How many flatheads were produced??

Were the Aussie flatheads cast there, or in Canada. Don't forget the Simca. I read once where it was cast in SA after it was used in Europe.
Talk about a loaded question, this is worse than "how high is up"?
 
Australian mechanicals came from Canada. I have a book somewhere that might have some historical numbers on that.
During various spans of time flatheads were actually made in USA Rouge, Canada,England Germany, and maybe France as Ford engines. France later made 6o's and big engines as non-Ford engines too.
For production Fords, I think the above are the only sources, all other Ford plants were assembly plants using motors supplied by the above factories.
 
I've read there were about 3.5 millioin 49-51 shoebox fords made approximately half V8. Interesting the same article said Ford was not going to produce the V8 after WW2 for Ford passenger cars because the performance of the 6 was very close, became a marketing decision over ruling the engineers
 
I,ve got 1 running 8BA ,4 8BA blocks and cranks,1 Canadian (running status unknown ,turns over)1 earlier block???,1EAB,and 1 52 mercury (good engine needs rebuild).
That"s 31 so far.
 
in one of the v8 club mags (dated marCh april 2006) there is a pic of the last flathead and the numbers they made
V8 16,550534,
6 cyls 1697453 last flathead made on 6-13-57
the motor plant made another 9000000 A-T andB engines for a total of 27,498,875 engines.
Lawrie
 
The 337 was used in all the Lincolns but only from 1949 thru 1951. Same for the F7 and F8 trucks. FoMoCo always had modest production numbers for high end cars and very big trucks so the numbers probably aren't all that impressive for the 337 CID engines. Definitely not as impressive as passenger cars and lighter duty truck production numbers.

The war years have always been kind of a mystery except for those that might have done the research. Most of the USA produced military vehicles I've seen from that era are either small jeeps (many made by Ford), larger Dodge type ambulances & wepons carriers, or the larger 4 or 6 wheel drive trucks that were made by a number of motor companies. Many of the big trucks & half tracks had flathead 6 engines from Hercules, GMC, Leroi, White, and many others. I'm still currious what all Ford might have made in that time frame that had flathead V8 engines. Canada and even the Axis powers produced a lot of V8 powered trucks & gun carriers but the USA I don't know.
 
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