... and the Flathead roared to life

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Detroit Flathead

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I finally assembled and installed everything necessary to start up my 8BA for the first time last night. It was awesome. I bought this engine last summer, and took some of it apart to clean it up and paint it. Now it sits in my 51 Mercury chassis. I replaced the distributor with a Bubba's Chevy conversion unit, a 12 volt Andover coil, 12 volt generator, added Red's Header's, and a Merc-o-matic transmission. You guys might like the third video the most.


Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugdIRX5LHuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUkf1nJAWiY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8e_d3LMy-c
 

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#3 does give you an idea how hot the exhaust is when going through the block heating the water ... nice video, thanks

Vergil
 
was that hi-temp paint on the ******? how did it hold up to the heat from the flames?
 
MAKES A DADDY PROUD !!!!

Is that "Elvis Gold" paint ??? You know theres only two colors allowed in Ky? Elevis gold and Ky chrome ( silver)...
just kidding ya know ..........
 
Thanks guys, I wanted to get a good Flathead video like #3. The flames out of the headers is just cool! The engine paint is a high temp paint, either 1300 or 2000 degrees ( I can't remember at the moment) called Burnt Copper from VHT. The Bubba Chevy conversion distributor is a mechanical advance.
 
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1951 merc my favorite year I owned one in 1980....that was the second flathead i rebuilt....your car is very nice...good luck....gump
 
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