[DavidG]

Mart,


Up until very recently I would have agreed that at any point in time in production the same frames were being used interchangeably with either fours or V8s. I encountered an unaltered frames with all of the original cross members intact and riveted in place that without modification can only be used with a four cylinder engine. There are no holes in the center cross member for the V8 engine steady rods and the holes for the four-cylinder engine steady rods are incompatible with the ends of the super-early V8 engine steady rods for so-called flange block engines. Ergo, it's only suitable for a four-cylinder engine unless one adds the holes for the V8 steady rods inboard of the holes for the four-cylinder steady rods.