Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

Went to see the previously mentioned new flathead block today. Mmmmm, Boy! It's a beautiful thing to behold. Much better in person, than in photos. Still coated with cosmoline & stinks accordingly. Never seen one of these new blocks personally. Don't know if I would ever get to see another one. So I bought it! Well, put a holding deposit. I'll get back there (5hr round trip) within the next fortnight, to finalise the transaction. Actual price less expensive, following negotiation. Seller is quite a decent chap, and certainly knows his stuff. Bit bewildering, some of the information, really.

I had taken certain items with me, for purpose of being sure everything fits as needed. Which they do. An interesting discovery was made while there. My crankshaft has a visible crack eminating from one of the connecting rod bearing lube holes. May not be disasterous. Only the rebuilding engineers would know for sure, and it may only be known after a magnaflux test. I'm looking at possibility of having one of the original cranks imported. It would be one made especially for these blocks, so it would mate perfectly with the French made con rods I have. I may need to fake my own disappearance, in order to affford this, but I really want this engine to be perfect. I'm not intending to need it out of the chassis once it goes in!

So ultimately, apart from the heads, distributor plate, crank & cam gears, and very little else, I will be recycling approximately DICK from the engine I bought ages ago. Such is life.