1969 Camaro SS with a Flathead...yup

[1970Bluel78]

Over on the HAMB in the " vintage shots of days gone by " thread, there is a picture of a almost new Camaro with a Ford Flathead engine it. What makes even more weird is it looks like it has a Stinger Hood on her. The picture was from April 1968. Anybody ever hear/see this oddity ??

[1970Bluel78]

Sorry Typo Should be 1968

[RPOLS3]

Taken from the Old Street Scenes thread here

[68l30]

Ya always go with what ya know!! And by looking at that guy in the overalls....He know's Flatheads.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]



BIG

[427TJ]

You can almost hear him say, &quot;Flatheads forever!&quot;

Judging by the grille emblem it was a 396 car. Either that or gramps sawed the &quot;350&quot; off the bottom.

[markjohnson]

Don't forget the fiberglass Stinger hood there. Can you imagine if this car was on the list of '67 Yenkos? It would be one of the strangest fates to befall one!

[Mk IV Muscle]

Either Louis Chevrolet or Henry Ford musta' been turning over in their graves! LOL. Got to give the guy credit for innovation though, even if he was taking a step backwards IMO.

[x Baldwin Motion]

[quote=427TJ]You can almost hear him say, &quot;Flatheads forever!&quot;

(and.. &quot;I ain't using no motor called a porcupine, dag nabbit!!)

[Fast67VelleN2O]

Could it have been to run a specific class?

[John Brown]

The guy was racing in a class that only allowed flathead V8's, inline six and inline eight cylinder engines.