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Found this on the property we’re cleaning up.
I know It’s a flat head ford, but I can’t get specific about the year. It’s pretty complete though. Obviously, the rubber is gone, but the carb is still there, plugs and wires are there, magneto is there, etc.
Interestingly enough, the back half of this sedan is on property as well, in a different spot. Looks like they removed the sedan buddy for storage, as there is a spool of barbed wire inside it and it’s “parked” next to the old cow barn.
I know It’s a flat head ford, but I can’t get specific about the year. It’s pretty complete though. Obviously, the rubber is gone, but the carb is still there, plugs and wires are there, magneto is there, etc.
Interestingly enough, the back half of this sedan is on property as well, in a different spot. Looks like they removed the sedan buddy for storage, as there is a spool of barbed wire inside it and it’s “parked” next to the old cow barn.
You have an early flathead based on the water outlet. Count the studs in the head. It's probably a 21 stud. Post some better pictures of everything and we can narrow it down. Do you have a rear end for it?
Also, please don't scrap it. There's some traditional hot rodder in need out there that will give you something for it.
No rear end that I’ve found. Doesn’t mean it’s not there, just that I’ve not found it. 80 acres is a lot of land to stash stuff around. The body is just the shell, pulled off the frame, so it’s not there.
I don’t think I could scrap it. The fenders still look mostly rot free, and the engine, while it’s probably seized, is complete.
The fenders appear to be workable, but I'm having a hard time deciding what they're from. I want to say '39 Ford, but that just doesn't look right for some reason. Show the body when you get a chance. While I'd guess the engine is locked up, I've seen a few like that brought back. These engines are nearly 100 years old now, and they have been out of production sine the late '50, so people scavenge what they can. Heads and intakes can be bought new, but not a block.
That's a '37 Ford. Looking at the top of the grille, it's flat, which says it's a '37. The '38 shares the same headlight trim rings, but the grill is a different shape up at the top. The protruding headlight bezel was an aftermarket conversion for sealed beam headlights. The original headlight lens and trim was much sleeker. Someone added the conversion kit later.
'37s with the sealed beam conversions...
...and '37s with the sleeker original (non-sealed beam) headlights...
Nice looking car. I like the original headlights.
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Based on what Wiki had to say, that flattie is a '36 or earlier 221 cid. As you noted, the water outlets (actually, the water pumps) are located at the front of the heads. As that car is a '37, I would venture a guess that it was an early production '37, and used a "leftover" '36 engine (seems plausible), or it was simply an engine swap that someone did somewhere in its lifetime to keep it on the road (which seems very likely to me). And I agree...please don't scrap it!
That's one of the years I knew it wasn't, and that's one of my favorite years. That headlight setup threw me off.
Look at that, my thinker remembered some useless info, and it became useful. All I had to do was ignore what they tried to teach me in school.
All of that is possible. I'm going to guess it's most likely a swap to keep the car going, especially since these old flatheads were generally in need of significant overhaul by 40-50,000 miles, and usually needing a total rebuild by 60-80,000 mile.
Here's a Flathead Ford website with some info for anyone interested. https://myflatheadford.com/
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