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On my '51 226 in my 2 door sedan I unbolted the vent tube from the valve train cover completely and installed a grommet and PVC valve from a V8 '72 Chevelle 350. the grommet fits snug as does the valve. I tack welded a piece of plate on the inside of the valve cover to prevent oil being sucked...

The 6 cylinder passenger side inner fender has a removable panel to allow access for servicing the valves.

The G engine has a crab style distributor on the front of the engine. The H has a conventional distributor on the driver's side. M engines were installed '49 to '53 in F-6 and larger trucks. My research indicates that they were used in School buses during the same years. The M engine has a...

Kanter Auto Parts lists them.

'49 to '51 Ford Standard no overdrive 3:73 Overdrive 4:11 Fordomatic 3:31 with 3:54 optional All interchangeable Pretty sure these secs are correct

Somewhere I read that the 254 flathead six was used in school busses as well through 1953.

The 2x1 intake is a Nicson. I found it at the old Pate Swap Meet in the early 90's. The exhaust on that engine is a stock manifold that I split for duals. That engine is in my street driven '51 that is my avatar. I built the four barrel intake from square and rectangle tubing. Sort of a...

I've got a 1950 Mechanix Illustrated Magazine where Tom McCahill compares a '50 Ford six with a V8. In a quarter mile, the six will consistently outrun the V8 up to the last 200 feet and the V8 passes it. Good article.

I have a couple of flathead sixes in shoeboxes that might take exception to some of this six bashing. Sorry about the double post. Tried to delete one of them.

I've got a couple of flathead sixes in shoeboxes that might take exception to some of this talk. Just cannot figure out how to attach pictures.

3X for Shoebox Central.

My avatar '51 Deluxe was built at the Richmond plant'

My Slant Windshield Town Sedan has a Vacuum Wiper Motor that was ordered from J. C. Whitney in 1981. Still works.

I'll bet the guys in the BMW Club are blaming the Model "A".

It's been 20 years but I got all my overhaul parts for a 226H from Kanter. Not sure now, but then the parts came in NOS original boxes. No Chinese junk.

My ex-wife painted my 1931 Texas plates. They turned out pretty good. Sprayed the entire plate with the background color. Painted the letter color with a foam rubber brush, cut to the exact width of the numbers. On the raised line around the outside periphery of the plate she used the...

My first deal with Stacy was in 1969. I bought a radiator cap for a 1935 Studebaker Dictator Hearse. Asked if he had one, he started digging through a stack of boxes and out it came. Bought a lot more from him over the years. RIP

I always heard that the weak link is the driveshaft pinion yoke on the stock rear end. I finally proved it a few years back (with a hopped up 226 six cylinder no less). I was 500 or so miles from home and just lucked into a replacement. I carry a spare in the trunk now.

I put one in mine in 1982. Same one, 30,000+ miles later, still working fine.

A down draft carburetor works better than an updraft on a Model A. You have gravity working for you.