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40 Coupe

03-21-2015 @ 7:20 AM

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your block appears to be 35 or 36. When you remove the intake manifold there should be a vent pipe in the front RH corner of the valley. If the vent tube is not there it is a 33-34. Your oil pan is 33-34 That oil pan does not cover the vent in the 35-36 block correctly, the 35-6 oil pan has a proper shape and size cover for the vent.

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03-21-2015 @ 7:17 AM

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Note shape and size of the coolant holes for the heads.

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03-21-2015 @ 7:16 AM

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drain cocks straight down, not at an angle as your photo

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03-21-2015 @ 6:59 AM

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driver drain cock

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passenger drain cock

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Engine out for better identification?

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02-21-2015 @ 5:49 PM

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Maybe yes. If the front of the engine is flat, without recesses between the timing gear cover, then it is back in the running.

It could be one of those rare Canadian transition blocks where the bosses for both the '32 and '33 model drain cock configurations were cast into the engine blocks and they still had flat fronts, without the recesses mentioned above. (Those Canadian transition blocks existed because of the 5-month lag in the start up of Australian '32s [Ford of Australia being a Ford of Canada subsidiary at that time] compared to the '32 model production start up in Canada.) That lag carried over into the '33 model year, hence the need for two different drain plug configurations.

Or, another possibility is that the drain cocks could have been moved post production to improve their accessibility.

One impressive aspect of the engine in the photo is the gennie crossover exhaust pipe.

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02-21-2015 @ 12:23 PM

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Drivers side manifold and dipstick are a good sign . Intake is 35 or newer and the drains do look cocked out . That is not good and the front of the block is not visible to see if recessed or flat . Drains kinda kill it as being a 32 though .

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02-21-2015 @ 10:06 AM

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The key to identifying the year of the block is the location/orientation of the water petcocks. The 1932 engine was the only early Ford V8 with the petcocks pointing straight down. If you look at post #35 on the previously referenced site (http://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25301&highlight=flathead+block+differences&showall=1) you will see that one threaded hole is larger than the rest (the second hole in the surface where the pan bolts on as you go from the front of the block), this is where the petcock goes. The manifold is at least 1934 as this was when the 2-barrel carburetor was introduced. If you start with a ’32 block the rest of the parts will bolt on, but be forewarned they are very expensive. You should get a copy of “The 1932 Ford Book” from the club as it shows the many changes to the bolt on parts that occurred during the year.

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02-21-2015 @ 9:06 AM

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I am no expert on the 32 engine, but it looks like a later fuel pump and the drain petcocks look different than the 32 ones.

Here is a link to engine identification.

http://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25301&highlight=flathead+block+differences&showall=1

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