I've had this motor and ****** around my shop for years. The local shriners bought it to put in their truck, and ended up just giving it to us when they got rid of the truck. It looks fairly complete, and like it may have been rebuilt recently(Its painted blue and is really clean?) I don't think its locked up, and the ****** appears to fall into gear without any effort. I'm debating on junking it. Is there any demand for this motor? I'd trade it to the smokiest, grease pit 2bbl small block chevy in a heartbeat if someone would get some use out of it.
Your to far from me for me to get it, but. In the day those engines had their fans. On the dry lake and wet ones to. Some seemed to be running better that same size V8 motors. I liked them. Hard to find go fast parts for now. Don't junk it. Find someone who will give it a good home.
Really the transmission might have more value than the engine. If its a 3spd its definitely worth more, The 4spd would depend on if it has the removable hogshead on the front of the trans. When I was looking for a 3spd I was seeing them in the $150 -$200 range, I bought a 6 cyl and 3spd from a guy for $50. He was focusing the sale on the engine and the trans just came with it. He kept lowering the price because of no takers on the engine until I bought it. But then I got stuck with the engine. I tried to sell cheap / give it away for 6 months before I sold a few parts that others were interested in and 2 years later I am still trying to get rid of the block with out s****ping it. You do need to investigate to know what you have. At about that time Ford made a couple of different Flat sixes. ***uming everything is stock look at the casting number on the head, if I remember correct it should start with a number and then a letter. Is the letter an H, G or M. On the "H" motor I have there is a similar casting number on the drivers side of the block, look for a matching letter there. The "G" was the 226 made until '47 in the trucks and I think '48 in the cars. The "H" is the newer 226. There are some other clues such as the location of the distributor "G" on the front of the motor and "H" in the middle of the block on drivers side. The "M" is also a newer engine but is bigger at 254 cu in. The "M" shares many casting similarities to the "H" but I think it does have a bigger bore. I sold my "H" head to a fellow with an "M" motor in his truck. The "H" has a smaller head volume so is an easy way to boost compression. He also bought the exhaust mani because they tend to break. My block is going to be s****ped the next time I make a run :-(
Thanks for the information. I'll try to decipher what it is in the next day or two and post some pictures of the whole thing. Like I said, if anyone is interested I'll trade it for a crusty SBC.
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