greg g Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 There have been several threads concerning where one might find a mopar flathead 6 other than in cars and trucks. So I thought I'd start this in an attempt to archive this information for oithers who may be looking. Airport and airport salvage, Clark plane tugs, some with automatic transmissions. also look in ground auxiliary power units and baggage converyors. Agricultural, as mentioned Massy Harris and Massey Furgeson combines, and in Canada Cockshut tractors and other powered equipment Industrial, self powered welders, construction site air compressors, stationary pumps, protable pumps, forklifts, etc. (some of the forklift engines may have been converted to ru on propane which might not be such a bad idea as they could easily be adjusted to run on CNG. Municilpal, road graders, road rollers (look for old stuff like buffalo springfield loaders and powered converors for moving, loading stone gravel or sand. Civil Defense warning sirens. Marina, lots of mopar flatheads in old inboard runabouts, speed boas and cabin cruisers. Seek and ye shall find, and if you find or know of any other sources let us know Seek and you shall find Quote
Don Coatney Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 There have been several threads concerning where one might find a mopar flathead 6 other than in cars and trucks. So I thought I'd start this in an attempt to archive this information for oithers who may be looking.Airport and airport salvage, Clark plane tugs, some with automatic transmissions. also look in ground auxiliary power units and baggage converyors. Agricultural, as mentioned Massy Harris and Massey Furgeson combines, and in Canada Cockshut tractors and other powered equipment Industrial, self powered welders, construction site air compressors, stationary pumps, protable pumps, forklifts, etc. (some of the forklift engines may have been converted to ru on propane which might not be such a bad idea as they could easily be adjusted to run on CNG. Municilpal, road graders, road rollers (look for old stuff like buffalo springfield loaders and powered converors for moving, loading stone gravel or sand. Civil Defense warning sirens. Marina, lots of mopar flatheads in old inboard runabouts, speed boas and cabin cruisers. Seek and ye shall find, and if you find or know of any other sources let us know Seek and you shall find Went to a company picnic a few years back. There was a rubber tired locomotive pulling a wagon for kids to ride in. It had a Mopar flathead 6 for locomotion. Quote
martybose Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 While you are correct that a lot of old boats had our flatheads in them, my advice would be to stay away from them. A lot of boat motors from that era use raw water cooling, and if someone didn't work at maintaining the galvanic zincs the blocks will most likely be extremely corroded internally. Marty Quote
Bodacious Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 Don't forget too, if you just happen to find an old Sherman tank sitting around, you could score five of these babies at once! Quote
chesterx Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 I have a 218 engine with3 speed tranny and ebrake assembly sitting on my garage floor. Located in Colorado. Condition unknown as I purchased for a spare. Quote
martybose Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 Don't forget too, if you just happen to find an old Sherman tank sitting around, you could score five of these babies at once! I've read about these motors, but never seen one. Did they actually have 5 separate 6 cylinder blocks connected to a single casting for the output, or did they make one insanely complicated casting for the whole deal? Marty Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 5 individual motors..this is what made the war machine so quick to respond to needs.. Quote
JerseyHarold Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 It was called the 'multi-bank' engine, IIRC. Quote
brian hood Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 Wow what a great pic! This stuff still leaves me in awe! Quote
40phil41 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 They were also used as tow motors for over-head cranes used in local steel mills (e.g. Stelco and Dofasco in Hamilton, Ontario). Phil Quote
55 Fargo Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 These were truly great engines, I have 4 of them, 2 that run a 218, 228, 251, and hopefully a 265, which is out of a Massey combine. The combine one still looks good, paint is still on engine, although faded. I do have a concern of how many hours are actually many hours may be on it. Wonder how many hours the average combine ran each harvest season, and how many rpms, were required to run the combine, how hot they would get, and how much wear can be expected on the engine if it were used 2 weeks for 12 hours a day...........Fred PS Hemmings Classic Car magazine ran an article on the 20 best engines of all time, The Chrysler Lhead 6 was not included, they included the 318, the 225 Slant 6, they wrote that the 225 Slant 6 rpelced the inadequate L head 6, the slant 6 is great, but so is the flathead, why else would it have been used in all of these other applications, in Canada they were manufactured until 1972, used in so many industrial applications, how many other gasoline engines can claim a service record from the 1930s until 1972...........Fred Quote
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