[Land-speed] last US flathead?

[joseph lance]

Last flat head engines;

Last Plymouth was 59, Maybe some Studebakers after 58

DeSoto and Chrysler ended 53 or 54

Last Hudson was 56

Last Packard and Pontiac in 54.

Packard 1954 in-line flathead straight eight had 8.7 CR, nice quench area, 
think it was the highest stock CR of ANY production engine in 1954 including 
the "modern" OHV V8s.

I think my 63 Corvette 327 cid, 340 HP still holds the CR record at 11.25 
for U.S. production engines.

Lance


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benn" <karhu at california.com>
To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:04 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] last US flathead?


> The adoption date for insert bearings in the Chev 6 got me wondering about
> when the last US mfr stopped building flatheads.  Seems to me Plymouth 
> still
> was building them into 1960 or so...
> Benn
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