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I recently was gifted this set of heads from the estate of one of my dad's best friends. I had known OF them, but had never seen them, but had asked him to sell them to me for as long as I have known about them. I know you can run late heads on a 38-48 block with modifying the head to block a...

Hey Fellas, Long time since I have visited the Ford Barn, but I have a quick question regarding my latest '40 Ford project. My "beater" panel truck has the '40 Flathead motor from my '40 stake truck. Because the stock radiator was in really bad shape, and trying to throw this thing together...

I have been monkeying around with my "spare" flathead, preparing to fire it yesterday. It's a 59 block, with a 3 3/8" bore and 4" stroke, and a small lift cam of about .3125 lift. Wearing an OLD set of Offy 400 heads, with an 18mm thread size. Bought a new set of Autolite 46 plugs, with a...

I've gotten real bad at not taking many photos at events, but I absolutely fell head over heels in love with this '40 Woodie. Owned by Randy Young, of Newton, KS. Acadia Green original paint, all original wood, hopped up 8BA, with Offy dual carb manifold and Offy heads, and a torque tube with...

I've not posted much, over here in the Ford Barn, but I have done a TON of reading, since I picked up my '40 1/2 ton stake truck. I greatly appreciate the wealth of knowledge shared on the Ford Barn. I picked it up from my aunt, who was the 2nd owner, back in February 2012. The truck is...

I've been pushing this over on the HAMB, and hadn't really considered making the announcement on the Ford Barn. With all the other reliability runs listed, figger'd it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and post here. The CrossMembers Car Club decided to do a series of Hot Rod Hundred Reliability Runs...

Anyone have a photo that they would be willing to share? I'm interested in where the exhaust extensions wind up routing, so I can plan mufflers and tailpipes. I bought a set of Red's Headers dual exhaust conversions for the stock flathead exhaust maniolds, which I will be installing on my '40...

Just wanted to throw out a quick "Thanks" to those of you that contribute your knowledge and wisdom to the Ford Barn. With the stock '40 stake truck that I recently took possession of, I have been able to find several of the answers to "how to" many different things I was trying to get taken...