airplane motor in a hot rod. hop up oct 51

oh, i guess it did'n t run hot , cus of the 5 gallon oil tank.

 

bought the mag off a guy just this weekend. its pretty trashed but he gave it to me for 5 bucks. gave me 2 58 rod&customs for 5 bucks also. the rod and custom are truck pictorials and coupe pictorials. no scanner sorry. the article of the roadster is perfect though. 27 body on 32 rails. killer

edit: overlooked the pics already posted sorry
are the pics from the reissue or original. i have the original, if ya care.

 

Love those motors! If you need two, here's the whole unit for sale (in U.S.) posted on a great Euro parts site. Only $2,400 asking.



here's his post:

http://www.prewarcar.com/parts/info.php?s=p&catid=11&f=0&order=promocat&rev=0&pgr=2

 

There is a bit on these on Mad Fabricator's.
I interviews a driver of a Ranger powered tracker.
Not sure what volume, but there all goods so get em all.

 

I sold mine here on the HAMB about two years ago

 

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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an air-cooled engine such as this have overheating problems in a car?

With a whirring propeller or just the flight airspeed providing airflow the aircraft application will stay cool.

But what about in a car sitting in traffic or perhaps not running quite fast enough on an open highway?

In a race car for short-duration use there wouldn't be any big problems.

----- Bart -----

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Cooling fins seemed to work fine for a lot of bikes; that ranger probably only has about 6:1 CR.

Of course, a guy could fab up some cooling tins ala old Beetle, and use a fan to cool the mess.

-bill

 

Dennis, That was Kenny Rasp. He passed away a couple years ago and donated that Ranger powered car, a spare Ranger engine, couple of Indian motorcycles and a bunch of other stuff to the museum at Latimore. The car, engine , and motorcycle are all on display. If you every make it to the Showdown, you'll see all this stuff!

 

http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/thehistoryof/1002rc_the_jot_horne_story/viewall.html

 

THAT is frekn' SICK !! What the hell kind of blower is that on the front ? Potvin looking, but most likely aircraft piece, of course. What a wild and imaginative bunch of yahoos these guys were. That is just bananas !!

 

Looks like a 6-71 turned on it's side and backwards. I love it!!

 

That is sick!!!.....Someone needs to build one and take it on the salt!!

 

Neat stuff !
Worth bumping a 10 yr old thread for that one.