In defense of 6 cylinders

[skidmarks]

Today, trucks use an apportioned tag with a cab card that shows what states a commercial truck is legal to haul in and you have to keep mileage documents so at the end of the year each state gets their chunk of the taxes . Also involves your IFTA sticker usdot number, icc ,mci blah blah blah Prior to that you had to register and tag your rig for each state your ran in hence all the license plates and fuel stickers.

[amodel25]

Somewhere I read that the 254 flathead six was used in school busses as well through 1953.

[RalphG]

Originally Posted by 38 coupe

Looks like a six cylinder truck to me.

Kinda makes you wonder why a truck version of the 255 flathead V-8 was never offered in the USA. Maybe Ford wanted more than three main bearings in an up-rated engine for the two ton trucks?

We never saw six cylinder engines in Ford trucks here til the mid fifties. I've read that the 8 EL 337 Lincoln flathead was offered in the big Ford trucks and later on they also got the Y block before Ford cars did.

[Als48]

Does anyone know what engine a '50's White semi tractor used? I remember seeing one a few months ago, that a friend had repainted and flipped. Don't think he rebuilt the drivetrain. If I remember correctly, it was a flathead six, with over 500 cubic inch displacement. Probably a torque monster!

Al Hook

[frnkeore]

Originally Posted by Als48

Does anyone know what engine a '50's White semi tractor used? I remember seeing one a few months ago, that a friend had repainted and flipped. Don't think he rebuilt the drivetrain. If I remember correctly, it was a flathead six, with over 500 cubic inch displacement. Probably a torque monster!

Al Hook

If you can give me a closer year, I may be able to find it.

Irrelevant but, I had a White "city tractor" in '78. It had a 200 hp, OHV, 400 6.