Recently I made the pedal linkage for the Whippet. The pedals are from some kind of early Chevy that I found in a junk pile somewhere. I used a clutch shaft from a 1946 Ford, I ordered it from Vanpelt sales but it is an OEM part. The clutch is a bit hard to push in but it seems to work ok. A 40’ Ford had longer pedals for a easier pedal ratio.
If I could give any advice on two carb setups for flatheads, it would be don't use the Edelbrock Super Dual. I ended up having to offset the generator by using an Offy offset bracket that I got from Speedway Motors. Then I had to invert one of the water necks and get a longer upper radiator hose to fit around the generator. Then the inlet on the front carburetor is very tight to the side of the generator.
I made up these hose adapters for the lower radiator outlets to the water pumps. I used 1x2 rectangular tubing and some round tubing because rubber hoses don't bend that sharp.
I ended up using an old dropped axle I had on the front. I bought a Posies reverse arch front spring from Speedway, along with new perches and shackles. I hate the cheap bushings they send with the shackles though, they shatter like glass if you are too rough on spring installation.
I used the Speedway complete brake line kit to run all the brake lines. It worked well but I had a lot of left over brass parts that I paid for and didn't need, but they come in the kit.
I ran the front hard lines under the front crossmember. I later put a T in the center.
I sourced this in-line 6 volt electric fuel pump from O'reilly auto parts. I had a vintage Autopulse fuel pump installed because it looked cool but, apparently today's gas has alcohol in it and turns the rubber diaphrams of the vintage pump into silly putty, then sprays gas like a sprinkler.
I should be sponsored by Speedway or something, I got this poly 10 gallon tank from them as well. On my last car I used an old steel tank. It took me 2 days of cleaning the inside, then I had to seal it and wait a few more days to even test it, so this was way easier.
So last weekend I tried to fire the Flathead up but the rings wouldn't seal in the cylinders. So I soaked them in Marvel Mystery Oil for a few days. The oil makes the rings expand. The oil also makes it smoke like crazy until it all burns off as you can see in the video. I had to shut it down because I didn't have an oil pressure gauge or temp gauge. Runs pretty good for an engine that sat in a truck seized up for about 30 years.
