Engine block I.D. pictures

[38 coupe]

Here are the 35-36 pictures. Again, with thanks to others on this thread.

 

[38 coupe]

Here are the LB pictures. I realize I don't have a picture of the main bearing stud spacing (looks about 3 1/4 when measuring center to center with your tape measure or scale), which is my go-to way of IDing an LB. This deficiency is particularly egregious since I could have done so last month at the Chickashaw swap meet. My apologies.


In the picture with the two oil pans the left pan is from an LB and the right pan is from a Babbitt motor.

 

[38 coupe]

Here are the 37-38 late 21 stud pictures.

 

[38 coupe]

Here is the 1938 only 24 stud picture (note short crank, 24 studs, and pencil test):

 

[38 coupe]

Here are the 39-40 Ford (221 cubic inches) pictures:

 

[38 coupe]

Here are the 39-40 Mercury (239 cubic inches) pictures:

 

[38 coupe]

Here are the 41-42 Ford (221 cubic inches) pictures:


I don't have a picture yet! Working on it...

 

[old Tom]

what is the proper name for those plugs? Most of my reference literature is actually my dad's reference literature and lives at my folk's house. I did not find a part number and description for the plugs in the green book, the only parts book i have at my house, so i referred to them by the name i have heard them called.

Davidg is right, that book is a bargain for what you get.

core clean out plugs

 

[old Tom]

Core clean out plugs

 

[38 coupe]

Here are pictures of 41-42 Mercury (239 cubic inch) blocks:

 

[38 coupe]

I don't have pictures of World War 2 era blocks. Instead I'll post pictures of two blocks damaged by hanging them only from the thin cast on bell housing from modern engine stands. I'm not saying this will happen to your engine if you do this, but it might.

 

[38 coupe]

Here are pictures of "59 series" 46-48 engines:

 

[38 coupe]

Here are pictures of 49-53 8BA blocks:

 

[jimTN]

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[jimTN]

Opps, see further down 28 cpe corrected the problem with new pics.

 

[38 coupe]

This thread is no longer maintained. This thread was locked until Ryan had to rebuild the Ford Barn in October 2026 (date added for reference in future years).
Since this thread was locked I made a new thread with that combines the collected knowledge from this here with more information learned over the years.
New thread here: https://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=334280&showall=1