I am definately keeping the straight 8. I just happened across a guy in my area who has a shop, Adelmann Engines. He specializes in flatheads. He's doing my dad's flathead now out of a 51 Ford F-3 1 ton pickup. Walking into this shop was like taking a step back in time. To say the least it was VERY neat!!! When it comes time to rebuild the motor, I'll have him do it. It's not free, but there aren't many out there like him and these motors aren't exactly easy to find parts for.
Hopefully this spring when I run a compression test all will come out fine. It seems to run very well when I can get it started, so we'll see. I'm hoping changing the wiring over to 12v might get rid of some of those issues/headaches.
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