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Re: What ended the flathead engine?
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Posted by OICUR-onetwo on July 23, 2007 at 16:50:10 from (71.249.198.251):
In Reply to: What ended the flathead engine? posted by Sunny 4 acres on July 22, 2007 at 18:52:30:
Ford flathead V8's were offered from 1932 thru 1953 model years. Henry and Edsel, after their famous day long meeting on Dec 7th, 1931, made the bold decision to go to V8 power. This was two years after Henry had ordered every V8 engine available sent to Dearborn for testing. In the six month period prior to Dec 7th, Ford had tested over 30 of their own design. All of them were rejected by Henry. Ford told Charlie Sorensen, his production genious, "Charlie, spend money until it hurts". Charlie did. Still, the thing had to be cheap enough in the long run to sell, car and all, for a price of $450-650. In order to do that, it had to be made in one piece and come down the Rouge line at a rate of up to one per minute. The spectacular pouring furnace that Sorensen commissioned was the wonder of Detroit. Problems in the first year of production were legion,cooling, lubrication, etc., but by about '33-34 the engine was pretty much the same package that the '53's used.
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