Hot Rods Can a Model A fit a flathead ford?

I know many of you put Flatheads in 32 Fords and beyond. Can a flat head ford motor fit into a model A without alot of modification? I have a flathead motor and would like to put it in a Model A. any pic's

 

yeah! Then It's an AV8.. lot's of em!

 

No one has ever put a flathead ford in a Model A.

Go to search and type in AV8

 

Some links..

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/search.php?searchid=13034813

 

comes up as no matches

 

Damn. I just searched AV8 pics..

 

Oh yeah! Get the Bishop/Tardel book. it will explain alot.

 

I don't think anybody did anything like that until 1932.

 

I am begining to think that I am reading the wrong message board when a question like this is posted. I rarely comment on situations like this but this is an odd one. How far have we drifted away from our original theme?

John

 

roflmfao... I just shot iced coffee out of my nose! Henry, honestly, he didn't mean anything by it...

 

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My thoughts, exactly.
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I think some 10th graders did it when I was in high school, but they didn't have the internet, so they had to spend a couple of minutes figuring it out.

Concur with buy the book, but do some research..it has errors.

 

Like it.

 

Tough crowd.....

 

i guess there are no apps for questions like that

 

no you cannot put a flathead in a model a, since your project is a bust, you may as well give me both the flathead and the model a...

Hey do you guys know if I can put a 350 chevy in a 55 chevy?

 

Yes and it looks like this when you used a 32 Ford K member.

 

here's some pics for ya:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426893&highlight=av8+pics

 

you have heard of these things they call hotrods have'nt you?

 

You can stuff anything in a model A if ya want to bad enuf!

 

I would imagine that was the first ford engine swap back in the day, as far as V8's are concerned. Look at where we've come too today,"right back where we started from". . .

 

Very good point, no one did it until about 10 minutes after the Model-A was replaced. On a serious note, one of the earliest known AV8s was John Athens which was featured in Elvis Presley's movie, "Loving you". You-tube it. I believe John sold his previous Ford to Ed Iskarderin (prob. spelt that wrong) . Johns AV8 came on the scene late 1936 and still exists. Prob. belongs to Bruce Meyer - just a guess though!

Ed

P.S. Most 32 onward Fords actually came from the factory with an eight cylinder engine, so you don't actually have to "put one in there" unless you're replacing a SBC which someone has put in there over the last two hundred years or so.

 

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Actually, I think those 10th graders concluded
rightfully so, that a flathead Ford V8 was way,
way too big and far too powerful to put into a
Model A.... so they did the easiest and most
sensible thing and stuffed a 6-71 blown 392
Chrysler in instead!!!!

Mart3406
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Ok, I may appear to be a little nieve however I was with some "hot rodders last night and they were telling me all that's involved. I needed a Kugel front end and a jag rear or corvette rear. The term "AV8" never came up. I have learned from your photos that you all use a banjo rear, juice brakes. They never mentioned that also you all use the stock front end they never mentioned that either. The banjo rear has this cover over it with the reversed spring I never heard mention of that. they said that you could not use leaf springs. I looked at the llink and achived the term "AV8" and now understand the differencce between a retro build verses a street rod build. I just came into a flathead motor and have a line on a frame. I would like to build one of these cars. There is a blue one, a 5 window coupe with big and little white wall tires and rims. It has a very simple interior. You hamb guy's in Maryland I would really like to get some pointers on this could some of you chime in

 

Quit lisening to the "1-800 streetrod" people. The only thing they know how to do is sign checks.

 

Hang around here awhile and do some reading. You'll do just fine.

AND STOP HANGING WITH STREET RODDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

AND STOP HANGING WITH STREET RODDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/QUOTE]

......but dont go back and tell them they are wrong, let them keep thinking you cant use orig stuff

 

Sorry but I just can't believe that someone who is 51 years old, claims to have "Built" 12 cars, and has been on here for 2 years would ask this question with any seriousness and then respond about Kugel front Ends and Jag Rears to do an engine swap - especially the original, most done, common HOT ROD swap of all time.

Have you not been paying attention for those two years you've been on here and all the years that you have been "Building" cars? WTF!

Even STREET RODDERS know better than this ~ You've been hanging with Poseurs that don't know one end of a car form the other - Jesus H. Cristo

 

this thread makes me wanna ask this question.........can you put a Model A into a flathead v8?

 

tell those street rodders it can only be achieved using junk yard and swap meet parts,perhaps they've never heard of such a thing either.