Carrier block numbers

[Gerard Auckram]

Quick update. I've learned a lot about flathead V8's over the last couple of weeks. Andrew is correct it is not a carrier engine but a model 81B engine. Which is 1938 221 cu.in.

I have a second engine I am working on for my carrier. It is not seized like the 81B. It is a model 99A, 1939 239cu.in. Out of a 1948 Fordson Thames truck.

I'm planning on getting this one going and I did get one bang out of it today on a engine stand. Get the carrier inside a workshop which has an overhead gantry crane. Take out carrier engine for a check and possible rebuild. Get the truck engine in so I can move the carrier around.