I'm excited,gettin new toy 1949 DODGE!

diymirage said

allright, im about to show my age here...but i thought ford was the the only one who made flatheads

so when you guys are talking flathead this, flathead that, are all these vehicles that got the hotrod engine swapped into it, or did mopar make their own, i guess less iconic flathead?

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Flatheads were VERY common, by lots of manufacturers in the 20s thru the 50s. Packard, Ford, GM, and Mopar built flathead sixes, straight eights, and v8s into the 50s. Overheads were rare,(mostly buick) until the caddy/olds overhead v8s of 1949. Plymouth used a flathead six thru 59, until replaced by the /6 in 60.
I have three flathead powered mopars, a six and two straight eights.