OSCO Manifold and carb spacer

[Mike/Franklin]

Taking apart a 21 stud motor that was Ford rebuilt. Has the tag. Has a set of adjustable lifters. Trying to get the lifters out and dispose of the rest. Big hole in one of the cylinder walls.

Most interesting is an OSCO manifold with a cast iron wedge shaped carb spacer. No exhaust manifolds. Was this a marine application? Spacer is marked OSCO PHILA. Any modern use for this application? Junk? Value?

Thanks ML

 

[flatheadmurre]

Osco made lot´s marine conversions for ford so perhaps an old marine engine or just that someone used the intake.
Nothing is junk...i see parts for osco go on ebay from time to time.
Is the intake Osco ?
The Osco setup i have use fords heads and intake.

 

[tubman]

You have stuff in Sweden that I have never seen in the states and I've been doing this for 60 years.

 

[flatheadmurre]

You have stuff in Sweden that I have never seen in the states and I've been doing this for 60 years.

Second generation squirrel ads to the pile
Here´s a pic of my setup sadly hiding in a bottom shelf of the storage.

 

[rotorwrench]

The engines in some boats have a significant downward angle so that could explain a wedge type carb base. Exhaust for boats is different too. The hole in a cylinder wall can be repaired if the rest of the block is in decent shape. The early babbit type engines and the LB engines are getting harder to source for restorers. There aren't a lot of original 37/38 front pump engines around either.