Flathead Friday! Lets Fire Up This Stock Rebuilt Ford Flathead V8! 

Hey Gang! Here's a flathead ford video for you to start your weekend! Flathead Friday! Thanks for tuning in -Strong's Garage

Seriously, NOTHING sounds better than a finely-tuned flathead V8. Just heavenly! GREAT work, Fellows!

The old flathead sounds smooth guys I'm sure you have a happy customer thanks 😊

I love the way you guys go back bone stock on your old cars. That flat head is a gem.

Sounds awesome and great to see NOS parts being put to good use!

How in the ever lovin world do you guys come up with all that NOS gold!!??

When I was 14 we stopped for gas and I saw a flathead engine sitting outside of the garage. I asked and they told me it was no good and headed to the junk yard. I asked if I could have it and they said sure. I talked my father into putting it in the trunk of our 1936 ford and we took it home. I had open wrenches from 3/8 up to 3/4 and a adjustable wrench a couple of screwdrivers. With I took the engine completely apart. Heck of a time getting the pistons out with a ridge which showed lots of miles on this engine. My dad eventually gave it to a friend of his who rebuilt it. I just love the sound of those motors. Eventually a friend who had built a 40 ford race car with a 3/4 race flathead let me drive a couple of laps in it. Thanks for letting me hear that sound again.

Beautiful music, the sound of a flathead v8.Thanks guys.

When I was a teenager back in the 1960s one of my buddy's dad owned a body shop. He had a 1950 Ford F-1 pickup that he restored. During the summer that I got my learners permit I worked for him. He would let me drive that truck. I loved how smooth that flat head ran and the truck drove like a dream. I have loved flathead V8 Fords for over 55 years.

That is a sweet engine! It looks and sounds wonderful. That one is worthy of the NOS intake. Thanks for sharing!

Nothing runs like a flattie. Beautiful! Love your shop and the videos are great!

You guys are knocking it out of the park! Keep up the great work!

Those flat heads are the best sounding v8 I've ever heard. I adore that throaty sound.

That's a pretty cool video of a great engine! Way to go guys!

Very Nice!! I applaud you for keeping the old engines running, salute.

Nothing sounds like a Ford flathead. Wonderful!!

There is nothing.....nothing.....more musical to my ear in the engine world than a 239 cu in flathead Ford V8. Dad had one in his 48 Ford Bonus (4-speed crashbox with a first gear that was good for idling the truck straight up the side of a 10 storey building), single vacuum wiper (that stalled in the middle of the screen when wide-open throttling up a hill with a cubic metre of builder's mix on the back) and one very noisy centre universal joint. I loved that old beast though. Hearing that flathead burst into life and idle so still was just magical. Thanks guys!

Made in Canada stamped all over, love it.

Nice - like the beige paint.

Matt: Don't let the Shop Safety Steward catch you on the top of the ladder with a cup of coffee! We wouldn't want you to fall and get hurt--we enjoy the videos too much! 😎

Love what you guys are doing here on your channel. Fantastic content.

Nice camera work fellas! Have a great weekend!

Sweetest music this side of heaven! I'm always amazed at just how smoothly the late series flatheads run when they're set up properly. Great job. Can't wait to see it nestled inside the Merc's engine bay.

That Flathead sound was the end of Bonnie and Clyde. When the police heard that engine, they were waiting with serious armory.

Thanks for the faux discovery of the intake manifold on the shelf. I truly liked that.also the start up bloopers were great 😊 This engine is magnificent.

The sweetest sounding engine Ford ever made. Dual water pumps and they still ran warm. Great rebuild fellows.

My neighbor is usually tweaked up pretty good, and he starts things all the time.

Outstanding engine enhanced by the NOS parts. Sounds great too.

Love the vid. I would try blasting the intake with crushed walnut shells. It cleans the aluminum without removing any material. Leaves a beautiful smooth surface on the part makes it look like new.

probably my favorite looking and sounding motor

Sounds great and love new old stock parts. I remember having to get water pumps from Ford Obsolete in California for our old flathead.

Ding,ding,fer sure.

Like your style,like your taste.

A very smooth runner. Great build.

glug glug glug that's ole flat eight sounds beautiful. She purrs like a kitten. Nice! Job! Boy's.

That old engine just purrs.

What a beautiful engine, and man does she sound good.

That is a sweet sounding flathead. Hey don't forget to put the other manifold in the box to keep it as mint as possible. Great Job on the engine.

That old intake manifolds would look like new if it was vapor honed. It’s basically sandblasting with water. Certainly check out some videos on it.

