Ive been reading that you can date a flatty by looking at code on top of bock by intake on passerger rear a set of numbers and letters welllllllll I only have one number its a 8 with a square box around it and thats it also during cleaning the flatty I thought the engine with the n code on the paint for a 1952 F2 was that ugly green welllllll the engine was red any serlock and holmes guys or gals have any clue

 

Stupid, no but maybe a little silly.

Why would anyone want to date a flatty? Why don't you find yourself a nice girl with a good figure?

LOL, Bump!

PS Engine Piint colors is one of the most inconsistant things around. Some were green (supposedly starting in 52) some were gold (car engines) and most were red in our trucks. Just remember, it's 60 years old and could very well have been re engined or repainted in that time!

Ross will know about finding the year of manufacture on the engine! Or Bobby!

 

your looking in the right spot but sometimes they were not stamped very well and you can't find them, or they have been machined off, or maybe they only stamped part of the number????? I have seen a few with no numbers and some with only partial #'s visible.
here is a helpful site with this info.
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Jules,
I appreciate the vote of confidence but I think you might be a bit confused, while I have had some experiences with dating older flatties, and a few that were well endowed I am not much use on figuring out the date of manufacture of old engines.

And as far as the coloring goes, the reds were always fun, and the golds were very nice as well, but since I'm not Captain Kirk I can't comment on the greens....lol

Bobby

 

There are two sub-models of 8BA-type flatheads, that can be identified by the valve springs. Other than that, it really doesn't matter exactly what year the engine was made (and the valve spring types can be swapped as long as you swap all the pieces on the valve). The lower style is '51-up. See attached.

 

have you ever wondered how many times that thing has been changed or swapped out ????? i wouldnt concern myself as i , and i'm going to assume you also , arent gonna be competing in one of those uptight concours shows where everything has to be just so , or you lose ..... it's a flatty , it's fun , and it'll be a blast to drive . enjoy it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This thread reminds me when I took my '53 to the State Farm office to get insurance. The agent took pictures and noticed the odometer was on 85000 miles. He looked at me and said, Wow, thats really low mileage for this truck. I just shrugged and said, yea, I guess so.....Wow, kids these days!

 

[quote=Julies Cool F1;8896297]Stupid, no but maybe a little silly.

Why would anyone want to date a flatty? Why don't you find yourself a nice girl with a good figure?

Now that 's funny !!!!!!!!!!

If you have a flatty that is not cracked and runs consider yourself lucky !!!

 

There fixed!

 

now c'mon ax !!!!!! the 53 would run if i'd get my head outta my backside , get it rewired , and back together . stu and tim can tell you i drive it every dain day when it is !! the 52 runs , and it comes with a spare flatty that smoked . so mine work , and will continue to do so ....unlike them generic bowties that fall by the wayside as time goes on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I was referring to the flattie Julie was talking about.

 

well after those use crack long enough they do have a tendency to lose a lot of weight and become flattie's ... either a old looking flat junkie or flat on their back in a morgue .................... warped i know .............................. and i was just giving you guff ax !!! just didnt get the reaction i was hoping for ........LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

OK OK OK no it will not be a show truck didt know I was beating a hornets nest lol ok I have decided its going to be fun red just trying to be as close to original as my wallett can afford lol because you know and I know some body when its finnished is going to say you know you got that paint wrong on flatty then I will just have to walk off lol before he see the smoke rolling out of my ears lol there always has to be a wise guy

 

Paint it green, Henry F was very fond of that greyish green engine color on flatheads and it even looks good.