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Old 04-13-2014, 03:52 PM   #21
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Chris, that is outstanding!
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Old 04-13-2014, 06:05 PM   #22
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Chris, that is outstanding!
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Jim,

Don't let the naysayers get you down. While parts are tougher to find than for a typical Ford flathead, there's nothing wrong with the big brother Lincoln 337's. Is it bigger/bulkier/heavier? Yes, but so is a 392 hemi and that never stopped anyone from installing one in an early Ford!!

Regarding tranny's, find a passenger bellhousing as noted by rotorwrench above. This uses the normal borg-warner 3 speed tranny with or without overdrive. This same bolt pattern will allow you to use a later ford toploader 4 speed or 3 + 1 OD (same basic case) with minimal modifications. Add a jeep top shifter and you're in business.

As far as practicality - here's a photo of mine complete with Edmunds heads and intake in an original Henry steel 3 window '32 coupe. It's using the original borg-warner 3 speed overdrive tranny.


Absolutely awesome. Would love to put a 337 in my `41 Coupe with a 3spd O/D. I think it would just be an effortless "mountain leveler".
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Old 04-14-2014, 08:38 AM   #24
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Doesn't Dale Fairfax here on the 'barn play with this Lincoln V8? Pretty sure he'll chime in if he sees this thread.

https://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118614

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Old 04-14-2014, 11:21 AM   #25
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Not much more I can say-I love the one in my F-100. It's not only fun to drive but it's a great attention getter and conversation piece. I love it when somebody looks at it when the hood is open and I hear them say: "Oh look, it still has the Flathead in it". It drives like it has a huge electric motor in it:3rd gear at low speed --just push the gas down and off you go with no shudder or shake. 2nd gear at 40, do the same and you'd think it had a Chevy in it.

Back in '61, I had a "Baby" Lincoln with Hydramatic-I don't think I've enjoyed any car since nearly as much.

There's a guy on the H.A.M.B. with the handle "Hudson Joe" who has a really well done track style roadster with a 337 in it. I'm sure it's a west coast car.




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Doesn't Dale Fairfax here on the 'barn play with this Lincoln V8? Pretty sure he'll chime in if he sees this thread.

https://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118614

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Old 06-22-2014, 08:58 AM   #26
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Chris, that is a beautiful engine in a cool rod. I ran a 337 in a Lincoln in a 46 lincoln coupe years ago. Isky cam, 4 barrel, mallory, shaved heads, and duals. It was a respectable runner, in a heavy car. Walked off and left a new 1958 Ford, but not a new Chevy.
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Old 07-01-2014, 07:28 PM   #27
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Not much more I can say-I love the one in my F-100. It's not only fun to drive but it's a great attention getter and conversation piece. I love it when somebody looks at it when the hood is open and I hear them say: "Oh look, it still has the Flathead in it". It drives like it has a huge electric motor in it:3rd gear at low speed --just push the gas down and off you go with no shudder or shake. 2nd gear at 40, do the same and you'd think it had a Chevy in it.

Back in '61, I had a "Baby" Lincoln with Hydramatic-I don't think I've enjoyed any car since nearly as much.

There's a guy on the H.A.M.B. with the handle "Hudson Joe" who has a really well done track style roadster with a 337 in it. I'm sure it's a west coast car.
Clones of the "337 bashing" post crop up every once in a while. Dale, a guy who doesn't like to "toot" his own horn, would rather be working out in the garage, building things, than sitting around the computer telling guys what can't or should not be done! Lol!
I include a picture of the "337" going into his beauty of a pickup.
Good to hear from you, Pal. Hope you're feeling better and on the road to a full recovery...slim
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Old 07-01-2014, 07:50 PM   #28
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What is the HP and torque on one of those stock monsters? Walt
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Old 07-01-2014, 08:06 PM   #29
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Here's some ##'s for you number guys.
About torque though, Dale sez he doesn't even need low gear anymore! Lol! We started mine on an engine stand in a garage, and I'm telling ya, EVERY wrench on the bench was a'rattlein'...slim

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Old 07-01-2014, 09:26 PM   #30
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Bluecar and Mike51Merc make sense, the 337 is too heavy, too big, and to find an intake and heads other than stock very expensive. You need a frame and suspension which is designed or modified for the weight. I had a '49 Lincoln motor and after researching hot rodding it up, i.e., aluminum heads, multi-carb, headers, etc... for a mid '30's to mid '40's car realized what an expensive complicated project it was going to be. Sold it on e-bay.
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Old 07-01-2014, 09:49 PM   #31
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Ah, but the "cool factor" is nearly unmatched!
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Old 08-15-2019, 11:16 PM   #32
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wow, i see most replys about trans use in 337 are 5 years ago. I'm using one in my custom 40 cont #207. I purchased an adapter kit to use a turbo 350 gm as my purpose is less weight. 51 engines have no stick shift. but if you get the std pts from 49 or 50 you can easily adapt to a t-5 or 70's full syncro O D or on one of my cars I use a 60's 3 speed toploader with a cj5 jeep floor shift. being xcalautowker.com for 36 years, i've been wired trans changes. Reds heads makes headers for 337.
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Old 08-15-2019, 11:26 PM   #33
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Wasn't the original "Hot Rod Lincoln" a 337? …...Nope, internet sources say it was a V12.

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Old 08-16-2019, 06:49 AM   #34
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Can you say HOT ROD LINCOLN ? I love it!
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Old 08-16-2019, 09:47 AM   #35
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Well good luck finding the transmission and speed equipment. Be sure to post pictures of your progress I am curious as to how this will turn out. It will certainly be unique.
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Old 08-16-2019, 09:48 AM   #36
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I had a 50 Baby Lincoln and I loved it. Smooth. Bendstens makes an adapter to a Chevy automatic:
https://transmissionadapters.com/pro...14e2870b&_ss=r
Good luck finding any bellhousing for sale. I was looking to switch to a manual at least and I couldn't find anything.
H and H Flatheads also sells aluminum heads and intakes:
https://handhflatheads.com/product/a...oln-337-heads/
https://handhflatheads.com/product/a...take-manifold/
https://handhflatheads.com/product/l...austin-intake/
https://handhflatheads.com/product/a...take-manifold/
Reds Headers has headers:
http://reds-headers.net/index.php?ma...roducts_id=718
Now, this stuff is not cheap. But for pure awesomeness and uniqueness, can you really put a price on that?
I would love to shove one of these anchors into my 41 Tudor.
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Old 08-16-2019, 10:34 AM   #37
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Here's a story I have posted on the H.A.M.B. that might be of interest. Back in the early sixties, a couple of guys I knew shoehorned one of these into a '53 Ford. When they got it in, the front suspension was solidly on the bump-stops. When they got it running, it handled like the proverbial "safe in a wheelbarrow". The engine was probably not in the best of shape and the car was a pig. They abandoned the project and went looking for an affordable Olds Rocket.

As they say, "just because you can doesn't mean you should".
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Old 08-16-2019, 12:23 PM   #38
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The 337 powered Lincolns with 3-speed and overdrive used the T85 with the R11 overdrive. This same transmission was continued on in heavy duty applications clear up into the 70s except they used better casting technology for the T85N R11 transmissions. They would work behind a pretty stout 390 FE motor in a pickup. Hurst and others made 3-speed shifters to bolt on them.
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