I began sorting out my flathead Ford V8 paper garbage pile almost four years ago. I originally intended to organize notes I'd scribbled on scraps of paper as well as articles I'd collected during the 55+ years I've played with flatheads. A few flathead friends asked for a copy. So I revised my original plan to include, at their request, things that may be of interest to others. There are many gear heads that are discovering, or re-discovering, the legendary V8 flathead. One of the intentions of this garbage pile is, hopefully, to be of some help to these people. I strongly suggest checking Bill Bentley's Techno site when encountering problems and having questions...... there is a wealth of information on this site from very knowledgeable and experienced flatheaders.
Techno Source for the 1932 thru 1953 Flathead Ford
I've separated this garbage pile into main topics (e.g. fuel,
engine, gears, ignition, etc.). I've tried to keep things short,
but I'm long winded as anyone who knows me will testify. The Ford
6 and V8-60 are not included.
A couple of other things. At this stage of my life (and considering the increasing rarity of flathead parts) I find I'm no longer interested in wringing the last shred of hp out of a strung-out flathead. Instead, I want a reliable and strong running flathead that's both fun to drive and work on. The following pretty much reflects this.... fun, exceptional reliability, makes good hp and torque, and has good mileage. Please keep this in mind. Please accept my apologies for errors. I want to emphasize these are my crude methods, thoughts, and dumb reasoning. I have absolutely no intention of trying to change anyone's mind or methods. In places, I've tried to explain my reasoning if I thought it might be of some help. Much information came from the flathead web site and I've included the name of the contributor. Hopefully they won't mind.
Our site is extremely lucky in that we have many knowledgeable and helpful gear heads...... Billy, rodnut, BillB, Sopp, Lars, JWL, Jim Marlett, alkitchen, and Flat32 to name but a few. And I sincerely appreciate the knowledge and help the flathead web site gear heads have imparted over the years.
As I worked on getting this garbage pile in my computer, I talked to my good friend BillB to see if he thought anyone would be interested in a copy of this garbage pile. He volunteered to get this on the site. This is a huge help to me and I can't thank him enough for all the work he does and his Techno site.
Thanks Bill,
....rumble seat
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