“Uh hello, is this Pep Boys? Yeah I’m looking for a head-gasket for a 1914 Fiat....what? Yeah, it’s the 28.5 liter... OK I’ll hold .... “
Does anyone know how large those WWII Packard V-12s they used in PT boats were?
Is the warranty still valid? Seriously , though I love the way things were overengineered back in the day. I can leave my ‘55 chevy in a dairy barn for 5 months, come back- throw in a freshly charged battery, spritz some carb cleaner/ ether in it and she fires right up. That stovebolt 6 (first produced in 1929, and used in one form or another until 1980) just refuses to die.
CC
Mmm-m sweet
Rabin
Very cool.
Back in the days when you could work on them.
So as far back as 1911, Tony was Fixing It Again?
I cannot imagine hand cranking an engine that size. I have almost had joints pulled out of their sockets cranking a VF4D Wisconsin on a Lincoln SA200 welder.
The bruises that crank would leave were impressive.
Love the Barracuda in the background.
Impressive. 100 years old!
Holy cow...that means one cylinder is displacing as much as the biggest V8 engines from the Detroit muscle car era. Either it has huge pistons or a super long stroke. The engine’s height makes me think it was stroke. Stroke means torque so they must have had a tall gearing to get the speed out of vehicle. Four cylinder engines are inherently unbalanced and get harsher with greater displacement. This thing must have been an absolute beast to be around when running flat out.
Did turn it up to hear them talk and kaboom .....wow ! From the original picture seem they forgot the muffler....LOL !
Awesome !
I walked through a vessel with eight engines on two shafts — they said it was a sub hunter. I think the engines were “straight”, maybe six cylinders?
Jay Leno is drooling like a Pavlov dog.
What are they using for a carburetor? LoL.
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I bet Consumer Reports hated it.
It sounded like “wop, wop, wop” when it ran!
They hot a Fiat to start? And actually run? That’s the news item here.
I love the carbon foot print.