Best engine

[JOHN EDGE]

Took the suburban down to Sarasota Florida for the gran prix of off shore boat race and they also have a custom car show raising money for children's charities in Sarasota county. Well attended show and nice cars.  Lots of high horsepower vehicles- super birds/vipers/vettes/boss 429/etc.  low and behold my little flat head six won best engine

[JOHN EDGE]

Who says a flathead 6 can't beat a hellcat. Did it today

[thebeebe5]

That's real fine!!

[greg g]

Cool!

[casper50]

People do appreciate a nice engine.

 

[jhm1mc13]

What is that small filter on the firewall ?

Jim M

[Andydodge]

And it IS indeed the best engine..........congratulations........andyd

[plymjim]

Man, that is clean! I'm ashamed to open my hood now.

[JOHN EDGE]

The small vent filter mounted to the firewall is a vent for the block drip tube .

took the tube off the block fitting and mounted a #8 fitting and #8 hose to the

puck tank. Didn't like the oil drips with the factory set up.  Works for me

[JOHN EDGE]

Better photo of tank

[JOHN EDGE]

Thanks for all the kind words. This wagon has really been a blast taking to shows and getting everyone approval means a lot 

[pflaming]

WOW. Taking the flathead out and replacing it with a V8, to me, is akin to taking the lead singer out of a barbershop quartet! 

Show us the wagon.

Edited June 27, 2017 by pflaming

[Young Ed]

3 minutes ago, pflaming said:

WOW. Taking the flathead out and replacing it with a V8, to me, is akin to taking the lead singer out of a barbershop quartet! 

Show us the wagon.

Um where are you seeing a V8???

[pflaming]

I'm not, that's my point, flatheads reign! 

[JOHN EDGE]

Here's the wagon

[Andydodge]

Paul.......and whats wrong with a V8?......a mopar V8.........lol..........nah, all good, I know exactly what you mean...........and John.......I especially like the Fulton Visor, that's a 1000 Series which are not that common I have been told and exactly the same as I had on my 1941 Plymouth, I ended up making a much stronger centre bracket & clamp............also like your umbrella option.........lol.....will go sit in my corner now.......lol...........that really is a damn nice car, engine, colour, stance.....perfect...............regards, Andy Douglas

[JOHN EDGE]

Thanks Paul. Paid dearly for that Fulton visor but knew it was the one when I saw it 

its aluminum and was in perfect condition

[Silverdome]

17 hours ago, Andydodge said:

Paul.......and whats wrong with a V8?......a mopar V8.........lol..........nah, all good, I know exactly what you mean...........and John.......I especially like the Fulton Visor, that's a 1000 Series which are not that common I have been told and exactly the same as I had on my 1941 Plymouth, I ended up making a much stronger centre bracket & clamp............also like your umbrella option.........lol.....will go sit in my corner now.......lol...........that really is a damn nice car, engine, colour, stance.....perfect...............regards, Andy Douglas

You wouldn't happen to have a print or a sketch of that support would you?

[Andydodge]

Silverdome............nope, just fitted the visor onto the car and as it came from a guy on this forum who used it on a 48 Plymouth I didn't change any width measurements but angled it a few degrees down then measured up a paper template and cut 2 pieces of around 22 gauge stainless steel and as you can see bent them at about 45 degrees out then about 120 degrees back towards each other......it was about 2-3" wide but had no exact dimensions kept.........I had to loosen off the inside centre bar screws a little bit and then was able to gently push the bent 120 degree edges just behind the centre bar...........so that the new bracket bolts etc looked o/k I used small pieces of 1/4" allthread and put chromed acorn nuts on both sides so that it looked o/k.........also I kept the grey undercoat colour on the bottom of the visor as the interior upholstery was a grey colour and when you looked out from inside the grey primer colour blended into the look quite well,....... as you can see I also polished the alloy end brackets that this type of visor used, I personally think these are a much prettier design then those "plank" style visors that just seem to look like a lump of wood floating above the windscreen.........lol..............it was MUCH stronger than the original flimsy brackets that the visor came with........I remembered reading a couple of posts on here from members who had visors that flipped back over the car roof when a truck went past or just decided to go visit the rear window instead.........as these visors were never sold here and are VERY expensive if found I treated the one I had as gold......lol.............hope this helps a bit..............Andy Douglas.

[Silverdome]

Good info Andy, thanks.