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40cpe · 08-28-2020, 09:14 AM

Back in the late '50s as a teenager I put a 239 from a '54 Victoria in my '37 coupe. I used an adaptor for the transmission, a Hurst motor mount that bolted the the front of the engine to stock motor mounts, and a truck oil pan. If I remember correctly, the only thing I had to fabricate was a generator mount and the exhaust. After all that, it didn't run any better than the flathead.

08-28-2020, 09:14 AM	#4
40cpe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Star, MS Posts: 4,162	Re: Was the Y-Block introduced in 1954 designed to replace previous flathead? Back in the late '50s as a teenager I put a 239 from a '54 Victoria in my '37 coupe. I used an adaptor for the transmission, a Hurst motor mount that bolted the the front of the engine to stock motor mounts, and a truck oil pan. If I remember correctly, the only thing I had to fabricate was a generator mount and the exhaust. After all that, it didn't run any better than the flathead.