Recent content by Bob's 41 coupe

It's great to have so much support for these early fords. I'am going to send the original '41 engine in for inspection and machine work and hope to rebuild it myself(with a little help from Bill Kemp) "oh" and Phill at Gunn machine shop in Denver.Thanks guy's!!

I'm going to call my radiator shop tomorrow and see what they can do. This seems like a quick fix that should last a life time,Thanks.

Thank's everyone for your help! I went with the original '51 flywheel re ground and drilled for the '41 psi plate and disk,works great. Now it's the clearence between '51 fan and '41 radiator.I need about 2" to clear the hose's. I woul'd like to use the fan for the '51 so I'm leaning twords re...

I'm looking for ideas to run a "51" 8BA engine in a "41" sedan.The problem I'm having is the new "51" fan hit's the top of the radiator outlets.The original fan was mounted on the crankshaft.Just wondering about eletric fan or radiator mods/aftermarket parts. Thanks for your time. Bob.so far so...

I'm going to pull the old motor and see what I have to work with,suspect i'ts going to be a 9".The clutch parts only have 6k on them and I may want to have fly wheel set up for the original 9" if that what it has.Would a new 10" or 10.5" be better? the problem is which clutch pack to use and...

I'm going to replace my Grand fathers original '41 business coupe flathead with a '50 truck/industral 8ba motor in the next couple weeks. I found the information here very helpful about which flywheel and clutch parts to use.Going with the 11in.stock set up.Wondering how it went with your's...