WANTED: Ford Model B motor

[Guest BrookridgeFarms]

looking for a Model B motor in the Philadelphia area.

please email mogandbassett@comcast.net

thank you

[kuhner]

Is a model B motor an aluminum flathead V8? Is that a '32 Ford engine?

[CarlLaFong]

Model B is a four cylinder. Ford never built an aluminum V-8 for regular production

[Ozstatman]

Model B was the 4 cylinder Ford engine in '32 and Model C the 4 cyl in '33 (with counterweighted crankshaft!).

[CarlLaFong]

This seems to be something that has been repeated so many times that it has become a "fact". According to an article in Special Interest Autos on the 34 Ford 4 cyl cars (yup, they made some) 32, 33 and 34 foubangers were all called Model Bs by Ford. Model C was invented by hotrodders to differentiate between the counterweighted engine and the, earlier 32 engine.

Here is some more info on the, mythical "C" engine.

http://user.aol.com/bpanews/modb.html

[Ozstatman]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 58Mustang</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This seems to be something that has been repeated so many times that it has become a "fact".....32, 33 and 34 foubangers were all called Model Bs by Ford. Model C was invented by hotrodders to differentiate between the counterweighted engine and the, earlier 32 engine.......</div></div>

John,

I stand corrected, must be my old hot-rodding roots from 40+ years ago showing.

[CarlLaFong]

I still will say an engine has a "C" crank in it. No use in bucking tradition.