Hi Jordan
Good luck finding a running flathead that you seek at a reasonable price....
Never trust the "ran a while ago story" neither as flatties invariably seize up tighter than a drum after time due to the nature of their construction. I always assume that unless a guy can start it for me right there and then that it is a "rebuilder", period, and only worth scrap.
Flatheads are also prone to cracks and you may have what appears to be a good one turn out to be scrap. You may need to go through several before finding a truly rebuildable one. It might cost you a bunch of time and money tearing several down and then having hot tanked and magnafluxed before you have a decent block.
At one time I had 4 engines, tore them all down and ended up with 1 good one and 3 boat anchors.
Lastly, a flathead rebuild is going to cost you big time. The last one I had done was in excess of $3000 and that was several years ago.
You might want to entertain one of the crate engine flatheads floating around, I believe that the were French rebuilds and came in a couple years ago. Marcus at Willys Acres had some and they were reasonably priced compared to doing a complete rebuild. They were slightly different but for the price not a bad sub. Alternately you could consider re-powering the carrier with an alternate motor. I always thought a small diesel would be neat....
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1968 M274A5 Mule Baifield USMC
1966 M274A2 Mule BMY USMC
1958 M274 Mule Willys US Army
1970 M38A1 CDN3 70-08715 1 CSR
1981 MANAC 3/4T CDN trailer
1943 Converto Airborne Trailer
1983 M1009 CUCV
RT-524, PRC-77s,
and trucks and stuff and more stuff and and.......
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