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Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: wayne petty on April 06, 2009, 05:52:37 PM

Title: flat head six in a .....
Post by: wayne petty on April 06, 2009, 05:52:37 PM
was junk yarding this morning...   ran across this jem.... in the junk yard...

a very late 50's or early 60's rambler... i had no idea they came with flat heads sixes...

sorry for the crumby photo...   call phone cam in bright sun.. i misadjusted the exposure... trying to get it right...
Title: Re: flat head six in a .....
Post by: phat46 on April 06, 2009, 05:57:44 PM
Quote from: "wayne petty"was junk yarding this morning...   ran across this jem.... in the junk yard...

a very late 50's or early 60's rambler... i had no idea they came with flat heads sixes...

sorry for the crumby photo...   call phone cam in bright sun.. i misadjusted the exposure... trying to get it right...

We had a '62 Rambler for a second car when i was a kid. It had a flathead six in it. My sister got hit by a small dumptruck in it!!!  :shock:
Title: flat head six in a .....
Post by: enjenjo on April 06, 2009, 06:04:21 PM
AMC kept the flathead until 64 in the American.
Title: flat head six in a .....
Post by: wayne petty on April 06, 2009, 06:43:05 PM
seems a few people know about these...

are they the same motor as the continental six???  used in so many fork lifts... and related to the jeep six???

i just don't have a clue on these...
Title: flat head six in a .....
Post by: enjenjo on April 06, 2009, 07:04:38 PM
Quote from: "wayne petty"seems a few people know about these...

are they the same motor as the continental six???  used in so many fork lifts... and related to the jeep six???

i just don't have a clue on these...

Nope, AMC all the way Started out as a Nash engine in the 40s. 196 CI Closely related to the OHV 196 engine Nash used in the 50s