CJ6 with flathead motor

I just bought a 1961 CJ6 that has a flathead motor. I didn't think they came with a flathead, I thought only the overhead motor was available and then later on the V6.

 

Sounds like someone swapped it out to me. The flat head is a very easy swap and someone probably had easy access to one when they had problems with the one in the CJ-6 or they wanted the motor for another project.

 

is it a flat head V8

 

Here's a picture of the motor. It is a flathead I 4 motor.

 

curious..cant make out the carb,,,mounting studs left to right or front to back...

 

If that is a stock flathead, I be the heavier CJ6 moves like a pig after a night at the all you can eat buffet..........

 

It could be out of a DJ3A as well (1955–65). My Jeep's F4 wasn't original. A friend of my grandfther bought a new CJ5 in the late '60s and the first thing he did was swap the F4 for a V8. So he sold the new F4 to my grandfather who used it to replace the tired original one in the '55. I bet in the '60s you could find some really low mileage DJ3A motors that people wanted to get rid of. That or, as Warlock said, it came out of an older flatty.

 

The carb bolts are left to right.

 

ahh..well that narrows it down..jeepster and dj's came with the carb pattern that way with a different variant of the yf.....if i could trouble you for some more pics of the linkage whenever you can...from the back of the block pivot to the carb..looking for more pics of this setup...

 

Here's a photo of the carb.

 

the pivot plate on the manifold looks like the the block pivot plate ..but am wondering about the pedal to the plate on the manifold...

 

I'll take a look at it tomorrow and maybe get another picture.

 

thanks

 

Here's another picture of the carb.

 

Just looking at the choke and throttle hold cables I looks like a different motor from what the factory installed.

 

Oh heck, I should have looked a little closer to my post and realized I already posted the carb picture. Oh well.

 

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