Originally Posted by mtflat
You must have deep pockets. The french flatheads are going for about 4 grand and in stock form would be all you'd need. The ardun conversion which makes it an OHV engine is another 15-20 grand.
Combined you'd probably leave pieces of the stock tranny all over the place.
That was the reason the early rodders installed a Lincoln Zephyr 3 speed...just try finding one of those today!