LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Anyone interested in old trucks? http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/john_jurkowski_trucks.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 If you scroll down on this page http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/trucks.htm You'll come across a wealth of old pics... Automotive and transportation history is full of things one might never expect... from drip carburettors to the Offy 4 cylinder (no separate cylinder head) to ArDun heads on the flathead V8.... right through to the early Hemis The history of both our industry and of the internal combustion engine is rich with colour, innovation, intrigue and engineering marvels... Sleeve valve engines, the scotch yoke, rotary and radial aircraft engines... (no... not a freakin' Wankel)... The "polymotor" - Ford bought the rights to a plastic motor in the early 80s... 4 cylinder, dual overhead cams, 176 pounds and 175 HP... I recall a SAAB engine with variable compression ratio... Many of us, Larry, would do well to consider the rich and vibrant history that has placed us at this time and juncture... fucking WOW!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 There is a lot to look at on that site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 I thought it was interesting. I came across that site while I was searching in vain to find a wiper motor for a Diamond Reo late 50' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I had come across the sight much earlier (but never thought to mention it, I guess) in response to a question about either the H series trucks or the N series trucks (and I suddenly remembered the W series cabovers just now). While these old girls would seem archaic by todays standards, there were innovations - in technology (ever see a 534 CID gaspot?) and in driver comforts... (I had a brief fling with a 76 Mack R700... it was a cold hearted bitch - the "winter package" was a toque and an ice scraper). I love reading about some of the old innovations... innovations that stretched the bounds of the technology available in the day.... Back about 1958, Chrysler offered electronic fuel injection on some models of Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth and Desoto.... Yes... I said electronic... Yes... we didn't have semiconductors as consumer goods except in them new fangled transister radidios.... Yes... the Bendix electrojection featured vacuum tubes in the electronics Here is a decent write up on the system with a link to pics at the bottom I love poking at Dwayne (and so many other youngsters) who often exclaim "what were they thinking of?"... not realizing the engineers have already tried "it" years ago with slings and arrows instead of a couple of belts of .50CAL BMG. It was a very good find, Larry and I hops some of the guys go take a look to see what the stone ages were like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 (ever see a 534 CID gaspot?) 477/534, mechanical governor in the block, Holley 4bbl, and the cylinder heads would rot through on the tops of the exhaust ports in a salt truck. Castings were NLA so they got welded. A beast of an engine! Back about 1958, Chrysler offered electronic fuel injection on some models of Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth and Desoto.... Yes... I said electronic... Yep, the computer filled the area under the rear set, but IIRC, they were all recalled and put carbs on them. I think it was a '59 model. A few years ago at my shop one of the younguns was looking up an oil filter and noticed a model he wasn't familiar with. He said, "What's a Chevy VEGA?!" We are fucking old, Jim.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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