worth considerably more than a scratchy drawing on an old cereal box, huh?

 

[tomcarman]

When I looked up that image, the text stated it was drawn with a mix of things like pastels, crayons and other stuff on a piece of cardboard. Surely a similar piece done in aluminum would have to be worth considerably more than a scratchy drawing on an old cereal box, huh?

Only if the artist died.