Was a few videos ago now, but the first time I saw Steve with his new haircut, trimmed beard, and no ball cap, I thought you had a new employee: "Who the heck is THAT?" Lookin' good there, Steve: I think you lost about 20 years. 🤣

It’s amazing how quickly the replacement engine lit on the test stand…

Morning Matt & crew, Matt, your nephew is living a young hot rodders dream! Hanging out with his uncle in a hot rod shop!!

Back in the '60s my cousin had a Volvo PV544 that burned a lot of oil. One summer we decided to take off to Washington D.C. from Macon, GA in it to visit our aunt and uncle. Back then you could buy bulk oil in glass jars with lids that had built in funnels. Every time we stopped for gas we also had to fill up the oil with those bulk oil jars.

Sgt. oil loss or Lieutenant oil loss, is ok, Major oil loss is no bueno. Ty for taking us along

Man, I just love the sound of an engine idling!

You are getting very good at R&R jobs. Every time you work on the Delorean roadster, I have a picture of where you got it in my head, and I say I drove by there daily for over 30 years and and always said that would make a good lil hot rod shop. I couldn't look inside because of the fence

The biggest selling point when I drug my 57 Catalina out of it's barn space was the fresh 347 that had been installed shortly before it was parked and forgotten. Borescope confirmed. The flathead straight 8 in my 53 Packard is another story.

Love this car! Everything about her is spot on! Good thing you have a stockpile of engines on hand! Gotta love a flathead and all their headaches! Go Iron Trap, keep moving forward!

I wonder, was there a temptation to run the ex-military motor stock, as is? Amazing how easily it started.

Cool upgrade. Engine sounds great.

Thank you Matt , Mike and Steve for the update on the DeLorean !

Burning major oil, thanks for the info, just bought more, Exxon stock, just kidding. That replacement flathead sounds great!

Back in 62 I got a 49 Ford that had a mild build and it drank oil ...I tore it down and found it had Merc crank was bored 3 5/16 with 3 ring pistons every thing looked good cylinders check ok so just dingle berried them and new rings and while they were out new inserts. I ran it hard the year I had it and it didn't burn anymore excessive oil.

It is always something that "Murphy's Law" covers. You use a sketchy engine you get a sketchy result.

It would be nice to do a compression test on this, make sure cylinders are similar and just what it is exactly.

“Burned as almost much oil as gas…”. Ha! When I was in high school one of my best buddies had a ‘48 Studebaker that burned more than 40 qts of oil per 1,000 miles. We bought “Reclaimed” oil in big metal cans from Pep Boys. Another good buddy had a 1949 Stude that burned about the same amount of oil but also leaked a similar amount. Our high school was only a mile from our homes, and on a good day Barry could make it TO and Home FROM school without hearing the dreaded double rap of the conn rods knocking.

Very cool 🤙 just bought a handful of flathead multi carb intakes can't wait to put them to work

Nice work

I would bore it and get the appropriate sized pistons and rings. The other thing would be valve guides and seals. A new oil pump and bearings and gaskets and you have a good tight engine.

I wish I had a flathead mill, I need to get three or four and put one good one together.

Nice find

40 some odd years ago some of our local farmers used low milage flatheads on top of tall structures to keep frost off their crops. Some were available. I shoulda bought one as years later my 36 LB finally developed a huge crack during a long winter freeze.

Evan ? Did you replace Ryan already ? What fuel do you use in these vintage engines Matt ? Not sure the ethanol in modern fuel would be good. I run 1 oz to 10gals of marvel mystery. 👊😎👍

When you got the right tools and a nice shop an engine swap is not to bad!

I can relate to worn engine oil consumption in an old Ford. Back in the mid '70s, I had a Ford Galaxie 500, tudor, hardtop, 390, 4 speed that used oil to the point it was a "fill up the oil and check the gas" ride. The body was great with no rust, but the engine and drive train had had the living crap run out of it. (About 155k mikes, IIRC.)

I understand swapping the heads and intake from the hot rod engine for cosmetic purposes, but cam swap? Can’t believe worth the hassle..whassup?

That mil-surp engine sounds great! Did you do a precautionary cam break-in just in case it wasn’t done when rebuilt back in the day? Or do flatheads not require a cam break-in like ohv engines?

matt,why do you let those engines idle so low, not good for oil circulation

made my back hurt just watching you lift that intake manifold off. great video!

I was hoping to see the debute of that vintage engine hoist you salvaged. Might be a fun project for your nephew.

First time I see You guys pull a engine without pulling the transmission to .

Matt great video, did you take a compression test on the old engine versus the replacement engine? Just curious?

Maybe you could put the same 2 carb intake on the replacement motor.

Ooh yeah that's 👀 seen better days but the new one is tops will be great for the swap 👌 and hopefully run like expected ❤🎉😂

Sometimes the cookie crumbles. Fortunately, you have a ready engine and swappable parts.

Nice. Hope that you had a Great 4th of July. #STAYSAFE #PHILLYPHILLY 🇺🇸

Great video. Thanks for posting. Question: Is the rebuilt military flathead V-8 one of the built under license French V-8s used by their military through the 1980s? I've seen articles and ads for them periodically.

The military used V8s in aircraft auxiliary systems, so, they may have been bought 'military surplus', overhauled by the military.

Too bad the other engine failed you. It did give you a few months of enjoyable driving!

So... can the oil burning flathead you took out in this video be rebuilt, or is it just scrap?

Sweet❤

You could see the oily mess in the head pockets. What is the firing order and I see the cylinder numbers are opposite of Chevys, interesting!

Drag racing with a stock Columbia?? I’d like to know more on how to make one stay together. I’ve got a John Connelly bulletproofed unit, I’d still like to know if there’s other mods to help.

Hard to believe with all the engines you work on , you don't have an engine rebuild stand .

I haveto comment. Steve is wearing a "perfectly Shitty shirt". I was begging for this in comments a couple years ago. So not I have to find your merch store and buy one!!!!

Hope that engine works out for you. Seems to me , another 2 hours you could have thrown a set of rings in it and make a fresh engine of it. And give the valves a quick lapp. Your putting a lot of work in an old worn engine. Well, good luck anyway

Is that one of the Flatheads built for the French Military up through the 1980s?

Some other brands of engines were detuned for running at a constant speed sometime cams were retarded and compression was lowered with thicker head gaskets i am sure they will check

At least make the kid wear ear protection. He has a long time ahead of him to be hard of hearing. p.s. really great episode. My first flathead. Tighten up the gantry sequence. There is only so much chain pulling a man can stand. 🤠

I don't understand the wisdom of letting a test engine get to 200 dgs. The test stand appears to include water hookups, but with no fan and no thermostat I can see it getting to 200 dgs, but again why flirt with toasting an engine?

Man that fan noise ruins the video

Flatheads? Like putting a senior poodle on a dogsledding team. Really good looking however.

1, put the fuel pump pushrod with the shield back in . 2 , add valve stem seals . Chevy v8 fit nicely .

Why do people even mess with these antique obsolete engines ? They were obsolete 75 years ago !

first ! hey matt! keep the vids coming awsome way to start the day!

Chain falls are kind of like rotary phones they still work but they are slooooowwww! Time for an electric hoist!