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OK cool,will be sealing the studs correctly for sure.From what info iv gathered the guy who build the engine was a kronk who ripped my old man off. The cam that he used was flat and had to be replaced,Valves are a mixed bag.The heads have been used more than once etc.

Sweet camaro!!

Haven't done much as iv been spending money and time on other things.Decided to pull the heads off and see how bad it was. Small patch of rust in cylinder no1 and a lot of rust around all the studs,actually pull seven of them out with the heads. Gaskets not to bad but seems water was getting in still. I think this confirms the block is a Mecurcy one due to the three different shaped water passages. Plan now is to pull engine and rebuild.With the tapping noise,mixed bunch of valves, and a fair bit of blow buy it seems like the right thing to do. Also I should have a new electric dizzy and 8ba timing cover coming soon.

Not sure who put this in but its goood for blowing hot air around your feet in the summer.Its operated via a switch on the passenger side Puts my Personal plates on from my old Rx3 coupe,black and gold kind of suits the car. Plates mean I Buzz You bit lame but got them free so yer.

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So five months later and sweet f all has been done to the car. I noticed a valve tap/chattering kind of noise coming from one of the heads. Still runs like crap thinking this is dizzy related. Anyway with the rust spots on the plug and the oil looking a bit off I suspected water in it, so I gave my mate a jar of it to send off for free testing. Results showed water,high levels of potassium & lead and slightly high levels of Aluminium and silicon. Thinking I might pull engine out and start again. Will update soon. And as I dont have any pic's thought Id post sum of the cars my old man used to have.

Wheres all the pictures?

[/url I also have a 8ba Manifold and a Ford 94 so i'm thinking of going with a single stromberg 97 and do away with the holley. Thats If the 8ba manifold fits In the mean time Il save up for a triple setup.

Update.Since the car landed In Oz its been running like crap. Back firing under load,It starts easy and will idles fine. Then one day the Holley stopped pumping fuel down the throat.It may have just needed a clean but the gaskets where looking a bit sad so i sent it off for a rebuild. With the carby back on it still backfired and ran like shit checked the float level and seemed fine.So problem still not fixed. Also plugs have super black and dry carbon built up and one was a little different to the rest Any Ideas? Im also woundering if the spacer between the car and manifold is to big Have also changed the oil and gear oil but have not yet done the Diff and overdrive.

Loving the mustang and cortina.

Yer I think it went for less than what we where asking.Its also the same engine as the fist pic. Not this one its to special to me.But if I where to find a 39 barrel nose then it would be chop chop.

Cool,nar im in Qld Australia.But from grew up in Te Awamutu. That engine was sold to a guy who was said to have two other Nos flatheads on stands. My old man knew a few people from Auckland he was the president of the North island early ford v8 club for a while. I know a guy in Auckland who has a very very nice 40 Roadster. Same engine another angle

Yer 239 with 8ba goodies,I think it may be a 99a mercury engine but i'm not 100% sure. This engine set up was put together not long before Dad passed away so I don't know to much about what was done. You might like this,Old man found this at an old Ford dealer down South it was a display engine never been started

A few more pic's Behind the seat is a second Fuel tank or maybe I could use it to run moonshine.Anyway we put a heap of things in there when the car was shipped and customs didn't even look. Also the car has been fitted with a gear splitter turns a 3sp into 6.Only really needed in top gear for high way driving but still cool to have.

Yup thats the plan at sum stage.iv got one 94 just need to find sum more or get sum brand new strombergs.

This thing is so cool. 3L v8 from a stag would be the bee's nee's in this.

Thanks,yup flathead v8. I used to go on car runs with my parents in this car and other early ford V8's when I was a kid, so it was hard not to full in love with Flatheads

//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47078-ratmazs-1939-ford-coupe/ Feel free to give me any advice of ideas you may have.

The car was restored in 1980 had a few owners then my dad picked it up in 1998 He did have a twin carb set up before it caught fire after that he went with the holly.

Hay, this is my 39 Coupe Deluxe that I inherited from my Dad I imported the car from Nz to Oz last year around June Over all it isn't to bad a car expect the paint but I can live with that for now.The back half of the car has a lot of cracking in the paint and crows feet.The front is ok but it was resprayed after an engine fire. Plans are to slowly fix a few little things and maybe get sum white walls and lower it just a bit. Long term plans are to respray the car and redo the interior. [/url This was the car when it was living In NZ. Car being loaded ready for shipping.Nont sure who showed these guys how to tie a car down [url=https://imageshack.com/i/f0EzYqN3j] Shit sure gets dirty out at sea.