Go to http://www.halibrand.com/index1.htm and read all about em.
Jim in Palmdale
----- Original Message -----
From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>; <ardunbill@webtv.net>
Cc: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: French Flathead Block
> OK guys, was this actually the same block used in military trucks sent
over
> to Europe during WWII?
>
> John Beckett
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 8:49 AM
> Subject: French Flathead Block
>
>
> > 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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