I have an old R&C that has two Ts cut up and welded togeather to make a six cylinder T. At the time of the magazine (1957?) it had been running for some years.
I believe he said the crank broke and made a mess of the back end of the block... He also said that he got another crank to get the rear off it???
I've seen this before up here in lake country, where fishermen used 1/2 of a T engine as a motor for their fishing boats. Two cylinders had more than enough power and the gas consumption was a lot less. Once I bought a T engine out of a boat for parts that was cut down to two, but still had the pan rails mounted on a frame, along with the rear bearing holding the crank. They cut down the oil pan to suit the front half, but the two unused crank throws were right out in the open, spinning away. Looked pretty dangerous, but it worked. Necessity is the mother of butchery....
Cool project. Did y'all note the frame is suspended on a transverse spring at the front? Always cool to see a project, no matter what it is, brought to completion. So tell me, what's a VK?
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