A hemi A Y block Dual OH Cams A Flathead intake valve, the bar illustrates the path of intake air. Radial engine courtesy Ford Early Flathead V8 .
I love cutaways. I made one out of a 3.5 horse Briggs for a school project. My plan was to hook it up to an old electric compressor motor so you could watch it spin but decided against it so as not to amputate anyone's fingers.
Not so much of a cutaway as a glue together. An early attempt at a cheap four barrel to say the least... .
Cutaway Al, really, that would have been a dream for me to work w/ you on those projects, as of today, i would leave my secure job to do something like that. And the wheel carrier axle is unbelievable, it weights by the look!
...and it's still teaching me stuff. Cutaways are the gift that keeps on giving. Even in this thread I learned a few things and I bet if I spend more time staring I'd learn a heap more too. I must admit, I was a bit surprised we didn't have a cutaway thread on the H.A.M.B. I love looking at that (OP) 37 Flathead V8 with all it's chrome and all. Wow Al! That's cool. Thanks for dropping those pics into the thread. Those pics are cool and I bet it would have been a busy and interesting job working in your shop. I really love the Old Timey stuff because it reminds me of those days though the modern stuff is cool too.
Speaking of "cutaways". how about the "Visible V8" scale model kit? Renwall and then later Monogram (I think?), came out with a series of other companion "visible engines" over the years too. including a "Visible Radial" aircraft engine, a "Visible Mazda Rotary" engine and a "Visible Turbocharged Ford 4-Cylinder" engine. Mart3406 =====================
Man, everyone of these is sweet. Speedway's museum in Lincoln, Ne. has some of the coolest ever on display. Thanx for this great post. ~sololobo~
They are cool too. I've got one and one day I'll build it. Anything that allows us to see inside a mechanical part is highly educational. I'll state the obvious and say that a cutaway is worth a thousand words.
I just remembered this one. Model A ford 4 cylinder cutaway that runs. Check it out. <object width="480" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qh2LWwZI1LM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qh2LWwZI1LM?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
THAT was COOL! Even his mobile phone made for some great background music. Seems like a really cool guy too.
In 1956, my father taught at Hadley Vocational High school in St. Louis. A new school had been built, Ofallon, and the equipment was being transfered from the auto shop to the new school. Most of the practice engines were pre war and the new school had overhead valve engines, the old stuff was being s****ped. One of the obsolete pieces was a complete 1940 Ford ch***is painted maroon with cut away engine and transmission as well as many chrome items. Since I had an Olds powered 40 tudor, I hauled off chromed shocks, bumper bracket, etc. I now wonder how many of these ch***is were made that ended in schools across the country. Saddly the rest of the stuff was s****ped. I did take all of the Ford transmissons which were never in a car but had been dissasembeled and re***embeled many times. I soon found that every cluster gear had been stolen and replaced with broken gears by students. deChrome
You can still buy those 1/4 scale Visible V-8 model kits brand new!! Check out www.revell.com I think it's item #85-8883 or..... #85-8885 The one I had years ago included the working light bulbs for spark plugs.. I'm not sure if this release has those.. Some other good news is Revell is bringing back the Renwall name and all of it's products! Hope they include the 1/4 scale ch***is kit that's so hard to find un-***embled and expensive... Anyone remember those????
Not taking anything away from Burnett's work. It is nicely done and the cars are great. David Kimble is a cutaway artist. Although most of his projects are not of the retro stuff talked about here, few even approach the detail, clarity, and artistry of his work. We worked on some of the same programs so I got to know him. Due to fans tracking him down and taking time away from his work he is somewhat private, but he is a really nice guy and a serious gear-head. A search of his name will find pics of his work, and two books of his work were recently published.
That is one of the coolest things, if not THE coolest thing I have ever seen !! Thanks for putting up the thread Bill. HC.
That R-4360 engine cutaway in the video is located at Boeing field, near Seattle, in the museum of flight. It sits in front of the F2G-1 super corsair that housed this engine type. There are a few really neat cutaways in that museum.
So if a person like myself had an old set of cylinder heads (smogger small block Mopar stuff) that he wanted to do some cutaways of, how would he go about doing it? Sawzall? What kind of blade (tpi)? I don't have access to a band saw or anything really high end, but think that it'd be cool just to have some more garage art.
Use whatever you have. Before you start, thoroughly think through what you want do and how you are going to do it. The cooler it turns out the more work it will be. Even with a full shop of tools available, to do it well is tedious and time consuming. Not a good project for someone who is easily bored or has a short attention span. I met a guy who made some cutaways by drilling successive holes, breaking the part off, and filing the rough cut to the desired finished shape.
Thanks guys. I liked doing it. I was very fortunate that cir***stances played out in a way that allowed me to do it, and I was fortunate to have some skilled people helping me. In spite of that, and even though there was plenty of work, the point came where it was time to stop. When I made that decision it took a year to complete all our existing commitments. Maybe hard to understand; Sometimes I wish I was still doing it. The rest of the time I'm glad I'm not.
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