Here is a nice 337 in a '51 Muntz Jet. I really liked the engine, the car, not so much.
Mark

 

Strange place for the generator on top of the engine, hmm maybe he wanted it in the airstream from the fan? Headers running to hot?

 

That's where the gen is on all flat V8's, although that one appears to be up and forward to clear the dual carbs.
I knew Muntz used Ford flatties, didn't realize they used 337's. I hope they had PS!

 

Really? Never saw the gen at this place before. But I'm not a flat-specialist ;-)

 

I thought the Muntz had Mercury flatheads in them. I was surprised to see the 337.
Mark

 

Muntz used either the Lincoln 337 or the Cad 331. I'm in the planning stages on installing a 337 in my F-2.

 

There was no 'standard equipment' engine for "Madman" Muntz' Road Jet.

Could have Ford or Merc 239 flatties, Lincoln 337 flatty. OHV V8: Cadillac 331 & Olds 303 (both introduced in 1949, but Cadillac was introduced first) & Lincoln 279 (introduced 1952).

'Course, today, could have just about any engine, as long as it fits in the engine compartment.

The Muntz Road Jet was the first car with a center console.

1940/48 Continentals came with V12's, but the engines (1940/41 & 1947/48, 1942/46 were slightly different) were so unreliable, that many were replaced with Ford/Merc flatties, OHV V8's.

 

On the Y block they retained the generator but moved it down the side and low. They are a bitch to work on compared to up top. It's been downhill ever since.