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A65 #11--Engines!--SOLVED by Tom_I, Vincent Vell Vet, and Hugo90
« on: February 08, 2011, 05:26:30 PM »
OK...1 point for each complete answer (that includes all three things I'm looking for), points to be given out at the end of the puzzle.  These are all late 1950s-1970 American engines.  Tell me what brand of engine each picture belongs to, an example of cubic inch displacement from that engine family, and an example of a car that engine came in.  


See 3rd post for pics...This 409 is just a teaser!
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 05:28:54 PM »
#1--Ford 260 CI "small-block" or "Windsor" Tom_I
#2--Mercury/Lincoln 430 CI "Super Marauder" Tom_I
#3--Chrysler Turbine engine Vincent Vell Vet
#4--Buick 425 CI "Nailhead" Vincent Vell Vet
#5--Pontiac 421 CI "Super Duty" Hugo90
#6--Chrysler 440 "RB" Vincent Vell Vet
#7--Studebaker R3 304.5 Tom_I
#8--Pontiac "OHC" Six Vincent Vell Vet
#9--Oldsmobile 455 Vincent Vell Vet
#10--Chevrolet 427 Hugo90

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Hugo90--2 points
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 07:32:33 PM »

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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2011, 04:39:44 AM »
Is #9 a small-block Ford V8 engine, as per the 289 cu in engine featured in Ford Mustangs and other Fords of the mid 60s?
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2011, 06:04:35 AM »
I think #2 is the Mercury Super Marauder V8, introduced in 1958. I also think the cast aluminium air cleaner cover means it is the 400 hp version. Displacement is 430 cubic inches, or 7046 cc for those of a metric disposition. When introduced, this engine could be ordered with the Mercury Medalist, Monterey, Montclair or Park Lane.
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2011, 06:29:02 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on February 09, 2011, 04:39:44 AM
Is #9 a small-block Ford V8 engine, as per the 289 cu in engine featured in Ford Mustangs and other Fords of the mid 60s?

No sir...
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2011, 06:30:07 AM »
Quote from: Tom_I on February 09, 2011, 06:04:35 AM
I think #2 is the Mercury Super Marauder V8, introduced in 1958. I also think the cast aluminium air cleaner cover means it is the 400 hp version. Displacement is 430 cubic inches, or 7046 cc for those of a metric disposition. When introduced, this engine could be ordered with the Mercury Medalist, Monterey, Montclair or Park Lane.

That's correct!  That one's a very rare engine option, with triple 2 barrel carburetors...The basic engine family was called the MEL (for Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln) family, and was produced from 1958-1968, when the 462 was replaced by the 460 in Lincolns sometime during the model year.  A cool thing about this engine is that the combustion chambers are in the block, not the heads, kind of like a Chevy 348/409.
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2011, 10:14:12 AM »
Apologies to Carnut, but with its distributor mounted vertically at the front of the V, I think #1 could be a small-block Ford Windsor engine.

From the ribs on the top of the air cleaner, and the lack of a breather hose from the filler on the valve cover, I don't think it's the later 351 cu in engine, so (as Carnut said) I think it could be the 289 cu in (4.7 litre) version introduced in 1963. It was used in the Ford Galaxie, Falcon, Fairlane and Mustang, and probably others as well.
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2011, 10:51:47 AM »
Quote from: Tom_I on February 09, 2011, 10:14:12 AM
Apologies to Carnut, but with its distributor mounted vertically at the front of the V, I think #1 could be a small-block Ford Windsor engine.

From the ribs on the top of the air cleaner, and the lack of a breather hose from the filler on the valve cover, I don't think it's the later 351 cu in engine, so (as Carnut said) I think it could be the 289 cu in (4.7 litre) version introduced in 1963. It was used in the Ford Galaxie, Falcon, Fairlane and Mustang, and probably others as well.

Also right...this one is a 260 CI engine from the 1st production Mustang at the Henry Ford Museum...the engine was introduced in 1962 as a 221 in the Fairlane, and was used continuously up through the 1990s.
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2011, 12:38:12 AM »
3. '63 Chrysler Turbine 130 hp, 425 ft pounds of tourque at zero mph
4. '60 Buick Invicta 401

6. '68 Plymouth Fury 440 non HP

8. '68 Pontiac LeMans OHC 6cyl 250
9. '70 Pontiac Firebird 455
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2011, 06:31:16 AM »
Quote from: Vincent Vell Vet on February 10, 2011, 12:38:12 AM
3. '63 Chrysler Turbine 130 hp, 425 ft pounds of tourque at zero mph
4. '60 Buick Invicta 401

6. '68 Plymouth Fury 440 non HP

8. '68 Pontiac LeMans OHC 6cyl 250
9. '70 Pontiac Firebird 455

All right except #9...#3 is indeed from a Turbine car...nine of which still exist.  This could be a pic from any of them in Michigan (I believe there are four here).  #4 is a Buick 425 "Nailhead" from a '65 Riviera.  Dual Quads were an option on these...#6 is a Chrysler 440...#8 is a Pontiac OHC Six from a '67 LeMans convertible...
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2011, 09:01:04 AM »
From the fixing bolt going through the valve cover, and the shape of the manifold, I think #7 could be a Studebaker V8. You could have had a 232 cu in version in a 1951 Commander when the engine was first offered. There were other sizes up to 304 cu in, including 259 and 289.
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2011, 10:24:19 AM »
#7 is right...This one's from the "Plain Brown Wrapper" Studebaker stock drag car...It's a 304.5 R3 engine...
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2011, 11:53:59 AM »

On #9, is it a 472 Cad? ('68 to '70, all models)
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2011, 01:04:32 PM »
Not a Cad...
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2011, 02:27:07 PM »
Olds 455 - '69 Nintey~Eight?
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2011, 03:20:53 PM »
That's right...this 455 is in a 4-4-2...
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2011, 04:43:40 PM »
I'm late in chiming in, but, great puzzle!
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2011, 05:01:03 PM »
For sure an awesome puzzle!

On #10, how about a plain old work-a-day Chevy 350? In anything from a '68 to several years newer
Nova, C-10  p.u., Malibu, El Camino, Monte Carlo, Impala.
No?
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2011, 05:19:26 PM »
Not that, but pretty warm.
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2011, 12:17:46 AM »
5 looks like a 389 or 421 Pontiac and
10 looks like a 396 or 427 Chevy
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2011, 03:09:39 AM »
The spirit of Erbas lives!
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #23 on: February 11, 2011, 06:37:06 AM »
Quote from: hugo90 on February 11, 2011, 12:17:46 AM
5 looks like a 389 or 421 Pontiac and
10 looks like a 396 or 427 Chevy

You're right on the engines, Hugo90, but I just need a car they would have come in.  Locked for you for 48 hrs...
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Re: A65 #11--Engines!
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2011, 07:51:21 AM »
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