French Flatheads
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french engines continued
1. My guess is the French military kept their equipment for a long time, and also may not have disposed of the engine stock promptly when it went out of service.
2. Simca manufactured the SUMB truck (I beleive this is the main source of the engines) under licence from Marmon-Herrington, I don't know if the engine was part of that licence arrangement, ISTR that Simca also manufactured flathead V8s in Mexico or Brazil. BTW it's a nice little machine.
3. Those engines were made up to quite recent times - I have a couple and one has a 1989 tag on it.
2. Simca manufactured the SUMB truck (I beleive this is the main source of the engines) under licence from Marmon-Herrington, I don't know if the engine was part of that licence arrangement, ISTR that Simca also manufactured flathead V8s in Mexico or Brazil. BTW it's a nice little machine.
3. Those engines were made up to quite recent times - I have a couple and one has a 1989 tag on it.