That chatter noise when the plane flew by were little sonic booms because the propeller tips were breaking the sound barrier. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Not that I have a problem with warbirds here but considering the title, for the sake of the thread I think there should be a little more hot rod content, don't want the mods taking action.
I know this might sound contradictive based on my earlier statement about going overboard but this one from the Chipster is neat, though I'm not real jazzed about the nose. The steering and suspension more than makes up for it for me. https://www.google.com/search?q=foo...AhUU9GMKHU7LCHYQ_AUIDCgC#imgrc=os6q67-uAqe0LM:
Here is some related and hopefully interesting history and information I found searching the net for information on the Ranger 6 cylinder in-line air-cooled aircraft engine which was readily available post-WWII, new for cheap, and utilized in a good number of dirt track race cars that I am familiar with and some drag racing cars and hot rods that I am aware of. The picture below is of a currently running Vintage Ranger dirt track "big car" with of course the engine oiling modified to run with the cylinders up. Fairchild was building aircraft in the 1920's and was in need of engines. They bought out Caminez Engine Company that had a 4 cylinder radial 4 stroke cam engine that was certified but not successful. They then developed (presumably by Harold Caminez) the Ranger engine which is a SOHC hemi 2 valve air cooled that ran inverted. This engine was 440 cubic inches and later versions were 200 HP. A Ranger V-12 version of 770 cubic inches was also produced. A net site on the Allison V-12 of 1710 cubic inches liquid cooled, credited the engine design to Harold Caminez who was then employed by Allison. Coincidently, yesterday I began the teardown of a Ranger for evaluation and rebuild. It was removed from a bare PT-19 fuselage by us that has sat for untold years.
I am very blessed to live not too far west of the Waukesha Wisconsin airport. During the summer and early fall, I am treated to the sounds of a P-51 on a regular basis. Whoever owns it usually heads out about 6:00 in the evening. If I have my act together, I can have my first Southern Comfort old fashioned mixed and be on my deck for his climb out of the airport at pretty significant throttle. After about two hours (and another cocktail) the pilot returns to land. Almost 50% of the time, the aircraft circles over our neighborhood awaiting final landing clearance. Sunset.....cocktail.....evening breeze.......meat on the grille.......P51 internal combustion symphony ......priceless !
He has it at SEMA and, I’m with you on the prop nose cone but it is more integrated that a couple others that were built around the same time. I thought about that car right away when I saw this post. I think he did pretty good on this one too.
I once heard a World War 2 fighter pilot say if the pilot had a wife or a girl friend back in the states they would send a photo of themselves standing next to a P-51 Mustang , but, they would always want to go into battle flying a P-47 Thunderbolt.
I was very fortunate to have been at some vintage events in Iowa and Minnesota in the late 1980's when Gene Cunningham was running the Ranger big car and throwing dirt from the cushion with those great old knobby rears !! Great memories.
Must have been a blast to drive... http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Norm_Taylor_&_Jot_Horn's_1927_Ford https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/just-louvers.1028008/page-11#post-11866406 Credit to Owner, Photographer
Circa 62 Unusual Lungs (check out the pipes) http://auto-blog.cba.pl/index.php/tag/hot-rods http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/hobby-news/boeing_turbine_engine_lands_in_hot_rod http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z11286/Ford-Turbine-Roadster.aspx https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...genized-hotrods.1002926/page-43#post-12300814
The Back Seater http://www.hotrod.com/articles/turn-back-tuesday-jim-lytles-allison-powered-1934-ford-sedan/ https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...od-engines-lets-see-em.1019980/#post-11533938
Looks like the normal Ranger oil cooler on the front of the right side with the scavenge pump delivering oil to the bottom of the cooler and the upper outlet would normally go to the oil reservoir tank. I have no idea what that oil cooler is discharging into. Any knowledge?
Even in a magazine dedicated to speed, this classified stands out.- On Page 38 of the Nov. 10 edition of Autoweek, sandwiched between advertisements for a '01 Mercedes CLK 55 and a 1985 Ferrari 308, Marlo Treit of West Linn has a color photo and text to tantalize. http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=120890 Marlo Treit, the project coordinator, has been involved with land speed racing for 4 decades. In early years he held motorcycle records and since then has been involved with many record breaking vehicles: streamliners, lakesters and roadsters to name a few. A personal collection of fast things include a 1700 mph Soviet Mig 21 aircraft, a Cessna 414 pressurized twin engine personal transportation aircraft and he still maintains a current salt flats Lakester (with current records). http://www.target550.com/marlotreit.htm http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/bonneville-baddest-race-cars-target550/
Don't know much about it albiet there is some written press on it...really nicely done Hotrod. There were no doubt mag articles on this back in the day. As I find info I will post it. 28 you did go to the Kustomrama link below the pic I posted? There is a pretty thorough writeup with futher links.
[QUOTE 28 you did go to the Kustomrama link below the pic I posted? There is a pretty thorough writeup with futher links.[/QUOTE] Just now did, the write-up does not explain it but blowing up the second picture reveals that it is the 4 gallon oil reservoir from a PT-19, strapped in fore and aft as opposed to cross wise in the airplane.
Quite a powerhouse go fast machine that got bitten with tragedy... This was one of those that gave meaning to that saying 'Live Fast Die Hard' http://www.bluebird-electric.net/bl...lex_special_ray_keech_liberty_aero_engine.htm
Here' a Hot Rod made from a warbird . It's a cockpit and fuselage section of a T-28 trainer plane (Korean war era) . Powered by a big block Chevy. Clearly the strangest rod I've ever seen . It was at the Old Town cruise in Kissimmee , Fla. in 2016
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