Looking for pictures of hot rods with flathead V8 Cadillac lasalle mills

Does anyone have any pictures past or present of hot rods with flathead Cadillac Lasalle V8 motors. Or does anyone have any pictures of Cadillac Lasalle flathead speed equipment. I am also looking for any names of manufactures of past speed equipment for these motors. Has anyone bought a set of the repopped Cyclone Cadillac heads? and what do they think. I am getting ready to rebuild a 37 Lasalle motor I just picked up and am looking for some ideas.

Rob.
Draggins Detroit

 

is that the motor where the exuast is on top of teh heads ?

 

here's one from the 2nd issue of Hot Rod (from the book reprint from a few years back), and another that I saw at Vegas this year.

 

Hey Rob! This Is Hard To Find Stuff. Ask Kevin At Cylone If Hes Got A Pair Of Heads Left, And Buy Them If Yes!!
Here A Pic Of The Edmunds Heads And The Burrell Intake.
But Do A Search.. You Will Find Several Threads About This.

Some Pics..take A Look At The Ugly Edmunds Intake. The Burrell Intake Will Probably Be Back In The Market Next Year, Cause Burrells Son Is About Doing A Round Of Intake.
Palle

 

I Love This One!!!

 

Here is more of the same, the car at the Mooneye's show this month.


CBB

 

Thats Kevin Sledge's "Sinus" duece from the Shifters.

If you search for Cadillac Flathead on this board you'll pull up a fair amount. There are a handful of guys on this board that have or are messing around with these motors. Savage, Emiliedk, CycloneKevin, dabirdguy, and myself.

Speedparts are rare for sure. CycloneKevin reproduced 3 sets of heads a while back. Last I heard they were all spoken for. And there has been talk about someone reincarnating a 2x2 intake, but that remains to be seen.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions on these motors, over the past year I've become fairly knowledgeable.

EmiliedK, check your PM's

 

i like those engines, to bad more speed eqipment is available for them. those headers are so cool.

 

Here is one in Fort Worth , Texas
http://www.dfw-hotrodhappenings.com/images/victorylap031305-011.jpg

 

Try that again

http://www.dfw-hotrodhappenings.com/images/VictoryLap031305-011.jpg

 

This one works

 

Hotrod a Rama '04

 

Aside from the above pics here is a Burrell mounted up.

Burrell, Edmunds, Arco, Cyclone

I'll let Kevin field this one as well but I think I am the only one who has taken delivery of a finished set of the new run. I thought Kevin had 3 sets made and all were spoken for. I know Aaron Von Minden "Savage" was getting a set and not sure who #3 is going to.
I own set P001. I would not call them repopped though. They are Original Cyclones, they just were made 50 years later than the last set to roll out of Cooks Machine Works. They are from the same molds, and machined on a bridgeport just like in 1948. Kevin Precaido took it on himself to resurrect some of Cooks old pieces in the Cyclone line of speed product offerings. I can say that having looked mine over many a time, they are emmaculate to say the least. I will be posting pics fairly soon as mine are getting polished over the holidays. They should come out looking exactly like Sinus's, even though his are 50+ years older.

Good luck! They do make trick looking motors. I'm going to be getting some stainless exhaust header flanges water jetted in the near future. I'll post up when I'm ready so guys can get a set or two for themselves, so you can make your own swoopy headers.
I looked for a long, long time for a 2x2 intake. And finally found one. I got a one of the later Edmunds that is all smooth and rounded vs. the early models that were real blocky.

Bendtsens makes tranny adapters to run a later model GM tranny, but if you have a '37 then you may just stick with the top loader stick.
http://www.transmissionadapters.com/cad_early.htm

Then AllCads has about every other part except speed parts
http://www.allcads.com/parts.html

EGGE also carries most of these engine's internals

 

The Burrell Brochure

 

October '49 Hot Rod feature

 

I have a race motor that ran at bonneville 1950. I am still waiting to get a photo of the car it came out of.. it even ran a front drive blower, Cyclone heads.. There is alot of beautiful work done on that engine.... I will try to get some photos of it soon for you.

I also have a stock running one that I will put my NOS Cyclone heads on..
I want to run a 2x2 intake on it also..

I just can't decide if I put it in my running car or build another Roadster for it..

I also have a bendstedts adapter for running my GM 4 speed

Aaron

 

Can't really see the Caddy...but its there.

 

Here's one

 

Wow , how did I miss this thread ! Seems there's a few of us into the Caddy's then . Figured the only way to go with a multi carb inlet was one-off tubular , and may still take that route if they're as rare as you guys say .

Slightly off the original thread , but my engine is matched up to a '39 (I think) LaSalle 3 speed column shift box . Anyone have any ideas on converting this to floor shift ? Please bare in mind I am almost totally ignorant about these early boxes , and I'm from England so please talk slowly and clearly ...


Stock , but still a thing of beauty

 

Hotarama 2004 as well...

 

psychodaemon sent me the how-to on that a while back, but I guess I deleted it, or just can't find it. But he used a Hurst, and I recall he said theres no manual on this, you just have to move it around to you come up with a setup that works. He also sent me pics, and it looked real basic and easy to set up. I opt'd out on using mine and went with an adapter to GMtranny.

 

Cheers IDS , I'll drop him a PM , see if he can forward it . I'm not stuck to the idea , but it'd be nice to keep the 39 trans . The other option is to keep it column shift , but as I don't have the original column and linkages this'd be a ball ache too ...

 

how 'bout this?

 

I've got a wheel and column and all the linkage and stuff and could sell it too you, but seriously WHY?
The floor shift is where its at, you don't need grandma's column shifter!
I wouldn't push crap on ya that you really don't need, or need to have.

 

And you make it sound so tempting ...


Cheers for the advice though , much appreciated

 

How about this? Oldy but a goody !


CBB

 

This is the LaSalle motor that I picked up a while back for my T roadster. Has been a lighting generator for many many years. The funky crossover went in the bin pretty much straight away!

 

I am still trying to get my '48 Caddy flathead between the rails of my '36 Chevy Pick-em up truck.

I'm STILL looking for a multi-carb intake for it. Otherwise I thougth I'd try adding an old Graham Supercharger I got laying around.

 

hey its not for speed yet..but after i take it out of the hearse (my tow rig project) i want to build a rat-rod type of thing using a 37 ford p/u cab i have laying around..but its all still up in the air..if i get a offer i cant refuse for the caddy flatty i also have a 8ba for the rat project....

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa84/rcplumley/hearse/?action=view&current=morecarpics055.jpg

 

As a patternmaker based in Australia ,I would like to repop a pattern for finned alloy flatheads to suit these lumps .something a bit different,a la kong style. taller deck,recessed valve pockets for high lift cams ,twin plugs .Any takers ?