Yeah, I think it sold to Mr. Petersen at the auction because it was there in my short stint at the musuem after that auction.
No pic, but I remember seeing a V-12 air cooled aluminum Chrysler engine supposedly out of a tank. This guy cobbled it into a pulling tractor and had FOUR Holley 1150 Dominators on it! Exhaust ports at the center of the "V". No way I was going to pay the $10,000 price his ex-wife wanted for it. Anyone else ever seen one?
theres a clear plastic and glass motor at the school that runs on alcohol. ill get a pic of it tommorow!
Ok, well that's pretty awesome. Where did you get the info on that V8? Any links. Woo hoo. 100 posts!
There used to be a T-bucket here in San Antonio in the 1980s that ran a Jaguar V12. I saw the car at a show, but never saw it run. I heard that it was pretty quick. Slonaker
How about a nice Hall Scott 400-the great truck engine when the diesel was too troublesome and hard to manage.Note the OHC, hemi comb chamber,dual ignition,dual valve springs,etc.These and some larger were built until around 1960 and had a lot of industrial applications,marine,etc.
sorry for the faint scan and small size.Dimensions are; 5 3/4 x 7 for a displacement of 1090 CI--5.7/1 CR--940 FT LBS @1300RPM--275 HP @1800 Note the cam drive at the flywheel end and bolt-on crankshaft counterweights--thats funny-no mention of expected MPG.
Thanks for the offer on Wall Smacker. I already have a copy although unsigned. I've spent a bunch of money lately so I'm being a little cheap, sad to say. I'm a real nut on DePalma stuff but that is kind of rare. New book on DePalma by Gary Doyle if you are into that stuff. His last book on Jimmy Murphy was pretty good too. Thanks again, Jim
He built them by hand. Carved up some wood blocks, then beat the aluminum around them and welded them up. He use to race a car with a Ford 240 that'd been stroked (still has the engine, been sitting in peices for 20yrs). Been making manifolds for inlines since. chris
Carbs are webers. They were what he ran on his sprint car years ago. Originally two barrel, he said that running alcohol through a 2barrel weber didn't work well, found out that if he cut one barrel off they ran a lot better. If you looked at them up close, you'd never know they were originally two barrels. They're his favorite carbs, used them on the afore mentioned sprint car, his dune buggies, and now on that Packard.
I need a bigger garage. -Holy fucking awesome! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4598612003
Largely unknown custom 4 cyl race motor of some sort. "Knepper" engraved in the valve cover. SOHC, 150CI, Willys bellhousing and maybe a Willys crank. Gear drive, hemi chamber, 8 plugs. Tubular con rods, dry sump, updraft carbs. Interesting piece of custom work. Any guru's out there with some knowledge of what it might be? We've been able to trace it to an unfinished install into a post wwII midget in Belleville (sp?) Illinois and the trail gets cold there. Guesses place it as a late 20's to 30's sprint car or maybe even a LSR or boat engine. Anyone missing critical hardware for a 1929 Marmon? Too rare and weird for a jalopy/hotrod/ratrod/whatever. That's it, I'm tapped for weird engines, unless I post pics of the friend's plans to turn a 460 ford into a flathead. I'm not sure he's all well in the grey matter.
holy mackrel, where did you find that thing? banger's baby!!! more pictures history anything? talk to carl schmidt, he may know more about it. those intakes scream miller (the bolt pattern on the intake is right for a 20's, assuming that the 30's would have had a 4 bolt pattern ala winfield S and SR) great engine!!! have you heard it run?
It's a LE-Rhone Rotary, used in one of the french WWI aircraft. They had NO throttle contol ,ran flat out all the time -- the only way to control the engine speed was to "Blip" the ignition off & on -- thats how they slowed it for landing & taxi-- The Torque on take off was horrenduous, took full opposite rudder & aileron to keep the thing from rolling over on take off.
That looks like a great piece and the history is worth following up on. Most of my research material is earlier but Arnie Knepper was a pretty decent racer as you may know. He ran at Indy in the 60s that I remember and I also know he ran some Kurtis equipment. Kurtis was pretty big on Offy's which was a continuation of Miller. He probably was around some decent stuff and this motor looks like it wasn't just cobbled together. I run across his name once and awhile but have never followed it. If I run across anything in particular I will let you know. Neat piece. Jim Dillon
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