Questionable Old Inline.
Thread Starter
|
Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 7,190
Likes: 384
From: Near Los Angeles
Questionable Old Inline.
I was at the j/y today and came across two early 60's ford trucks. Both had inlines sixes, but I was surprised to see the s.plugs and dizzy on the passenger side, and the intake on the drivers side. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the engines were?
Also, I have to throw a curve at you. I came across a very interesting I6 in a car that I could not identify. It looked to be about a 1950 coupe, four door, and below the door windows were vertical grooves in the body, each about six inches long, about six inches apart--only on the doors.
I found the engine fascinating. Although the intake was on the drivers side, the exhaust did not exit the head, but further down on the block on the passengers side, through one central hole! It had a fuel pump bolted to the block, on the bottom, with a drive shaft sticking out parallel with the block, and must of connected with either a alternator run by the pulley. It was quite something to look at. I should have snapped some photos. Any body know what it was?
Also, I have to throw a curve at you. I came across a very interesting I6 in a car that I could not identify. It looked to be about a 1950 coupe, four door, and below the door windows were vertical grooves in the body, each about six inches long, about six inches apart--only on the doors.
I found the engine fascinating. Although the intake was on the drivers side, the exhaust did not exit the head, but further down on the block on the passengers side, through one central hole! It had a fuel pump bolted to the block, on the bottom, with a drive shaft sticking out parallel with the block, and must of connected with either a alternator run by the pulley. It was quite something to look at. I should have snapped some photos. Any body know what it was?
Senior User
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 458
Likes: 1
Don't know about the car, but it sounds like the engine might be a ****** F-head. This was a factory upgrade to the 4 and 6 cylinder flathead (L-head) engines, a new design hybrid head with overhead intake valves but sidevalve exhaust. You could google "****** F-head engine," maybe "Barney Roos F-head" (IIRC, Roos was the chief engineer).
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
projectdagger
Ranchero & 1961 - 1967 Econoline
3
Mar 30, 2013 05:02 PM
fenway9
Y-Block V8 (239, 272, 292, 312, 317, 341, 368)
4
Feb 1, 2009 01:03 PM
