Title: oh great flat head
Post by: jcassity on November 23, 2014, 12:50:29 PM
Post by: jcassity on November 23, 2014, 12:50:29 PM
we beckon unto thee
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: jcassity on November 23, 2014, 12:51:37 PM
Post by: jcassity on November 23, 2014, 12:51:37 PM
and more
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: thunderjet302 on November 24, 2014, 05:35:14 PM
Post by: thunderjet302 on November 24, 2014, 05:35:14 PM
Not a Ford flat head V8. On a Ford flat head V8 the exhaust exited down (ie like a 5.0) not up and back around the intake manifold.
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: V8Demon on November 24, 2014, 06:24:46 PM
Post by: V8Demon on November 24, 2014, 06:24:46 PM
It's a Cadillac flathead. At first I thought it was a Ford as well. I figured maybe someone had done a reverse flow on it, but I took note of the 21 bolt head and the stock intake manifold. NOBODY would do a reverse flow setup on a Ford while keeping that manifold.
Any idea as to what type of car that is?
Any idea as to what type of car that is?
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: jcassity on November 25, 2014, 05:42:15 PM
Post by: jcassity on November 25, 2014, 05:42:15 PM
I am remembering....... I believe it was a cady
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: ZondaC12 on November 25, 2014, 09:11:57 PM
Post by: ZondaC12 on November 25, 2014, 09:11:57 PM
Looking at that grille, the bumper "bullet", and the windows/door frames, it's definitely a GM, 99% sure it's a Cad, and probably post-war, just before they introduced their OHV V8 in 1949.
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: BCA on November 26, 2014, 10:32:03 AM
Post by: BCA on November 26, 2014, 10:32:03 AM
I find wandering through wrecking yards like this both a fascinating and yet a somber moment at the same time. I like to imagine when the car was brand new and just delivered to its first owner. The elation and excitement of that moment, and the sadness that would be in the heart of that person if they saw what it was like today.
Looks like it is/was a green 1948.
Looks like it is/was a green 1948.
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: Herbsbird on November 26, 2014, 10:45:54 AM
Post by: Herbsbird on November 26, 2014, 10:45:54 AM
Great Patina!
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: jcassity on November 26, 2014, 02:50:33 PM
Post by: jcassity on November 26, 2014, 02:50:33 PM
Quote from: BCA;441017
I find wandering through wrecking yards like this both a fascinating and yet a somber moment at the same time. I like to imagine when the car was brand new
I do that to but I also think about where I am at , the town or whatever and imagine what the town might have been doing or looked like. I also imagine the same situation where "this car being brand new",, what did the old cars look like running the roads at that time. Could it be possible at that time someone was sporting a Stanley steamer in this town? or perhaps one of those hybrid bicycles with engines...
I also like to image the factory worker and the processes they went through to build cars then.
I was in Detroit once and imagined the possibility that the folks over in that cemetery , someone in there built the car I am leaning on now.
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: BCA on November 26, 2014, 03:42:27 PM
Post by: BCA on November 26, 2014, 03:42:27 PM
Scott,
Sounds like you would enjoy one of my favorite time waster threads.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/
Sounds like you would enjoy one of my favorite time waster threads.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/
Title: oh great flat head
Post by: Beau on November 26, 2014, 04:02:06 PM
Post by: Beau on November 26, 2014, 04:02:06 PM
Kind of like an '80s hair metal band. Pretty hot shiznit to see in the day...but now it's just about painful to look upon. There are some exceptions, but not many.
RIP flatheaded Caddy.
RIP flatheaded Caddy.