Guess that engine!

[Marty W]

I think it looks like a '50 Olds Rocket 88. The modified is a Wendell Scott '37 Ford coupe. Sorry for the bad photo. I haven't had much luck finding info on this car, and I have looked all over the place.

[David Bogard]

I don't know Marty. Could it be a Ford?

[Marty W]

I don't know Marty. Could it be a Ford?

That was my first thought, David, but then I noticed that it appears to have many vertical indentations in the valve covers. The Rocket V8 is the only engine that I am aware of that has a dozen indentations like that. But I am not sure.

[bandit2026]

Since Windell ran mostly around Va. and Carolina and most tracks were NASCAR tracks and the rules at that time required a Ford in a Ford and a Chevy in a Chevy its a Ford type engine. 312ci Fords came from the factory with 3 deuces and had that type of valve cover but most likely its a 430 ci Lincoln. I know my dad ran one around 1960.

[Olderndirt]

I think its a MEL (Mercury,Edsel, Lincoln) engine from the late fifty's, once again due to the ribbed valve covers.

  Olderndirt

[Marty W]

Since Windell ran mostly around Va. and Carolina and most tracks were NASCAR tracks and the rules at that time required a Ford in a Ford and a Chevy in a Chevy its a Ford type engine. 312ci Fords came from the factory with 3 deuces and had that type of valve cover but most likely its a 430 ci Lincoln. I know my dad ran one around 1960.

Thanks, Bandit. I think I might still have that Lincoln engine.

[Marty W]

Thanks, David. That does make more sense than using an Olds engine.

[Olderndirt]

At least the Lincoln engines also had ribbed valve covers. I'm not sure about the Merc's, or the Edsel's.

  Olderndirt