that video is awesome! something about starting an engine for the first time. that one is crazy! haha
OMG!!! F-ing COOL!! 170mm bore....that's 6.693 inches!!! 140mm stroke...that's 5.512 inches!! that figures out to be 1550.64 cubic inches.......
If not the oldest it is darn close to the oldest. We did have the vedio posted a few months ago, but it is always good to see again. Welcome to the HAMB.
i thought there was a misprint when it stated the displacement to be over 25000 cc's but then i saw the pic of the head sized piston...musta weighed about 20 lbs a piece
Holyyyy crap.... Imagine if you can the idea that it's 1906. Air conditioning is non existant. Electricity is rare - at best. Winter heat is done by burning wood - or coal. Paved roads will not be around for quite some time, although red brick streets may be found in downtown areas and rich neigborhoods. The fastest thing you've probably ever ridden is a horse, lol. Blacksmiths were as common as a car wash. (My great grandfather and his father were 'smiths for several years). Harley Davidson had only produced about 14 bikes - total - over the last three years & they were just opening their first factory. Houses weren't normally equiped with indoor plumbing yet.... ....and here you are on Daytona beach in an auto-car with a stripped down chassis and a big, heavy, loud motor yelling at the top of it's lungs. You look down and the ground is whizzing past your feet at an alarming rate. The wind is moist and salty. You are spitting a rooster tail of water, salt and sand in your wake as you flash past a guy holding a stop-watch. The math is done and you are told that you just went over 117 MPH. Holy Fuckin' shit!!!! I wanna do that again!!! How can I go faster? To top this story all the way off - the car is fucking cool looking to boot!! I'd love to have that - or anyhting like it - in my stall anyday....
Sweet car! But it looks like Henry beat him by a few years (1902) with his "999": http://www.thehenryford.org/museum/aal/999racer.asp .
"Keep your toes out of the flywheel sir." There's a problem we don't think about very much these days. "Careful with your scarf, Pierre. The valves, you know." I like how the frame kicks up at the rear. I love the gold rocket shaped tank on top of the engine. It looks like a Jules Vern creation.
[quote='29MurrayTub]Sweet car! But it looks like Henry beat him by a few years (1902) with his "999": http://www.thehenryford.org/museum/aal/999racer.asp .[/quote] that's exactly what I thought when I read the 1st post! Henry built a wood frame, exposed valve gear rail job - no steering wheel and no brakes; ran it out on the ice on Lake St. Clair at 90+ MPH four years B4 the Darracq ran at Daytona. It was his last attempt at anything related to speed; I guess a car with no suspension, no brakes and bald tires on the ice approaching triple digits was a wee bit much fof his intestinal fortiude. After that, he turned over the handlebars to Barney Oldfield, who went on to become a famous race car driver - primarily as a result of the publicity received at the helm of ol' 999.
GM made a 288 cid overhead valve V8 rated at 36 horsepower. They produced approximatly 3000 of them between 1917 and 1919. They also had exposed rocker arms. Check out www.gmphotostore.com. Dan
how come that engine still sounds way cooler than anything we have made in the last 101 years... and where did you buy race gas in 1905...
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