I have this starter - don't know if for a flathead or a Y Block.  Can any one ID this for me.  If a YBlock, I want to sell it - cheap.  PM or email
me    Thanks



54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Paul, my vote is for flathead.  Y starters have a three bolt flange where it bolts to the bellhousing.  Flathead starters have two through bolts and bolt to a "starter plate" that in turn bolts to the bellhousing.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

John - thanks.  Now that you mentioned about the mounting,  it cleared the cobwebs


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Not to throw a wrench into things, but an early 60s FE starter has the same case and mounting bolts as a flathead. It has a longer shaft for the bendix, though. A 12V starter for a flathead can be made by using the case of the 12v FE starter and the armature of the 6V flathead starter. 

I have never seen a FE starter that mounted thru the case, on any of my 58/60 birds or my 58 Ford, all were 2 bolt thru a flange. Could this have been a starter used at another assembly plant? 

Ive not see a bendix like that one ? 



"Came too close to dying to stop living now!"

Lou, Thank you for jogging my memory. I think the two through-bolts on the FE starter bolt into the flanged mounting end plate. The conversion to the flathead starter requires using the flathead front end plate as well as the armature.