I've got a date with a flathead V8

[wkat950]

I'll bet it won't croak like that stupid 2000 Explorer if you have a good mechanic. Yes it will cost at first and burn gas but there are fewer failure points.

[RichardZempel]

I love the old flatties but what's special about this one is the story. I guess you could say it was your daughter-in-law's unknown dowry. Let's hope the kids have the kind of bond their father's must have.

[175yam1]

its a great feeling pulling a old truck out ! i pulled out a old gmc 67 hadnt run for30 years and next day i had it running great stuff

[wsmikey]

arent those super rare??

[rpeek]

@wsmikey I don' t know if I'd call 'em super rare, but they sure ain't makin' 'em anymore..

[wsmikey]

@rpeek i have never seen one before lol

[318Captain]

@wsmikey well, it depends...I know a guy whos a avid ford collector and hes got maybe 4? 5? idk..they dont run. But they are in a shed.

[roadstarman58]

@wsmikey The truck yes, the motor no. Probably will take a big hammer, pry bar, vinegar, or dynamite ( whatever works best ) to get it apart. Those are the worst thing in the world for getting stuck. My opinion is because of the way condensation can run downhill around the valves and also find it's way into any cylinder with an open intake valve. I've never had the pleasure of tearing one down that wasn't stuck!

[rainerkaane]

beautiful! 

[robbovius]

really dig your videos Mr. peek, been following them since you dragged that shed over to your yard ;-) very entertaining, lots of character ;-) got my own project, but its in the early design stages, sorting out the donor etc...

[rpeek]

@robbovius  Sweet! Good luck with yours..

[toadabc]

Out here, that cab is worth more than the engine. I hated to see that bucket knock it over.

[biggdaddy2001]

paddel faster i still hear the banjos paddel faster lol let me know what im talking about

[LitterboxDiorama]

Well, I have a date with a slant six.....her name is Eileen.....get it? LOL

[rpeek]

I do get it, and anybody that's ever seen a slant six would.. By the way, that's a fine little engine.. That babe will run forever...

[Nsphere]

@LitterboxDiorama lol !! AWESOME :D

[drumsrule55]

@LitterboxDiorama HAHA, oh man I'm a little late, and thats stupid humor, but I laughed pretty hard

[xtpuller]

@LitterboxDiorama One of my ex girlfriends had one leg 1/2 inch shorter than the other but I didn't dare call her eileen.

[SoilentGr33n]

That is just awesome. It makes me kinda proud to be a gearhead when I see what other gearheads do and all the things they bring back home to rescucitate.

[xbry89x]

You're from maine? That's cool, I live in Caribou haha

[1damnnut]

ole cab over, my dad had a tow truck just like that one when i was a kid they're neat

[psuggmog]

Hody I just happened on this vid. I thought I'd seen most of your rat rod and banjo videos. The tune could only be "Thunder Road" I have fond memories of singing this song on camping trips as a kid. I sold a flathead V8 that came out of my old "53 Ford dumptruck and an old Merc flathead . I held on to them for a long time, planning to put the merc crank in the ford motor, got too involved in other projects and passed 'em on. I kept my old terraplane nose, probably end up on a rat vehicle

[rpeek]

I was thinking of putting this engine in the roadster, but it needs a good bit of work, and the Caddy was runnin.. I'm glad I went ahead with the project, but I still plan to get this engine running too, if I can. Maybe it'll be the next project..

[cubcadetpuller]

too bad the body is wrecked on the truck. it didnt look all that bad

[steigerfreak280]

that body is really fucked lol but what a find a good old flat head v8 i have a 47 ford truck with a old flattie in her that has been sitting for 30 years im going to start working on it very soon i will post videos as soon as i get started hopefully yous will check them out (:

[rpeek]

I'd appreciate that. I've got to climb up the learning curve to get this thing apart. Maybe you can lead the way.

[steigerfreak280]

yes possibly shes complete and looks well with no sign of moisture damaging anything ill pull the heads off her and have a look at the valves and what not and ill go from there im picking her up this sunday hopefully ill sneak a video in then good luck with pulling apart your old girl.

