Bob, it sounds like you have "been round the block" a couple of times - meant respectfully!

My love of flatheads goes back to my first "hot rod" - a '28 A Ford roadster - that was flathead powered. The year was 1953, before the SBC came into being.

I have always had something that had a flathead engine; now days some consider the poor old flathead "out of date" - which it is!

I'm, not sure where or when this sudden revival of the flatty came along.

There seems to be a lot of "wet behind the ears", "I got to have one" youngsters that are "popping up" and really don't understand that - yes a well dressed flathead looks good - these things are a BIG drain on the pocket book.

They are tempremental, - overheat easily - fast becoming hard to find; hell they went out of production OVER 50 years ago!! And unless you want to "pony up" MANY dollars for one of the newly cast ones - and don't produce a decent power to dollar ratio.

But; what more can I say. I still love them!!