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In my somewhat humble opinion, the flathead Ford is the best looking engine every producing. flathead ford v8 1932 ford roadster
After only 4-5 clicks on the ratchet the cat had enough room to fit it's head through and then bolted out lightning fast. This series was shot at 9 frames per second.
More details later, as time permits
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In 1996 and 1997, I spent two full summers in the tiny little town of Polson, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake (the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River), and grew quite attached to the town and its surrounding mountains, rivers, and lake -- photos of which you can see here and here. You might also be interested in some of my observations about life in Polson and Montana, which I wrote about in blogs titled The Polson Parade, and Leaving Montana. But then life changed, other things intervened, and I drifted away from Montana altogether.
In the summer of 2010, I had a chance to re-visit Polson, and spend three short days driving around to re-acquaint myself with the area. It had been over a dozen years since I was last there (not counting a brief drive-through with my younger son in 2006), so I was expecting some changes ... but in general, the town of about 5,000 people was pretty much the same. My favorite restaurant had closed down, a Mailboxes Etc outlet had been replaced by a video-rental outlet, and the local McDonald's outlet was no longer posting all of the bounced checks from desperate customers on its wall. It looked like some of the local ranchers and farmers had sold off some of their acreage, for there were a few new "vacation communities" filling up what had been open meadows and pasture just outside of town.
But the lake had not changed at all, and the Mission Mountains along the eastern shore of the lake were as pretty as ever. Just for the heck of it, I got up at 5 AM one morning, and photographed the pre-dawn stillness on the lake, and then the changing colors of clouds above the lake as the sun slowly rose up to peek over the top of the mountains. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to drive down to the Kerr Dam, and I didn't drive all the way around the north end of the lake: I only made it up to Big Fork on the eastern side, and LakeSide on the western side of the lake. I was going to take the half-day white-water rafting trip down the Flathead River, south of the dam, but there wasn't time for that, either ... Nor was there any time for fishing, or even to rent a jet-ski and zoom around on the broad expanse of water in Polson Bay, at the south end of the lake.
I took a bunch of photos throughout the visit, and you can view them here) on Flickr. And after my return from that 2010 trip, I happened to chat with a business colleague about Polson and heard some great things from him about a “dude ranch” located just outside Big Fork, right on the shore of the lake. It was the Flathead Lake Lodge, and after a few more years of distractions and delays, I managed to get most (but not all) of my family together for a weeklong vacation at the lodge. The weather was great, the food was delicious, the horses were cooperative, the lake was beautiful … and that’s pretty much what you’ll see in the photos that I’ve put into this album.
Enjoy … and, if you get the chance, gather your own family together and take them out to the Flathead Lake Lodge for a week. You won’t regret it!
Yellow abounds along Montana's Flathead River in autumn. This view is along U.S. 2 between West Glacier and Essex. The far shore forms the border of Glacier National Park.
Getting our first look at Flathead Lake as we approach the small town of Elmo, Montana on Highway 28. Flathead Lake is pretty close to Swan Lake but it's much bigger. In fact, it's the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the contiguous United States. The peaks of the Mission Mountains border it's eastern shore.
1934 Ford Deluxe Tudor Sedan on display at the Kingwood Classic Cruisers show: Ford's legendary flathead V8 engine in its original glory, complete with the stock 6-volt electrical system still in use.
Taken in Kingwood, Texas
March 2012
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Northern Clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus) a/k/a Flathead Clingfish. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Moss Beach, San Mateo Co., Calif.
Its quiet sad,but apparently this lake was once the source of a great run of Kokonee Salmon that would run up the Flathead river into Glacier National park and its rivers,lakes and streams, but Montana division of wildlife introduced Lake Trout,Whitefish and a non-native shrimp,which caused the salmon fishery to collapse. Why do people always have to fuck up a good thing? Why can't they just let it be? Now the bears of glacier have lost a major source of fall food that they needed to put on fat for the winter,and no doubt it would have been quite the spectacle to watch them fishing as well.
Flathead Lake (Salish: člq̓etkʷ) is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the contiguous United States, taking Red Lake (Minnesota) and Lake of the Woods to be north of the Mississippi River, rather than west of the river. With a surface area of between 191.5 sq mi (496 km2) and 197 sq mi (510 km2), Flathead Lake is slightly larger than Lake Tahoe. The lake is a remnant of the ancient, massive glacial dammed lake, Lake Missoula of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake is 27.3 mi (43.9 km) long and up to 15.5 mi (24.9 km) wide. Flathead lake has a maximum depth of 370.7 ft (113.0 m), and an average of 164.7 ft (50.2 m). This makes Flathead lake deeper than the average depths of the Yellow Sea or the Persian Gulf. Polson Bay, at the lake's outlet was raised 10 ft (3.0 m) by Kerr Dam. It is one of the cleanest in the populated world for its size and type.
Photo by Alex Ionescu
41” flathead catfish caught on Upper Potomac. Fish was not released 10/12/2018