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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2018, 06:15:05 AM » |
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One of the first cars I ever worked on with my father was 39 Chrysler Imperial with a flat six and suicide doors.
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“I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. A deep breath and a leap.”
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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2018, 07:18:20 AM » |
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One of the first cars I ever worked on with my father was 39 Chrysler Imperial with a flat six and suicide doors.
I love the 1939 Dodge Deluxe four door - would not mind having one. John, the 12 cylinder motor work video was cool! |
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2018, 07:39:02 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2018, 11:12:35 AM » |
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Something I don't get, I know it must be an 8cyl, it has 4 plugs in the head, but only 3 exhaust pipes coming out. Am I missing something???
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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2018, 11:38:50 AM » |
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Nope the only thing your missing is the center port covers the 2 center cylinders the outside ports cover 1 cylinder each the front and back ones to be exact  Did you notice the ports are in the block and not the heads. That engine sounds healthy. |
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2018, 03:08:34 PM » |
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I grew up working on them. A Flattie with a blower is pretty neat and they are kinda meant for each other, a video with one would be nice. They seem to be making a huge come back.
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2018, 06:39:50 AM » |
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My best friend in HS built a flathead Ford with his Dad for the 40 Ford coupe he had. His dad was a gear head from back in the day and had some old speed parts left over. That flathead had Jahns 8.5:1 pistons, was stroked , 3/4 cam, aluminum heads and twin Stromberg carbs with a set of homemade headers with Smitty mufflers. That thing just sounded cool.....nothing else sounds like a flathead.
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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2018, 10:40:54 AM » |
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My/Our first stock car fer dirt trackin was a 51 ford with a Flat Head V-8. Had Entirely TOO much fun with it.  The red one I believe in the 2nd vid was still a three on da tree!  Really enjoyed the build vid of the Packard V-12. RIDE SAFE |
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« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2018, 04:14:27 AM » |
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John, thanks for the vids That packard rebuilt video was amazing. Great info, shop and presentation. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2018, 05:59:30 AM » |
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Ardun conversion......designed and named after the Corvette godfather Zora Arkus-Duntov. That guy was a total automotive genius ! |
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« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2018, 06:22:03 AM » |
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While Packard was bringing out their V-12, Cadillac would announce they would be offering their own V-12 flattie, and they did. Only thing is they also would also secretly bring out this... count 'em.  Later made an OHV version of the sixteen for '39-'40 For a few years you could have your choice, V8, V12, V16 |
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« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2018, 07:49:29 AM » |
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Re. the Packard V-12, my cousin back....waaaay back in my youth, had a friend he worked with that owned a bunch of early iron from the late 20's into the 30's. One was a big roadster type Packard he let my cousing borrow for the weekend. It had a V-12 flathead in it and ran so smooth and quiet you couldn't tell it was running until you got up close. Big, long, monster of a car or so it seemed to a little kid not yet in his teens, had the spares mounted on the fenders. Art708, I agree, the Duntov cams were also a highly sought after item back in the day. As I recall, didn't he have a brother he worked with on some projects, doing some R&D with him? Not exactly yesterday so memory tends to become less reliable with time.  |
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« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2018, 08:45:36 AM » |
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While Packard was bring out their V-12, Cadillac would announce they would be offering their own V-12 flattie, and they did. Only thing is they also would also secretly bring out this... count 'em. Later made an OHV version of the sixteen for '39-'40 For a few years you could have your choice, V8, V12, V16 Wow! I never knew! I love this old stuff. |
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