Unusual engine photos

How about posting some photos of unusual old engine photos, like flathead V-12's or flathead Cadillacs.

I'll start with an old Hemi

 

Cad flathead wide V16 and Packard straight 12

 

Lovin motorporn.

 

This is twin Allisons

 

I worked in a wrecking yard about 1960 that had one of these engines laying in the dirt in front of the office. Cadillac V-12 OHV.

 

Still can't get over this one...

 

Harry Miller and his draftsman Leo Goossen designed this 151 marine engine for the hydroplane racers of the early 1930's. It was later made into a 200" sprint car engine and still later Harry had it enlarged for Indy where it ran at 220 cu. in. When Miller fell on hard times Fred Offenhauser bought Miller's machinery and the rights to the engine which naturally became the Offy that dominated Indianapolis for years.

 

Here is Joe Lencki's six cylinder that he designed for his Champ cars. Pretty much an Offenhauser with two extra cylinders but maybe Joe refined the design to suit his tastes. Its been said that he was very touchy about it being compared to the Offy. The first photo shows Fred O on the right with the shop crew and a number of engines in the works and finished, the Lencki 6 is in the middle. The second photo is Joe with his beloved engine, he looks to be well into his 80's here. The last images are of the Lencki 6 as restored by the new owner, top photo is the crankcase assembly and the lower is of the cylinders and integral head with the cam towers and carbs installed.

I should have mentioned in my original post that Corky Coker has the patterns and tooling for the Lencki 6 and is building them for street use with starter, electronic fuel injection, etc.
Not for the casual hot rodder, pricing starts at $100,000+

 

Oregon racer and engine builder Clarence Everett.

 

I love the Camaro picture, I had a '67 in high school. Its just ironic to see it, usually it's a sbc in a early Ford.

 

Elto outboard boat motor adapted to a midget, this was a popular conversion in the 1930's-'40's.

 

How about Joe Schubeck's Eagle? Capable of 900 cu. in, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder. A few were adapted to exotic sports type cars and run with EFI but I think most were put into boats. Joe was a racer, built dragster chassis and was the first guy to have blow proof bellhousings hydro formed. He eventually sold Lakewood Industries to Mr. Gasket. Oh, Joe also drove the Hurst Hairy Oldsmobile.

 

Prototype never made it into production

 

Maybe a Plymouth banger with a Y block head. Whoever would do such a thing must be sick.

 

White Motor Company built this horizontally opposed 12 cylinder. They were mounted under the floor of buses and permitted maximum passenger space.

 

Anyone hot rodding a tank? Five Chrysler L-heads in one....

 

Yeah, it's got a Hemi!

 

Looks more like a flathead Ford v8....

 

Gifted race mechanic Takeo Hirashima with the Art Sparks six cylinder. Tak's career lasted from the '30's into the late 1970's, and his boss, Art, was also the founder of Forged-True Pistons.

 

Duesenberg inline 12s in Disturber IV, 1914.


Dues inline 12, early manifold design


Crankcase

 

It's a fake photo, the drivers side radiator hose goes over the top tank, and to the core support.

 

Search Clarence Everett. What looks like the corner of the radiator where the hose passes over may be the top of a Harman & Collins magneto?

 

One my grandson and I spotted on a road trip.

 

Blow up the photo and look at the drivers side radiator hose. It does not go to the radiator, it sits on top of the top tank.

 

That is not the tank it goes over the top of... it's the magneto. That hose is going to the radiator.

 

Looks like the radiator too me.

 

American La France V12. Side valve (horizontal) enlarged version of the Auburn 12

 

Fun thread. Thanks all, for the pics.