Interesting '46 Chrysler flathead engine....

Posted by Jonas on Friday, April 20, 2007 at 23:05:31 :

I was kicking around a scrapyard in Ellensburg today on a hunch from a friend that they had a Chrysler industrial engine that I thought would fit in the 1/2 ton WC... So I go out and look at the old generator figuring it's probably got a 251 IND or a 265 IND...
Wait a minute, there's a couple of extra sparkplugs there!
Never seen a Chrysler Industrial straight 8 before.
Might be kind of fun to shoehorn this beast in a 1/2 ton WC. The head is 30.5" long.
I'm unsure of the size engine, The model # is IND12-185. The block has a casting date of 1946 and according to the allpar website it could be a 324 ci motor (in the automotive application).
Where would I go about finding consumeable parts for this old beast? I know Kanter sells rebuild kits, but what about a dist. cap?
More pictures at the link.

• WC-6 I-8????

Follow Ups:

• Re: Interesting '46 Chrysler flathead engine.... - Kevin 12:19:48 04/23/2007
• Re: Interesting '46 Chrysler flathead engine.... - Ernie Baals 22:10:08 04/21/2007
• Re: look sweet in my rat rod!!! - 68427vette 22:08:43 04/21/2007
  • What is a "Rat Rod"? - Jonas 00:40:48 04/22/2007
    • Re: What is a "Rat Rod"? - Marty 00:53:32 04/22/2007
      • You got it all wrong marty - dave jensen 03:49:43 04/22/2007
        • Re: You got it all wrong marty - Jerry in Idaho 23:19:18 04/22/2007
        • Re: You got it all wrong marty - Marty 13:05:49 04/22/2007
        • Re: You got it all wrong marty - MoparNorm 09:24:03 04/22/2007
          • Re: You got it all wrong marty - Marty 13:12:34 04/22/2007
• Re: Interesting '46 Chrysler flathead engine.... - Kaegi 14:22:44 04/21/2007
• Re: Interesting '46 Chrysler flathead engine.... - Glen 04:02:37 04/21/2007
  • Stan The Man.... - Jonas 10:31:09 04/21/2007

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