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cliftford

10-10-2016 @ 7:31 PM

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I picked up an engine today and one head said 59AB and the other one said just 59A. I'm guessing that the latter is a truck head.Am I correct? Is it different form the 59AB head?

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10-11-2016 @ 7:32 AM

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The 59A head was used on the 1945 and 1946 engines, the 59AB was phased in during 1946. They were used in pairs, so both sides should be the same.

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10-11-2016 @ 7:50 AM

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Thanks, Tom, I was guessing that since they had different numbers they were not the same. After 60 years, I still keep learning new things about these old flatheads.

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10-12-2016 @ 6:56 AM

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The 2 part numbers are not the same. They were used in pairs, so both heads should have the same P/N.

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10-12-2016 @ 12:24 PM

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I bought a 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Sedan Coupe in 1971 with 39,000 miles on it. I knew the original owner,the second owner who I bought the car from and had a large amount of information from the local Ford dealer. The engine had a 59 A and a 59AB head and I received my first deduction on this at the Valley Forge Pa meet in 1976. I was never able to convince V8 Club judges that was the way it came. If I had paper work showing in the 25 year before I bought the coupe about every oil change to instrument bulb change why was a head swap never noted? Another point I was deducted on was a hit on some poor body work,grinding mark swirils on rain gutter/roof area. This ws on a rust free lower body area.At the time I was and still am I guess the same age as the '46 and I asked the judge why would such an original car need body work at that area? My guess is and I know this was an early prewar trunk tool box '46 body it was stored quicky and came out quickly to get built. I will forever maintain the different head feature though.

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