Thanks to my friend Norm I scored a model b engine for my model A. Amazingly it was still in it's original home nestled in between the hard working framerails of this 32. Yes it had a cherry grill on it. There was no way to get a cherry picker to the truck. The good news was there was enough old rigging and "car guy safe" 1/2" line on the owner's property to get it up and out stone henge style. This was taking "old school" to new heights or should I say new lows? I haven't a clue what a model b engine weighs with the flywheel but it's safe to say (now) that the pathetic old tree branch over the engine is good for more than twice that! Once removed with the help of a fire wrench, chisel, and the usual suspects we had to drag it through at least 50 feet of soft sand to the waiting bed of my loyal elcamino, only to leak a gallon of 60's crude in it. Why did I ***ume it wouldn't have any oil in it? It actually snowed the morning of the pull too. All in all it was a great car guy day and the pull only took a couple hours. Now, when are we going back for those bones? Oh yeah that's chopped50ford in the funny hat.
Job Well Done Goes To Show You How Far A Hotroderwill Go For The Love Of There Hotrod Tell Me Ive Always Used Sbc In My Rods One Flathead What Are The B S And Parts Going For Are They Hard To Get Tim
They aren't hard to get at all, The A motors range from free to maybe a thou for a used stock rebuild. The B motors are a little pricier due to a little more reliability engineered in. Like anything else you can spend as much as you want, mild to wild. I have owned fast cars and they were fun, a banger will never be quick in the modern sense of the word but they are fun in a different way. I got the complete B and an extra block and crank for $600, that would be considered a good deal if they aren't cracked to hell. But even some cracks aren't the end of the world in the case of an ovh valve conversion or a sleeve repair.
Nice score, Great story! Have you s****ed the crud off the area above the side timing gear cover to see if you got a Diamond block? I'm betting you do.
Check out this ****py old tank the guy was using for a portable air tank, I mean what is that from WWII? LOL. What a redneck! wink.
I think the Diamond came cast and stamped, can't remember for sure. it will be right were the X is on this block, Fords way of telling you there is a "C" crank in it.
just a number stamp, I do have at least one c crank. I gott yank the pan on the truck engine. Too cold for now.
that was one great time. It was almost effortless w/ the pulley system we rigged up. The cool thing is, of all the pieces we torched off (nuts, bolts and screws); we didnt damage any original parts/or sheetmetal in the process.
Actually the "Diamond" cast into the block is an indication that the block was manufactured for industrial purposes or after production year 1934. Nice find and well worth the work. I went to the trouble of shipping NOS "B" Blocks back to the USA in the 70's in oil drums while overseas.....should have held onto more than I did!
That B is still in my elco sans oil slick as I pressure washed it. I hit True Value this morning to get some hardware to hang it in a stand. The pressure washer illuminated a myriad of fractures in the C head I planned to recondition and peddle. Bummer. It will now become an integral part of my pressure testing equipment for bangers. Those go for around 150 so even steven I guess. I 'm gonna go hang it in the stand, pull the pan and see what's hot and what's not.
cab is expected to go up for sale. Its solid except the roof. It has small "feet" prints on it. Still looking for doors.
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