Prettying up the Falcon engine.

[David_Conwill]

(I apologize that the images aren't displayed, but I'm not feeling up to resizing to fit the forum-display limitations.)

I saw this valve cover for sale on eBay recently, and it got me thinking about valve covers (or maybe I already was, since I must have plugged "Falcon Valve Cover" into eBay to find it):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/ ... ecover.jpg

I think Offenhauser once made a finned valve cover for these engines, and I know Edelbrock did. I think these are both long out of production, and have no idea how much they would cost.

I really like the finned model produced by the folks at Classic Inline:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/ ... ecover.jpg

I also really like the block-script F O R D stamped steel valve cover that was used on the early model engines. Alas, I don't have one, as somebody swapped in a later engine with the Power by Ford valve cover. This is an okay valve cover, but reminds me more of 1970s trucks, than a 1961 passenger car. Maybe painted differently with the script highlighted, it might look better, but the font and graphic design elements just don't say "Kennedy Era" to me.

I absolutely love this home-cast Nailhead valve cover, done by a HAMBster from Finland, and I wish something with this type of finning existed for the small six:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/ ... ecover.jpg

What other options are there? Anybody got a nice-looking engine they'd like to show off to me?

As I type this, I've considered digging up a blank stamped valve cover (they're out there, both as OE Ford stuff and as chrome aftermarket), and bolting on a "Comet" fender badge for that hot "I've got a Mercury mill" look.

-Dave

 

[Anlushac11]

For a additional $80.00 you can order the Classic Inlines finned aluminum valve cover fully polished.

 

[David_Conwill]

Actually, I prefer my cast-aluminum accessories to be as-cast, rather than polished. I just snagged the black-crinkle photo, because it was easiest.

-Dave

 

['68falconohio]

What about an aluminum sheet-metal unit? It won't scream early 60s, but you can say it was Heli-Arc'd

 

[David_Conwill]

What about an aluminum sheet-metal unit? It won't scream early 60s, but you can say it was Heli-Arc'd

Pictures?

-Dave

 

[wallaka]

Heh...you'd have to furnish the pictures after you had it made.

Plenty pics of fabbed valve covers for SBCs and etc on google to get the idea

 

['68falconohio]

Sorry, I don't have a sheet metal rocker cover or have any pictures of one for the small six.

It would be a bit more tedious to make than a SBC rocker cover due to all the goofy radii Ford put in the design. Maybe a guy could section up pieces of Aluminum pipe to make thse segments?

 

[wallaka]

Likely just make a flat base plate to seal those and flat sections on the sides.