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more about #flathead more comments → mechimike: Just picked up a '49 Plymouth with this engine. $500 I paid for the whole car. The oil looked fresh, I rigged up a battery to it and poured a little... more » Mad_Science: When it comes to old engines like these, the level of simplicity* blows my mind. The nuts and bolts are large, and placed where you can get to them. ... more » toyotadiesel: I know a guy who has one of these engines that he just rebuilt. Its in a 50's Dodge Coronet with a gyromatic transmission Bonus points to whoever kno... more » Deartháir II: So, fifty years later, what were the final performance numbers? Still 68 horsepower? It's not often that I don't know anything about an engine on EOT... more » MushyHeirloom: This engine had to walk to school uphill, both ways, in seven feet of snow (or, in its appearance in the original Chrysler Metric, 2.1 metres). And it... more » Alfisted: Gotta give an honorable mention here to another legendary Chrysler 6 - the 232/258/4.0 that powered Ramblers, AMCs and Jeeps from 1964 - 2006. Thank ... more » .357: I'm pretty sure the Flathead had a 50 year run. more » Novaload: I think it stopped in 72 but I wouldn't swear to it. As a closet MoPar freak, I checked and the biggest flathead 6 for cars was 265.5 c i for 218 ft/l... more » acarr260: Here's a Flathead that's a bit sexier (for our dragon brethren) more » Lost in the age of Aerostar: ...... but now it takes an Optima battery to start it? more » skaycog: Interesting article. This is an early photo of the M37, 3/4-ton utility truck production line. (I wish I could retain even half of what I learn here.) more » MadMechanic: Like the Sebring, an old design that just wouldn't die. Unlike the Sebring, its presence alone doesn't make babies cry. ....poet and didn't know it? more » CptSevere: I know that the displacement had grown to 230 CI by the fifties. That's what they used in the Power Wagons and M37. more » -
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Engine Of The Day: Chrysler Flathead Six
How long does an engine family need to survive in front-line use to become a legend? 42 years, like the Toyota R? 47, as with the small-block Chevy? Today's engine may have them both beat! More »
