The Birth Of A Flathead

[Ryan]

Can you imagine seeing an endless stream of brand new flathead motors rolling down the assembly line all day long? Up to eighty fresh engine blocks every hour? When I think of ...

 

[40cpe]

Those pictures help us realize the lifestyle most of us enjoy today hasn't always been. It's a good bet that most of those men have gone on, but we are still enjoying the fruits of their labors.

thanks for the article.

 

[nagramos]

Some pics and pages from a Life magazine article from 1940. All pages from the artcile about the River Rouge plant can be seen on this link.

One word: the Rouge was amazing. And still is.

 

[Scott Miller]

Awesome! Thanks for the photos Ryan and nagramos!

 

[B Duncan]

Wow, thats absolutely amazing!

 

[Ol' Ron]

Back in the 60's I worked for the Bullard Machine too co. they had 2 100 ton furnaces that pored almost every day. To feed the furnaces they fed it with cast iron engine blocks as well as iron billets. I would get the foreman of this department to get me ford blocks with bearing caps for $10 apiece and the cranks were free. The Danbury speedway was never short of blocks.

 

[Dennis L Oberer]

I think we are seeing a multi spindle drill/ream/tap machine that is working on a flat head Ford V-8 in the early 1930's.


Dennis L Oberer
Green Bay WI

 

[hbleadsled]

thanks RYAN, great photos. Harold, Ca.

 

[Richard]

Good job

 

[ventilo]

another machine in the Cologne engine plant
dated probably 1938/39

 

[Strever]

some pretty awesome pictures thanks Gentlemen