<i>Hey Carl want to meet me in Detroit ???</i>

During the car show/swapmeet season maybe. Right now Im concentrating on staying warm!

The 337 is the predecessor of the 317 Tom. About 800 Lbs of flathead. Pretty much the same as the 49-51 Lincoln with the primary difference being solid lifters and matching cam.
Used in the F7/F8.

Ive been going crosseyed reading thru my old Hollanders.

The Ford Y and the 302/332 shared the same bellhousing when used with the Transmatic tranny.
But the Big Trucks and the up to F600 didnt appear to share any manual boxes and the 317 wasnt mentioned since it was obsolete by then.

So reading between the lines a Ford Y has the same block pattern as the 317-368 !
Makes sense since Ive seen the 341/368 dealer installed in 55-57 F350 wreckers when I was a kid.

Grab a Y bell and give it a shot, they should be all over out that way.

 

OK Carl, You have me really curious now. It's only 29 degrees outside here today, so I think I'm going to have to pull that 368 I have in that 57 Lincoln and go up to a friends to get a 292 bellhousing. I'll find out real fast If it will work. I let you all know what happens.

 

tom i was just checking through the files and saw your other question about the bell.nothing else fits;that,s why this engine didn,t last.no other flywheel either.the fe bell looks so close but no go.i just got into this site last week so haven,t caught up.

 

Still looking for a 368 Block

 

http://www.allamericanclassics.com/ they have quite a bit of the old Lincolns but they're kinda pricey. they are located in Vancouver, Washington

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2467266939 Might be a little out of your way, but he sounds like he needs them gone. A feller on HAMB has delt good business with him before. Just a thought, -4speed

 

what ever happened on this project. Ed

 

Like all good projects there is never enough time for everything you want to do. I now have several 368 blocks. I have spent several hours sonic testing the blocks all over every inch of them. I also have measured all the bolt hole patterns, and now have a list of dimensions so I can make parts for it as I need them. After looking at everything I choose to build a 455 inch (4.125"x4.25") engine to start with, I can do it for very little cost with off the shelf parts and a offset ground crank. I'm also still working on the new intake project for this engine. When I have everything figured out and assembled. I'll post some photos and information about what I've learned. Tom

 

Tom is it reasonable to put one in a F-100 truck and maintain it? Ed

 

Tom, you have captured my interest. I have been studying this topic for a week or so now, and one thing about me is that i keep my mouth shut if i don't know what i'm talking about, but does anyone have a picture of the back of a 383 Y without the flywheel for me to see, as i have been silently studying this, if what i am thinking is correct is wrong i haven't a clue is what i'm saying, but anyway, any pictures of when and if you go see those microfilms, may i please see them Tom??? This means alot to me!!.....Janet


PS... iwas afraid of this, but Tom i think your madness is rubbing on me, darned i shouldn't have came in here!!! Will others in here, and i think it's really worth it too!! No matter what information you have, just answer Tom starting from his origianl question, don't worry if it sounds stupid, because im once again going to read and study everything thats been said so far, answers??? If what im thinking is right, i may just be building another car shortly

 

Nope, i better not try it... i promised myself...no more projects, my health can't handle it and just fix what i have...But looking at the pictures would be new and fun.So yes i would love to see pictures of this, but i was coniving getting a 317 or 368 and boring it (knowing parts are hard to find on the licoln Y) and making a really mean Yblock car, and doing yet another complete body work and the max on a 54 Ford station wagon at a classics yard in Austin Hutto Texas area , and i've done this type thing before very good but never a lincoln Y, but what is someone that's getting as tired as i am going to do with it??..That and i had some more ideas, as i have engeering skills from Hydril and i know if Tom can sonic test and measure the way he does, he must be an engeener, i'm easily backing out now, but Tom post us pictures please..Janet

 

hi tom, i've got what you want, if you still need one. i live 60 mi. north of columbus, ohio. e-mail me if you're interested, wayne.

 

hi tom, you still need a block, i've got one, let me know, wayne.

 

Wayne, the last time I talked to Tom he was all set.

Id be interested in a 368, depending on how complete and rebuildable it is.
Got my eye on an old wrecker just dying for a real engine.
When I was a kid I worked part time for a Ford dealer who put them in F350 wreckers.
Carl

 

hi carl, sorry i've got two that i got out of a junkyard that sat for a long time, but both blocks are blown out in the cylinders, sat with water in the cyls. would be good for cutting apart. if i had gobs of money i'd have one of these sleeved out real big and go play with the y-block boys at columbus, yea, mabey when i win the lottery, HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!