My flathead

[Bookmaker]

Marv, thank you once again for pointing me in the right direction... I'm going to read it and try to retain it shortly ;D

Thank you for the size ref' Roger, it is quite wonderful how some of you guys out there make these miniatures. I used to recondition full size IC engines and they were hard enough to work with!!

I'll keep looking at this thread... I want to see the vid' too. You could just take 3-5 short vid's and edit them to make a longer one... 2 minutes is long enough for some engines... this one might take 4-5 though ;D



Ralph.

Ralph,
I am a little computer ignorant. Is there a free program out there for editing short movies together?
Roger

 

[shred]

If you have Windows XP or Vista, there's a tool called 'Windows Movie Maker' installed that does pretty well and the price is right-- Free.

 

[Bookmaker]

Ralph and Shred,
I found Movie Maker. Thanks guys!

 

[T70MkIII]

I'm late to this party.  How's progress, Roger?

 

[JackF]

Hi Bookmaker.
Just found this website today. What a beautiful engine. I have been looking for someone who has made a ford flat head V8 for about 2 years and just ran across you here. Did you make plans for this project? If so would you sell a set? To close, Is the engine done yet?

 

[steamer]

Nice!

I like it alot!

Dave

 

[ozzie46]

Very Very Nice


Ron

 

[Bookmaker]

Hi Guys,
Just got my ignition in. Must have a timing problem or something. I will sort it out next week end. All that is left to do is mount the radiator. I will take some pictures and post next week.
Best regards and Happy New Year to all,
Roger

 

[ChooChooMike]

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

VERY IMPRESSIVE !! Can't wait to see it run !

I'm sure all of us are wondering about your "whittling" process on the block. Please give us LOTS of details when you have the chance !

Mike

 

[Divided He ad]

Hi Roger,

will take some pictures and post next week.

Don't forget something for scale ;D


Glad you've been working away on this one... It is such a good looking little beast 8)



Waiting for the photo's and a vid'



Ralph.

 

[Plushy]

Hi Bookmaker ,
Awesome build So Far :bow: :bow: :bow: and i cant wait to see this running . I have 8 of the Full size Flatheads in my shed all 59A motors i hope one day to build a few small scale versions as well . I have one question about your build and that is how did you machine in the siamesed exhaust port for the centre cylinders ?

Thanks and keep up the most excellent work .

Plushy

 

[JackF]

Hi Roger,
Dying to see your post that the Flat head is finished and running. How close? No pressure,Take your time. Ha Ha.

 

[chuck foster]

not trying to hijack this thread but the other day i was looking at this build and thought why not contact ford and see if drawings were available for the flathead.

well this is a small part of the email explaining the cost of the drawings


How can I obtain copies of the drawings?
If you are onsite: You can make paper printouts of parts drawings by using a microfilm reader / printer. The fee is $5 per microfiche.
If you are offsite: Copies may be obtained in several ways. The Research Center staff can provide a digital scan of a drawing on a CD or a 17” x 22” paper printout. The fee for personal use is $20 per microfilm, and the fee for commercial use is $50 per microfilm. If the engineering or factory part number is not given to us, there is an additional $35 research fee. For a detailed description of our reproduction policy for parts drawings, please visit http://www.thehenryford.org/pdf/parts_policy_fees.pdf.

as you can see it would get very expensive to get all the drawings.

i email gm as well and so far have not got a responce.

any who very very nice work and can't wait to see it run 8)

chuck

 

[cfellows]

Incredible work there, Roger. :bow:

Chuck

 

[T70MkIII]

Roger, did you ever get this one running?

 

[ironman]

Roger, a current posting of your labors on this beautiful flathead would be appreciated. Great workmanship. ironman