[rpeek]

Mine is a project that's waiting in line while I work on another project or two, but it's definately one I'm lookin' forward to.

[steigerfreak280]

thats good mine is first in line second i have an old british ford a thames it runs but needs some shining up and what not but its only a 6 banger ford engine but runs very well there is a few very short videos of her on here so what do you think you will have to do to your flathead to get her running??

[rpeek]

I like the thames..  I don't know what mine is going to go in. Figured I'd just get the motor runnin' and go through the tranny, then find something to put it in... We'll see.

[steigerfreak280]

sounds like a good idea yeah the old thames is a good reliable old truck ill take a better video next time with a camera not my phone lol

[Bamchucknorris]

scrub off that rust and lets see that silver beast shine!!!

[Midnight8723]

cool!!

[VinnyMartello]

Congratulations on that old flathead! What a neat find!

I know it's not American, but a friend of mine had a 1980 Suzuki GS 450L bike that he just gave to me. It sat in his garage for fourteen years! Well, the first thing we did was change the oil and put in a little starting fluid, it reluctantly fired up, backfired... and died. But dad and I have come a long way in the past couple months. It runs prety good now after all the work we put in it. This restoration has been pretty successful.

[rpeek]

That's cool....  Good work..

[dhswpea]

Hey, son here, just visiting said inlaws this weekend and having a wonderful time visiting. We brought my 2 boys down here so they could stay the week and go to vacation bible school at Riverside Babtist. He said he might start putting together a bulldozer he has in parts with my oldest boy's help. Wish I could teach him how to post video on youtube... but I'd have to learn to do that myself. One day.. :) Love ya dad. Talk to ya later.

[rpeek]

K. You get ready to post I'll teach you how. Not too hard to do. Ya'll have fun with that tractor. I'm off next week. Going camping for a few days, but other than that will be puttin' the ratrod back together. The pilot bearing is in the mail. Should have it be Tuesday. She's going to be a driver soon..

[vinn52]

THATS SWEET just picked up a 1951 4 dr,stock flathead v8,has not ran in10 yrs,hopping it will fire up first try,love the flathead sound,thats old skool.A I picked it up 4 free

[rpeek]

Can't beat free.. hahaha. Good luck with it.

[JGMagoo]

As I was watching this I was thinking how COOL it would be if after they got it home, they just hooked a battery to it and a can of fuel and started it up and it ran beautifuly. Oh well, fairy tales SOMETIMES come true. ;o)

[rpeek]

Yep. Well, she's a bit stuck at the moment, but I will get it running... Just takes time..

[geraldineski]

Congratulations!

I hate lucky people lol.

[rpeek]

Yea, I am wicked lucky.. I feel guilty about that all the time...

[84400]

where did you get that motor from? I gotta agree it is refreshing to see a flat head going in between them rails rather then a boring ol' 350.

[rpeek]

Well, what I've got in there now is not actually a boring old '350. It's a '53 Cadillac 331, which is a pretty cool motor in and of itself. And it's runable as it is right now. On the other hand, if I could get the flathead running, that'd be cool too. I've got the winter to tinker with it. The motor came out of a truck in the woods in South Georgia..

[D342DIESEL]

Cool some one actually put a ford flat head in a ford car in stead of the 350 chevy, This car is not a mut, its a peure bred

[TouchingArt]

I am not a motorhead so I don't know the song. I enjoyed meeting your son's inlaws when they were here, and I am wicked excited for you to have your engine for the ratrod.

[dhswpea]

That's awesome, love that u were able to put the video together like that. :) Looks great!!

[eragon30]

I can't name the song, but iv'e heard it somewhere before, and it sounds like it was played on one of your canjos, am i right there?

[rpeek]

Nope. Good try though. Next..

[rpeek]

Yea, it was pretty gone.. Glad we saved the motor and trans. I've got a ride to slip it into. Gonna be wicked fun.

[ntrains]

very cool want to hear it run, the whole truck would have been fun lol