rebuilding · FF-0546

Why are so few shops willing to rebuild an engine like the 1938 Ford Flathead?

Barry says there are a lot of problems with an old engine: parts matching, specialty machining, rare model years and plain parts availability. This 1938 Ford Flathead V8 is rare because it is a 21-stud, which he says was mostly phased out after 1937, and it is also a 221 cubic inch engine.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

parts supply and machining

Applicable scope

1938 Ford Flathead V8, 21-stud, 221 cubic inch, as Ed describes it; the same engine as FF-0420 to FF-0431 at an earlier stage