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MJB19 08-18-2012 08:19 PM
Re: Guess the Engine
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by James L Miller (Post 340264)
This is pretty obscure. I took this photo at the Miller Reunion in Milwaukee last summer. No, it's not a Harry Miller engine, but it's from the same period. Think Francais! I love the engine turned finish.
Wow...I was only off by a bit .....lol

James L Miller 08-19-2012 02:12 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie A (Post 341464)
This might not take too long to guess, but it is a cool picture of "performance"


http://www.nwvs.org/Technical/Engine...ix/IMG7506.JPG
I'm going to guess it's from a Franklin motor car. I met someone that had one, but I never got to look at it. The guy told me it was air cooled. Those copper fins are cool (pun not intended, but sounds good anyway).

Charlie A 08-19-2012 10:18 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Nope...not Franklin.

James L Miller 08-21-2012 11:21 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie A (Post 341464)
This might not take too long to guess, but it is a cool picture of "performance"


http://www.nwvs.org/Technical/Engine...ix/IMG7506.JPG
According to the website, it says it's a Cheeby. It took me a while to find that photo.

http://www.nwvs.org/Technical/Engines/ModelTE115.shtml

Charlie A 08-21-2012 12:31 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
1923 predecessor to the air cooled corvair. lol

Pretty cool looking engine.

Ok. Your turn for the next one !!!

Hemi Moose 08-21-2012 03:05 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Dig the paint on this old Vette, guess what type of tail lights it has...
man what were these people on back then, lol. :D

http://www.doverdragstrip.com/phpBB3...7333e6643af4da

Charlie A 08-21-2012 08:25 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Was thinking Mercury (or maybe Fairlane) on the tailights but can't remember the year.

James L Miller 08-22-2012 11:58 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
They look a lot like the 1965 Ford wagon tail lights.

http://bringatrailer.com/2011/08/15/...-ford-galaxie/

Charlie A 08-22-2012 05:28 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Two for two!

Now you have to stump the masses yourself.....twice.

Hemi Moose 08-22-2012 08:10 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
...that one was too easy!

Charlie A 08-22-2012 09:04 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
What is it?
Where did it come from!


http://forums.aaca.org/attachments/f...n-dscn2147.jpg

James L Miller 08-23-2012 01:30 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie A (Post 342325)
What is it?
Where did it come from!


http://forums.aaca.org/attachments/f...n-dscn2147.jpg
When I tell it to Quote your attachment, it tells me it is a turbine ring from a 1953-1959 dynaflow transmission. And yes, I cheated on the Cheeby air cooled engine too! I was going to guess it was from a transmission, or possibly a headlight ring from a Chrysler. There was a period when Chrysler liked yellow anodized trim and the discoloration looked kind of close to that anodizing. I sort of remembered the Ford wagon tail lights but had a little help on that one.

Charlie A 08-23-2012 08:13 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Sort of takes the fun out of it, doesn't it?

I would suppose this topic is now a dead puppy.

Hemi Moose 08-29-2012 12:15 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Okay looking for the year make & model and the original name of this old race car...hard enough.

http://www.classicfunnycarboard.com/afx.JPG

James L Miller 08-29-2012 12:29 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 343368)
Okay looking for the year make & model and the original name of this old race car...hard enough.

http://www.classicfunnycarboard.com/afx.JPG
I was going to out to that website, but the thread with photos has 774 pages. That's a bit to sort out, so I'll guess it's a 1963 Plymouth with the 1965 nose on it.

I'm glad I didn't shut the thread down with my cheap bypass methodology. That dynaflow turbine would have been near impossible unless you worked on those things. That ring must be a lot bigger than it looks. I found a photo of a converter apart and that thing must be 12" in diameter or maybe more.

Hemi Moose 08-29-2012 03:15 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Okay lets see that would be 2 out of 4 questions answered correctly...it started life as '63 426 Max Wedge Savoy that was converted to an Altered Wheel Base...here's the rest of the story on it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1963-...item2575072001


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Hemi Moose 09-05-2012 11:32 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
...okay how about this one then.

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...es/thetrip.jpg

Hemi Moose 09-05-2012 11:57 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
...or this wagon.

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...rod_cars_b.jpg

CycloneFE 09-09-2012 06:20 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
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OK "Moose" sit this one out, we know it is a Hemi, what is the car?

GTX JOHN 09-09-2012 07:03 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
How about 1953 Chrysler/331 Hemi?

HEMIDARTDAVE 09-09-2012 08:39 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
'55 or '56 Chrysler 300

CycloneFE 09-09-2012 09:05 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HEMIDARTDAVE (Post 345515)
'55 or '56 Chrysler 300
Dang, less than 2 hours. I can't stump you Mopar guys, you know your history.

a990hemi 09-10-2012 01:11 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 344747)
This one was originally a genuine 1964 aluminum nosed Super Stock Hemi 4 speed car. Awaiting restoration in Florida if I recall properly.

Hemi Moose 09-12-2012 04:07 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Ho hum, can't seem to stump some of these old dinosaurs on here...so anyone want to take a stab at the 'War Axe' station wagon posted earlier.


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Steve Stasko 09-12-2012 11:25 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 346156)
Ho hum, can't seem to stump some of these old dinosaurs on here...so anyone want to take a stab at the 'War Axe' station wagon posted earlier.


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'63 Max Wedge Plymouth wagon, originally Phil Mandella's if I remember correctly. Last I knew it was in Washington awaiting a restoration.

Hemi Moose 09-13-2012 12:00 AM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Quote:
Mandella's '63 Max Wedge Wagon

Mike Volz of Olympia, Washington, made the discovery of a lifetime by following leads about "some old Mopar station wagon race car." The mystery wagon turned out to be one of only three factory-built Max Wedge station wagons sold in 1963 (two Plymouths, one Dodge). Amazingly, the plus-size body style was what spooked everybody else away. Originally equipped with a low-compression 11.0:1 426 Max Wedge, pushbutton 727 TorqueFlite, AM radio, heater, and steel front end, this six-passenger Belvedere long-roof was originally sold new by the legendary Milne Brothers Chrysler-Plymouth of Pasadena, California, to a young racer by the name of Ron Mandella. Though Ron recently passed away, his brother Phil Mandella-proprietor of PM Race Cars-says Ron campaigned it extensively in NHRA A/SA competition, winning the Indy Nationals in 1964 with a 12.99/108.04 run (he runner-upped there in 1963). When he wasn't chasing national gold, Phil tells us Ron often drove the cross-rammed beast on the street: "He'd be lined up against Dyno Don's 409 Chevy on Colorado Boulevard or Rivergrade Road, then he'd deliver flowers for my parents' flower shop with it the next morning." Today the car is headed for a total restoration back to the way it was when Ron Mandella raced it in the early '60s, complete with hand-brushed lettering, chrome reverse rims, and fenderwell headers. -Steve Magnante
I wonder who got the other '63 Max Wedge wagons...

Hemi Moose 09-13-2012 03:55 PM
Re: Guess the Car
 
Take a guess who the Mechanic is...

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...es/Grumpy7.jpg


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