Got tears in my eyes when the flathead fired up. Had a 52 twodoor Customline in early sixties. The engine was a "Stratostar V8" and the tranny was a Fordomatic. Should never have sold that beauty.😢

Great throttle response. Accelerator pump linkage adjusted just right. Sweeeet.

6:58 The sound that flathead makes is an automotive symphony. Just wonderful, guys! Thank you!

Im digging the engine run stand.

I owned a 49 Ford Flatty back in 71. She was a darned fine car. As reliable as anything I have owned. Thanks for keeping them alive. From the midwest US

SWEET

funny tinny little intake super large heads. neat old motors and run nice. cheers.

It does run sweet.

Throaty - - sounds better than anything made today.

Ding ding YEAH!

Like the slight blooper at the end. Smooth engine.

your customers going to think he's got a new motor complete

I only have a couple dents in my head,and I can tell you that your Flat-head makes better sounds than I do./Really an great engine guys.That 'stashed' intake is like icing on a 10 layer cake.Awesome.

"Canadian Mercury truck engines were 239 c.i." Thanks for clearing that up. I have a stock 1950 Mercury 13500 stake truck and never was sure as to displacement.

Sweet!

Oh yes, this is sweet. I would love love to have this motor.

Smooth as silk and what a nice low idle sounds like a legit 400 rpm

Echos of the Red Green show.

Good vid/good info.Got a 68 Merc,390,4sp,2wd from DAD.Learned on it in 1982.Still mine today.Nice engine there,sounds healthy! Van.Island,B.C.says HI.😎👍✌🇨🇦

Nice work...all of it! Sweet purring engine! Gonna have to restock your shelf after that one! :-) Thanks to all!

That's nice. These guys are pretty laid back and down to earth. But I can't help it, I keep waiting for Red Green to walk in looking for a roll of duct tape!

That is a smooth running motor! RWB ❤🎉

Nice Video! I have found the baking soda in a sandblaster does wonders for aluminum. Love the sound of the flathead.

That is some sweet engine sound. The flathead V8 was in my opinion very fool proof unlike the later Y block. Also good taste on designing the parts section of the garage.

Hoo boy!!!! That engine sounds like music to my ears!!! Just can't mistake that Flathead sound & rumble....Thanks for the smile guys!!!

NICE, what a sweetie-pie motor!

Singing the song of my people right there...

Flat Head and Hemis are great looking motors

Sounds good guys, keep up the good work 👍

Sweet motor. Nice work fellas.

Wished that you all's videos where longer

You won’t get two more genuinely nice guys.

The best starting Ford I ever had was my first car that I bought for $20.00 in 1972 a '63 Galaxy XL with a 352 two barrel. I rebuilt the engine in high school auto shop. All you had to do was pump it a couple of times when it was cold and just touch the starter and it would start in less than a half rev. When it was hot it would start even quicker.

Another great video good work guys!! You should start a Cars and Coffee cruise.

Wish I could put that in my 1997 Ford Ranger XLT 5 speed ! My 2.3 engine is a gutless wonder.

Engine sounds fantastic. We'll done.

Flatheads are awesome

My dad restored ‘36 and ‘39 Fords both with flatheads. Can’t say they sounded any better than that beauty!

looks and sounds GREAT 2x👍

That's absolutely mint 👌

cool 😎 flathead Mercury's trucks you say ,get us a picture when you're delivering 😀

Awesome old engine idle slow and lumpy, nice sound, looks great, all the best to yous and your loved ones

Lovely engine. Sounds great too. Good work.

You're doing God's good work, fellas!

A property tuned ford always does that great job guys see you next week

That is fantastic.

Good to see and hear that engine run. Loved the way you'd got the return spring for the carb hooked onto the generator!

...glug glug glug....the flathead sounded like music....well done, guys.....

Sounds great !

Love this video, Brillant sound would love to have that engine in a Ford Pilot.👍

Thumpa, thumpa thumpa... Doesn't matter what year or displacement, every Ford V8 seems to idle the same. I have 351 Cleveland from '71 that sounds identical.

You could water blast the used intake...great video!

Neat and tidy,lovely burble.Nice lettering for the counter.Congrats on another fine episode.

Perfect engine for the model A roadster pickup

I know budgets are hurting around the world, but man you guys could really use an external mic so it can be closer to you. If you buy one now, it will be 1/2 the price of buying it next year at the rate we're going.

nice engine flatheads forever

The used manifold should clean up perfectly if you hot tank it or media blast it with something gentle, like walnut shells or baking soda.

Fine job, gentlemen! I love that sound.

👍👌👏 Very well done! The engine sounds great, healthy and very strong! Looks good too! Best regards, luck and health.

OMG. You guys do such great work. Fantastic. Love your show

A great video. A great engine!