Early Ford four cylinder speed parts

[Eric Stone]

I'm trying to find sources for early Ford four cylinder speed parts. It seems most of the kits I've seen with early Ford fours either have a stock four, or an OHV or Hemi V8 to swap for the hot rod version, including the AMT '25 roadster, '29 roadster, and '32 roadster I have.

I do know:

The AMT '27 T Vintage Police Car kit has a Frontenac DOHC conversion including the head/intake, cam covers, front cover, header, and maybe a Winfield(?) carburetor.

The Revell 3n1 Rat Rod pickup kit has a Winfield flathead, Ansen side plate, header, intake manifold, distributor, and what look like (to my untrained eye) Stromberg carburetors.

I asked this on another board and was told that the Revell '31 sedan and '31 Woody also have a Riley 2-Port conversion, with other supporting mods, and the old AMT '29 roadster/Ala Kart combo also have a Riley 2-Port and supporting mods, but the newer '29 I have doesn't have them.

If anyone knows of any other good bits, kit-sourced or aftermarket, please post in this thread where they can be found. I'm looking for stuff like Riley 2-Port and 4-Ports, Fargo 4-Port, Cragar OHVs, Winfield OHVs, etc... There were lots of folks making speed parts for the fours by the time the flathead V8 came out. I'm just wondering how well represented these parts are in scale, and hope all of y'all with a more extensive kit collection than I have can add your input.

[styromaniac]

I'm trying to find sources for early Ford four cylinder speed parts. It seems most of the kits I've seen with early Ford fours either have a stock four, or an OHV or Hemi V8 to swap for the hot rod version, including the AMT '25 roadster, '29 roadster, and '32 roadster I have.

I do know:

The AMT '27 T Vintage Police Car kit has a Frontenac DOHC conversion including the head/intake, cam covers, front cover, header, and maybe a Winfield(?) carburetor.

The Revell 3n1 Rat Rod pickup kit has a Winfield flathead, Ansen side plate, header, intake manifold, distributor, and what look like (to my untrained eye) Stromberg carburetors.

I asked this on another board and was told that the Revell '31 sedan and '31 Woody also have a Riley 2-Port conversion, with other supporting mods, and the old AMT '29 roadster/Ala Kart combo also have a Riley 2-Port and supporting mods, but the newer '29 I have doesn't have them.

If anyone knows of any other good bits, kit-sourced or aftermarket, please post in this thread where they can be found. I'm looking for stuff like Riley 2-Port and 4-Ports, Fargo 4-Port, Cragar OHVs, Winfield OHVs, etc... There were lots of folks making speed parts for the fours by the time the flathead V8 came out. I'm just wondering how well represented these parts are in scale, and hope all of y'all with a more extensive kit collection than I have can add your input.

The 4 banger in the Revell '31 Woody/Sedan kit is basically the same as the one in the Revell '29 Model A Pickup kit...if memory serves.

I think the Revell '31 Woody had a somewhat rudimentary looking Riley set up in it, maybe not totally accurate but usable.

The AMT 4 Bangers weren't as refined in detail as the Revell counterparts, in my opinion.

As far as speed/after market parts...you may have to look over Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland's pretty cool line of flathead stuff to see if anything is adaptable.

Norm Veber & Rik Hoving put together a nice selection of vintage stuff for flatheads under that line.

Edited January 7, 2011 by styromaniac