ID'ing flathead camshaft

I bought a 39' flathead that had been rebuilt in the late 60's and run very little. I pulled the heads and intake off and it looks clean inside. The motor has a four barrel Edelbrock manifold, the pistons are marked .125. Is there any way to ID the cam?

 

Try www.fordbarn.com Lot's of flathead guys on that site.

 

You could ship it to Moon and have Bill check it out on the cam grinder.... he could tell you all the specifics...

 

sometimes the cam will be marked on the end where the dist runs...look there

 

Yes, most aftermarket grinds will be marked up front...you might have to remove timing gear. Once you get any fragment of ID, someone on here will have full catalog information. If stock, there's nothing much to ID as timing was the same '37-48, except which length cam it is (pre '42 or '42-8) and whether you need a spacer or adaptor for your distributor, but presumably that was all already worked out on your engine.

 

The pointier the lobes are, the stocker it is. If they are flat on top, you got a hot one!

 

Pulled the front off, it has weber stamped on it, and what looks like 5-7 and R1C.????????

 

The 5-7 could be 5-T - which is a stock marking indicating it is a reground cam. Weber had several grinds - typically denoted as F1, F2, F3, etc. Never heard of R1C, but that doesn't mean a thing - try posting these numbers over on Fordbarn.