Presidents Corner
Greetings from California. The national meets have come to a close. A big THANK YOU to Bob and Judy Malley who chaired the Eastern meet and L.D. Charf who chaired the Western meet. These hard-working leaders and their numerous volunteers made these two meets fantastic events.
This year we toured to the Western National meet with 14 cars from Regional Group #27. There’s nothing like touring with the old Fords and a great group of V-8’ers. We were on the road for fourteen days and during this tour we had some great side tours and surprises given to us by other V-8’ers. On our way to Tacoma we were invited to a car show in Toledo, Oregon by V-8’ers Jim Tough and Tom Chandler. It was a great show with cars, a quilt show and a street fair. They even treated us to lunch.
After five days in Tacoma our tour home took us to Port Angeles, Washington. Here V-8’er Coy Thomas and his friends took us on a day-long tour where we visited numerous garages, a restored 1940’s gas station and then treated the group to dinner. As we traveled south we then stopped in Salem, Oregon. Here V-8’ers Terry Tindle and Tom Harris invited the group to attend the annual BBQ of Mid-Willamette R.G. #9.
Although we did not drive to the Eastern meet we were also extended great V-8 hospitality by Frank and Miley Scheidt who made our sight-seeing tour of western New York area a great experience.
I have to say that V-8 people are the BEST and thanks to each and every person who volunteered, attended and participated in these events
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What's New
We have a lot of plans for the upcoming year on this website. In the near future, we will be adding an International Gallery site
with Ford, Lincoln & Mercury photos from around the world. If you have a picture of your 1932-1953 Ford, Lincoln or Mercury that you would like to add to the International Gallery site, then please write up some information about your car and email it along with a photo (at least 600 x 400 dpi) to sivadt@pacbell.net.
We will be making enhancements to the events area, which will also keep all users up to date with all the upcoming tours/events for the upcoming season, both here in the United States as well as internationally.
With the help of our membership and others, we would welcome any articles, news, photos or information that you would like to pass on to our viewing hobbyists about our 1932 - 1953 Ford, Lincoln & Mercury Ford products. Due to space, we are limiting all articles, news or information to 150 words or less. If you send a photo via the internet (at least 600 x 400 dpi), make sure it is clear and has good contrast (B&W) or color and that you also include your name and a description of the photo.
Please email all items to Early Ford V8 Club of America National Director - Terry Davis – sivadt@pacbell.net or you can mail the items to him. You'll find his name and address in the 2006 Roster, in the California section.
Suggestions
We are constantly trying to make this site better and easier to use for all our visitors. If you have any suggestions you would like to make please email us and we will try to respond as quickly as we can.
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1949-1951 Lincoln Engine
Late 1949 to 1951 Lincoln V8 came out with the big flathead V8 in 1949. This engine displaced 337 cubic inches and was used in the Lincoln passenger.
Differing horsepower ratings reflect the slight differences between the two engines. This was a significantly heavier engine at about 950 lbs. than the more common 221 to 255 cubic inch V8's that Ford used for their smaller trucks and Ford & Mercury cars. This engine was known as the "8EL" engine for Lincolns and as the "8EQ" engine for large Ford trucks (F-7's and F-8's). Aside from its physical size, the easy way to identify this engine is the distributor, which is mounted at the rear of the engine near the fuel pump. The heads are held down by 27 head bolts (or studs with nuts). Crankshafts were supported by three main bearings like the small V8's. The truck engines were built with solid lifters. The Lincoln engines were equipped with hydraulic lifters only. Lincoln crankshafts were of forged steel. The E series engines delivered more horsepower, but also more torque for the heavy vehicles they powered. These engines are similar to the smaller 8BA/8RT and EAB/EAC engines. Very few parts interchange with the more common 221 to 255 cubic inch flathead V8. Some aftermarket speed parts were made for these engines back in the 1950's, but nothing is being produced today (at this time). Most common rebuild parts can still be found from various antique Ford vendors and suppliers.
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