Last week I told you about my stop by Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts and challenged you, the vast readership of BangShift to identify an interesting block and cylinder head that were in the building getting ready for a rebuild. It didn’t take long for the majority of guessers to nail it out of the park. The little four banger with one valve in the head and one valve in the block was a Willys Jeep F-head mill. That tough little mill powered many, many Jeeps and did so through thick and thin happily. The engines measure out to about 130ci and crank out about 70hp and 110 lb/ft of torque. The engine came out in 1950 and hit the Jeep line in 1953. It lived a pretty long production life, being installed until 1971.
Now for the new challenge – This one is so tough that the first person, if anyone actually does get it right, will win a BangShift shirt!
This tough bastard came out of an old fire truck that is being restored and it will be going back into said fire truck when Dana and Jon at Custom Auto Machine get it back in running order. In order to win the shirt, you need to give the correct make and displacement. Sorry, but we;re not making this one easy!
Looks like the old Lincoln engine from the 50s, like a 368….but it could be the truck variant, with that type of sodium filled exhaust valve.
I’m guessing a Ford 361 or 391 truck motor. Just a guess, but that odd block design with that unique lift valley is making me guess in that direction. Challenging!
279/302 or 317 Ford MEL
dont have a calibrated eye to measure the bore from here.
Forgot the MEL 332 same bore as the 317
It is a 1st gen. Linclon “Y” block which predated the “MEL”. These were used in heavy duty Ford trucks from 1954 to 1963 +/-. I’m gonna take a wild stab at the CID and say 332(?)
Lincoln Y-block
279
From a large ’54 Ford truck, probably an F600
small bore, Long stroke ford industrial block
International Harvester Loadstar 345?