Chrysler flathead engine

Chrysler Flathead engine
Overview
ManufacturerChrysler Corporation
Also calledChrysler Sidevalve engine
Production1924–1964
Layout
ConfigurationSide-valve
Cylinder block materialCast iron
Cylinder head materialCast iron
Combustion
Fuel systemCarburetor
Fuel typeGasoline
Chronology
Successor

The Chrysler flathead engine is a flathead automotive engine manufactured by the Chrysler Corporation from 1924 through the early 1960s. The flathead engine came in four-,six-, and eight-cylinder configurations and varying displacement, with both a cast iron and cast aluminum cylinder head. It was installed in Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth branded vehicles.