[Land-speed] Ford Flathead

[Rich Fox]

I believe the rule defining Vintage engines predated the French blocks. It is really ment to keep out Donavin and such blocks to maintain some semblance of Vintage in the Vintage classes. When the French blocks were made available they did not meet tie estabilished rules. The rules were not made as a response to the French blocks as Jack seems to me implying.

--- On Thu, 8/5/10, NT788 at comcast.net <NT788 at comcast.net> wrote:


From: NT788 at comcast.net <NT788 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Ford Flathead
To: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>
Cc: land-speed at autox.team.net, "desotoman @dslextreme.com" <desotoman at dslextreme.com>
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 12:06 PM


The old term Hot Rod meant souping up stuff either byB hard workB and or by
spending money!

B It didn't mean makingB more rules!B That's what promoters do!B The effort
spent making rules could be better spentB optimizing yourB combination!

An old rusty antique flathead is more expensive to build than a frenchie! The
fast ones have been camouflaged anyway!B 

WhenB aB B playing field is levelB the most money winsB I:E Nascar!

Remember the frog who gets boiled slowly!

The rule book is thick enough!

Let freedom reign!

Jack Costella






----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>
To: "desotoman @dslextreme.com" <desotoman at dslextreme.com>,
land-speed at autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2010 7:32:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Ford Flathead

Tom,

Please help me understand how a stronger block makes an unlevel
playing field. Does that make a World Castings Chevy Merlin block unfair?

Since I have not studied the "French" issues, this may be a dumb
question........is there more to it?

Skip



At 12:10 PM 8/4/2010, desotoman @dslextreme.com wrote:
>"The french rule makes flathead "Lovers" spend more $. Bad! Jack"
>
>Sorry Jack, I disagree, it makes for a level playing field.
>
>Tom Gerardi
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