Flathead purists

klicker

klicker

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For everyone who has ever beat up on someone who mistakenly tried to sell SBC mounts for early Ford (or some such abomination) how about this? :D


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Yes, It is a Flathead!!! Google Flathead motor in Camaro. There are a lot of articles. I originally heard about this when a friend showed me an article in an old car magazine (don't recall which one). A guy in Oregon bought a recovered stolen Camaro and dropped the flattie in it and went racing! :)
 
Hey Russ40,

I meant that I have never seen a flathead engine in a Camaro, not that I have never seen a flathead engine. I asked if it was a Ford engine; I did not ask if it was a flathead.

Please read what I have written, not what you think I said.
 
Boy that's different. I have seen a lot of Chevy motors in Ford's but NEVER a Ford motor in a Chevy. I have all ways thought about doing just that. Blue paint, Ford valve covers and all. You would be the talk of the town. LOL
 
Did a carshow in Postfalls,Id. a few years back & a young fella had a yellow camaro with a flathead in it. He was parked next to me so we chatted a bit . He said he just wanted something differant. There was also a fellow with no arms that had a green 34 ford roadster. He called it the frog. He with the help of some friends built it & he drove it. The seat was kinda laid back like a recliner so he could use his feet to drive. It was amazing to see what he could do with just his toes. I was in the lounge when he came in & ordered a drink & pulled his wallet out of his sock & paid for it.
Sorry for hi-jacking the OPs post but I have to write & send them before I forget them.
 
klicker said:
For everyone who has ever beat up on someone who mistakenly tried to sell SBC mounts for early Ford (or some such abomination) how about this? :D


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Wow! I have been to two county fairs and a hog call and I ain't never seen anything like this!
 
When I was in high school (way back in 68) there was 55 Chev 2dr post running around with a flathead in it. Interesting use of the flathead to chev trans adapter!
 
There's a '57 Chey in the Detroit area with a 'Ford' flathead engine; it is quite a conversation piece.
 
I am currently building a 32 chevy sedan with a 51 8BA in it. I get asked allot of questions, most often why in the he'll would I do that! Well, it's like this. My dad raced the same set up in the 50s so I decided to rebuild the same car. I am just following his guidance as to what he had in it. At 87 he has a pretty good memory of the car. I even got a 3-speed Lasalle to go in it, same as he had.
 
About 25yr's ago there was big block Ford engine in a Corvet in the Lewiston Me. area. I saw it going through town a few times. he had (powered by Ford) on the trunk, or something like that. Walt
 
this is a ford with a chevy body. I bet if we started calling them chevys with Ford bodies people might build fewer of them.
 
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