Possible funk conversion

I don't know what you're talking about when you say "cradle" but Funk's didn't have "cradles." There were some earlier conversions that used iron braces to hold the engines but they weren't Funks. I think they were called Gulivers or something like that. But, as I understand it, all genuine Funks have the cast iron bottoms that just bolt on the rest of the tractor.

If you can find one of these posts that take you to the Smith's page, they have a link to a company that sells V8 conversions. I think they are stoffersV8.com or something like that.

Bill

>>I don't know what you're talking about when you say "cradle" but Funk's didn't have "cradles."

Bill, I beg to differ with that statement. For about the first year of production, the Funk kits had a channel iron frame. The cast oil pan did not appear until the second year. This photo shows the Funk adapter. Just below the name you can see where the channel iron bolts on. There is a photo of a genuine early Funk 6 with the "cradle" at the link below.

• Funk with cradle

Bill

Here's just one of many built by Marvin Baumann. This one has a 351 Ford V8.

• The Smith's 8N Page

marv@tdi.net

Hope this helps..... ..... Ed
'52 8N475798

Dave

I live in Leander, TX just outside Austin and Wimberly isn't too far from me. As a matter of fact, I bought a '59 Ford F-100 pickup from a guy in Wimberly just last year.

Bill