50 shoeboxes what you got under the hood

The biggest thing you can shoehorn! I ditched the SBC put a 517 BBF in mine. Not for everyone, but definitely for me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9Dn_NfZV0

Joe

 

stock...

 

Sander, you are the man. That thing is bitchin. Funny thing, I looked at your pictures, and saw the house, thought that looks like the south bay, looked over, Redondo Beach. Grew up on the corner of MacKay and Harriman, the house used to be about that color. Lawndalian now. Bitchin car, Mike.

 

i believe it depends on what you're building....if it's a hot rod you're going with a traditional rod,a SBC is ok,or a caddy flathead if you can get ahold of it! it depends on what period you're trying to recreate if that's the route you're goin..in the 50s the guys upgraded to whatever they could afford,if it were some nice parts for the stock flatty, or cramming whatever BIGGER engine they could afford in,whatever you want...also,if you're building it as a custom,remember that you dont EVER have to raise the hood.if you're making it for COMFORT,put whatever you want in it,air bags,power brakes,power steering....whatever.it's your car, just remember that and you'll be fine!
creepy

 

8ba

 

Hmm...I took the 302 out of my old '51 when I got it and put the flathead back in.

 

GREAT! so then I can buy the Hemi of your hands and backdown the old recycling bin of a car I got! See it all works out in the end...
MKSTR!

 

I got a 1953 Mercury flathead v8 in mine. Just sitting in it right now though since I rebuilt it over the summer, hopefully i'll have the car on the road next year.

 

Flathead is the only way to go, my father kept the flathead in his '50 Ford. It is about the most reliable car he has. A properly built flathead are very reliable and it is a ford in ford. That it the way it suppose to be.

 

Right now Sweet Pea's has the flathead in it...


But as soon as we find a 302/c4 combo in decent shape thats coming right out

Don't worry the flathead is gonna have a good home in a Model A modified.

Primo

 

This isn't mine, but I really like the way the hemi looks in the engine bay!

 

Flathead/4 sp toploader if you can afford it, or 302/toploader for an easy swap

 

A flathead with a Holley 500cfm 2bbl with an electric choke, ignitor kit in the stock distributor, and a GM (what!?) one wire 85 amp alt. It starts up every morning and runs cool.

 

So, how well does a hemi fit into one of these? Will the stock starter clear the steering?

 

Most (all the ones I've seen) adapters for short-bell Hemi move the starter to the right.

 

Ford Solid Lifter 302 with some Shelby goodies. It's still a pig but will do 65 all day long on the freeway.

 

update. vic was asking for me. I bought a 62 390. block and heads good. doing a complete rebuild. got a good deal on a tri power for it also and some offy valve covers. it should be a pretty cool fordillac when done

 

heres the plant in my bucket

 

Here is the 283 in my sedan

 

302 ford w/ a T5 trans in mine. While Flathead is the obvious answer, this SBF setup is good for me as i drive the hell out of my cars on a daily basis, on road trips and all.

-scott noteboom

 

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I like my flattie but it just doesnt have the go i want, considering a 454!?

 

My first car was a 50 crestliner....built a 53 Merc 255 for it when I was 16..
Later on [28 years]I bought this 49 club coupe with a fine-running flathead 6. I swapped in a chevy 355 with a 350 turbo aand maverick rear. Hauled ass!

 

Flathead v8 3 speed od love the sound rog. Mn.

 

Currently running the FH-6/3 speed.
Have a 352 PI/3 speed w/OD waiting for a freshening.

 

My 50 with a 350 auto.

 

When my shoebox is ready it will have a blown 284" flathead and a five speed bmw gearbox

 

http://public.fotki.com/RussB/my_cars/51-392/392_hemi_rebuild/31392new392002.html

Mine has a 392 hemi, see more pics at link. It fills the engine compartment with no room to spare.

 

"More than you can handle, kid!"

 

Currently 350/350, but as soon as I can it's getting a 331 Cad with maybe a sideshift LaSalle, (hooked to the stock column shifter)

Flathead is great in my roadster, but like Tony said, a shoebox is too much car for a flatty.

I love 302's- getting one in my '58 Ranchero right now, it's a driver and I like 302's, but it's a 60's engine, so I just want something cooler and more historically appropriate in the shoebox.

I hate to talk about what I'm GONNA do, cause you know how that goes... but that's my plan.