ORIGINAL: jeep2003
ORIGINAL: Flypaper 2
There was a Willys Jeep engine back in the 50'swith the valves in the side of the block into the cyl. Didn't work very well so they weren't around long. L head and flat head are the same thing. Same as your older lawn mowers, simple and reliable.
wernt around long? hah flatheads were the standard design from the dawn of automobiles until the mid 50's. Jeep actually used them for almost 15 years.
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Some American Motors six cylinder engines used them into the Sixties. Ford used them until the 54 model year.
I drove a 53 Ford coupe with a flathead V-8 engine for the remainder of my high years. Sweet engine. On really cold winter mornings, often my old Ford was the only one that started on the whole street. <G>
Ed Cregger