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Ken, one time I posted something I heard one time. It went "when you build a flathead you will never spend so much money to go so slow."

The flathead lovers were up in arms about that statement.

Don

That's a neat little trinket, there.
Arduns are the stuff of legends - maybe small legends, but------

25k for a flattie?? In 1959, it cost me $500 to rebuild an 8BA, complete with new pistons, cam ("3/4 race"), ground crank, Offy aluminum heads, and a three pot intake; that was a truly sizeable sum at that time, though, took me six months to save it up. Ran it against a guy with a 332 in his '51 Vic, and nosed him over a the lenght of a mile; the two cars were almost identical, other than the engines.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Ken, one time I posted something I heard one time. It went "when you build a flathead you will never spend so much money to go so slow."

The flathead lovers were up in arms about that statement.

Don

I can see why that didn't go over too good, truth hurts sometimes!! I like to use them for the theme of the build.
Ken

A friend of my dad had a '48 Cadillac with the last year flathead. I was in love with that motor through my childhood. I have no idea why I have never built one. I should put that on my project list.
http://www.bullsac.com/2009/07/12/ca...6-flathead-v8/
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...3&d=1266442070

This video makes me grin ear to ear....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k3bFB79Rws
Need a DA, pegs and points to drive this one....HaHaHaHaHaHaHa....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCh-Titecx0
Prefer a desktop model????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWrClpKPdus
Firin' up a relic....This is a '48 like my dad's friend had....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9vOv_hFVq4

Here is an old article on Ardun heads from 1947. Bet they were cheaper then.

Don