# 1930s Ford Flywheel revisited

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**Created:** [August 31, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1930s-ford-flywheel-revisited/67545 "2011-08-31T16:41:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1930s-ford-flywheel-revisited/67545/1 "2011-08-31T16:41:03Z")

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Thanks to everyone who has commented. I was too brief with details on the first question. The alleged flying flywheel came off a 1930s home made roadster for dirt track racing. Could have been a model A. So the engine was probably original to the car with some modifications. The story goes that in around 1930 these guys were in the yard of a garage arguing about porting or not porting to deal with compression, they revved the sucker up - the engine blew and off went the flywheel - down the street. Thanks so much for the help!