Guys (ok NumberDummy),

My dad picked up a '35 Phaeton recently and it's got the wrong flathead in it. He bought an engine at a swap meet last weekend that he thinks is the right era. I found some stamped info on the upper deck of the block. The block is a vented and 21 stud.

*RI8-I5264M*

The asterisks above are in reality star shaped stamps, and the I's might be 1's, but they look like I's.

Does anyone know if that number is "correct" for a '35 passenger car?

BTW- This is not his car, but it's like this one.

 

OK- I talked to my dad again and he's starting to think maybe the numbers were stamped there by a rebuilder. A few of the cyl's have sleeves in them so maybe he's on to something. Maybe I'll get some pics tomorrow to at least give you something to see...

 

Some '35 engines had a '48' stamped adjacent to the oil pressure tap/sending unit port. Othewise the number was usually stamped on top of the transmission. Ford's idea was to keep the matching number in case the engine got changed. The '34-'36 engines had a Stromberg 48 carburetor which was replaced by the '97 carb in '37. Water pumps would be on the front of the heads even if the engine was upgraded to an LB (large bearing) block. The LB block was essentially a late '36/'37-'38 block that had the precision main bearings (up till that time the mains were poured babbit). You can tell an LB block by the cover plates at the front that covered the holes where the later water pumps went.

 

Thanks geomechs. I sent the info to my dad. He won't know for sure until he tears into it. First he's taking the '13 Oakland Touring to SoCal for a Horseless Carriage Club tour.

 

You can get info on here! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1075.../?notif_t=like

 

For all your flathead Ford V8 block identification needs: Engine block I.D. pictures - The Ford Barn

Seriously, if you don't find the information you need in the thread I linked, please let me know.