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In this Discussion
- 66patrick66 July 2009
- Geoff C., N.Z. July 2009
- junkcarfann July 2009
- Kevin C. July 2009
212 question
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The answer to this might be way obvious:D, but here goes...
I've got an opportunity to pick up a 212 engine, supposed to be complete and ready-to-install, that is coming from a '47 Super Six four-door that a local guy is putting a SBC in (the 212 is "too slow" for him!). He has the three-speed and the bellhousing, too. I have not seen this engine yet. It would be nice to have a spare engine for the '37 stashed away. Is the '47 212 the same as the '37 212? If they are different, how so?
Thanks in advance."The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings..." -
The main difference is the placement of the distributor on top of the cylinder head, at the rear, driven off the back of the cmashaft. Otherwise there are no differences in dimensions.If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
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Geoff C., N.Z. wrote:The main difference is the placement of the distributor on top of the cylinder head, at the rear, driven off the back of the cmashaft. Otherwise there are no differences in dimensions.
Patrick
You would have to "massage" the firewall to make the distributor clear the firewall.
Kevin C.
Geoff
I really enjoyed your tech session at the National.
Les P. is right. You do speak kinda funny!
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Hudson sold replacement 212 engines that were of the later style, with the distributor in the rear, for installation in earlier cars, and included with those engines, to be installed by dealers, a piece of sheet metal that was recessed.
The dealers were to cut out a part of the firewall, and replace it with the recessed part, to accomodate the distributor.
Several people in the club have early cars with that modification done, probably by dealers back in the day. -
Thanks for the info, gentlemen!"The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings..."
