[Land-speed] last US flathead?

[Rich Fox]

Stude six went to OHV in 63 I believe.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joseph lance" <jolylance at earthlink.net>
To: "Benn" <karhu at california.com>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] last US flathead?


> 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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