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Subject: French Flathead Block
From: ardunbill@webtv.net
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:49:00 -0500 (EST)
List,  usually reliable sources tell me the French Flathead 24 stud
block has the 59A style cast-on bellhousing, the center main bearing web
is strengthened, it has some bosses on it for military accessories, but
that our home-grown Henry Ford internals interchange in it.  And most
important of all, Ardun heads will go on.  Your mileage may vary.  

It may look a little funny with its bosses, but my 2 cents worth is
there is no harm in letting it run with the other Flatheads at
Bonneville.  But at a reported $1500 apiece, I won't be buying any when
good domestic blocks are available for $300.  And probably many, many
thousands of them still out there in this great land.  Cheers,
ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp,  Chesapeake, VA

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