I found this in one of my Facebook groups this morning and thought I would share. It's a 4 cylinder engine from 1918 (maybe 1913) It might not even be automotive.
It certainly bears a close resemblence to the engine that was in my '25 Dodge Bros. The front chain case, water pump and magneto drive especially. Just a wild observation. Although, the intake system is completely different ....Mitch
@mitch 36 nailed it , don’t care if you think “ it bears a close resemblance “ it dang nab is a good ol’ Dodge engine . Simply has to be , it’s Hamb law
Ha, I thought so, BUT after closer investigation, the head is different. I'm holding with Dodge but I have been wrong before, MANY times. Just ask my wife Mitch
It's not Dodge, it has intake and exhaust manifolds on the driver's side, all dodge flathead motors have it on the p***enger side. I'll do some looking.
You are right, it is not Dodge! However...the one in your pic is a late 1927 124 model commonly called a "Fast Four". All the DB engines before that have the carb on the left bolted to the block with intake p***age internal and a separate exhaust manifold on the right. The "Fast Four" engine was only used in the last 90 days of '27 production and '28 in the Standard Four model. I have 6 of those engines with 2 in roadsters and 1 in a Graham Brothers Screenside. I have no clue what the engine is in the O/G post. Dave
The flywheel on it doesn’t look like it would accept a clutch. Looks like something to run a flat belt for sawmill, etc. I realize the FW could have been added on to it though.
No, not if it was adapted to a flat-belt pulley system, since a clutch wouldn't be used. For, say, a machine shop, lumber shop, grain miller, maybe even water-pumper(fields, mines, what-have-you) etc. & depending on what make & driveline style, the trans n diff probably were combined into a transaxle driven by a long prop shaft, 3/4-elipital springs, & a long torque arm. Like say Studebaker did from at least as far back as 1913, though at least 1918. That powerplant isn't stude, I don't think. Marcus...
Winner winner chicken dinner. It looks like the facebook one is an Oakland with a magneto conversion. Possibly a Bosch DU4..Mitch
If it was built in 1913, it could be a Northway 35hp marine engine: I don't know how long Northway made a 4-cylinder marine engine. The 4-cylinder 1913 Oakland (which used a Northway engine) was listed as a 35hp model. In any case, the flywheel on the engine shown in the video is not the Northway cone clutch flywheel: It is missing the step in the outer cir***ference shown in this pic from a 1915 owners' manual. Since the bellhousing appears to be cast into the block on the Oakland engine, I believe it is the marine engine, not an Oakland. The rails it is mounted on look like a barnyard or industrial conversion.
Okay, I watched some of the video, and see the date code. Maybe someone will recognize the AR in hexagon logo:
The Jalopy Journal
