The Ford Barn

Larry Brumfield · 11-24-2010, 07:34 PM

Different strokes for different folks, Ed.

We'll wait for you at the top of the hill.

ed stanley · 11-24-2010, 07:52 PM

OK Purdy - I see your points. I suppose there are only so many good original head left. And saving gas is always a good thing for the environment. And people do get impatient following a Model A uphill.

Ed

Chris Haynes · 11-24-2010, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ed stanley

What's wrong with Henry Ford's heads? Geez - I don't want to go 65 miles an hour in a car with a wood frame and mechanical brakes.

If your car has a wooden frame it is not a Model A Ford.

Keith True · 11-24-2010, 08:06 PM

Like Purdy says,driveability.I can hit the hill at 45 and top it at 45.The exhaust smells cleaner.Runs cooler.Fuel mileage up.I have a low mile roadster that was a pretty zippy car.I put a BF head on my pickup and now the roadster seems like a dog.I monkeyed with it for a while,looking for something wrong,but figured out it was the same as ever.The head just made that much of a difference in the truck.I have installed a few Snyder heads for customers,those are always,while it's in the garage let's do this or that.They seem to work well,the people I installed them for have nothing to compare them to except their before and after performance.I still have one new BF head,that one is going on the roadster.That was just a lucky find.I bought a bunch of parts that were from the estate of an A owner.There were 3 or 4 heads in the pile.I leaned them in the shed between the studs,and a couple years after I put them there I happened to look at one while setting out mouse poison.It had BF cast in the top of the head.At a close look it seems to be new.Funny thing was is that I bought the pile from a Model A dealer and appraiser,and he never noticed it.I never noticed it when I bought the stuff,I never look at the heads as they have gotten to the point where you have to take them when you buy the good stuff.He probably thought the same as I did,more iron to take up room and get rid of.

ed stanley · 11-24-2010, 08:09 PM

Well Chris - I meant the body frame of course. And Larry - thanks for waiting at the top of the hill. I'm in 2nd gear now - chugging along - - - - Hang on - I'll get there.

ford1 · 11-24-2010, 08:44 PM

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to answer Eds question. there is nothing wrong with an original model A head ,its just that give any guy a car he wants it to go farther, higher, longer, faster and noiser than the other guys, its in the blood, and the Brumfield head just helps them do that LOL

Cool Hand Lurker · 11-24-2010, 11:30 PM

Larry, I picked up a basket case Model A and I hauled it into the yard with a cracked head. Not me, the Model A. I tried to cover the crack up with duct tape but the paint wouldn't stick to the tape so everybody who saw it laughed at me. Except the street rodder who wanted to buy it and said I could keep the engine anyway. I duct taped him to a tree, gray beard and pot belly included. Last thing he said to me was "Mmfffhttt...."
But anyway, put me on your non-list whenever you don't get around to not making any new heads. It doesn't have to be a real high compression one, most things I do now are going downhill anyway. I just want one because you are from Shiner Bock country so you can't be all bad.
Lurk

11-24-2010, 07:34 PM	#21
Larry Brumfield Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 351	Re: Question for Larry Brumfield Different strokes for different folks, Ed. We'll wait for you at the top of the hill.

11-24-2010, 07:52 PM	#22
ed stanley Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: southbridge, MA Posts: 21	Re: Question for Larry Brumfield OK Purdy - I see your points. I suppose there are only so many good original head left. And saving gas is always a good thing for the environment. And people do get impatient following a Model A uphill. Ed

11-24-2010, 08:06 PM	#24
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 2,987	Re: Question for Larry Brumfield Like Purdy says,driveability.I can hit the hill at 45 and top it at 45.The exhaust smells cleaner.Runs cooler.Fuel mileage up.I have a low mile roadster that was a pretty zippy car.I put a BF head on my pickup and now the roadster seems like a dog.I monkeyed with it for a while,looking for something wrong,but figured out it was the same as ever.The head just made that much of a difference in the truck.I have installed a few Snyder heads for customers,those are always,while it's in the garage let's do this or that.They seem to work well,the people I installed them for have nothing to compare them to except their before and after performance.I still have one new BF head,that one is going on the roadster.That was just a lucky find.I bought a bunch of parts that were from the estate of an A owner.There were 3 or 4 heads in the pile.I leaned them in the shed between the studs,and a couple years after I put them there I happened to look at one while setting out mouse poison.It had BF cast in the top of the head.At a close look it seems to be new.Funny thing was is that I bought the pile from a Model A dealer and appraiser,and he never noticed it.I never noticed it when I bought the stuff,I never look at the heads as they have gotten to the point where you have to take them when you buy the good stuff.He probably thought the same as I did,more iron to take up room and get rid of.

11-24-2010, 08:09 PM	#25
ed stanley Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: southbridge, MA Posts: 21	Re: Question for Larry Brumfield Well Chris - I meant the body frame of course. And Larry - thanks for waiting at the top of the hill. I'm in 2nd gear now - chugging along - - - - Hang on - I'll get there.

11-24-2010, 08:44 PM	#26
ford1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: oroville ca. Posts: 1,554	Re: Question for Larry Brumfield Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) to answer Eds question. there is nothing wrong with an original model A head ,its just that give any guy a car he wants it to go farther, higher, longer, faster and noiser than the other guys, its in the blood, and the Brumfield head just helps them do that LOL

11-24-2010, 11:30 PM	#27
Cool Hand Lurker Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: So Minn Posts: 1,565	Re: Question for Larry Brumfield Larry, I picked up a basket case Model A and I hauled it into the yard with a cracked head. Not me, the Model A. I tried to cover the crack up with duct tape but the paint wouldn't stick to the tape so everybody who saw it laughed at me. Except the street rodder who wanted to buy it and said I could keep the engine anyway. I duct taped him to a tree, gray beard and pot belly included. Last thing he said to me was "Mmfffhttt...." But anyway, put me on your non-list whenever you don't get around to not making any new heads. It doesn't have to be a real high compression one, most things I do now are going downhill anyway. I just want one because you are from Shiner Bock country so you can't be all bad. Lurk