Solved: Allemano's № 841 - Bat Masterson's Porsche Buick

[Allemano]

Franklin motor?

no.

[Tackitt]

The only American two-banked six cylinder I can think of now is Corvair. Is it?
Sorry, strike that. Just saw the early answer that it is not a Corvair.

Is this motor mounted transversely?

[RayTheRat]

How about something completely different...like  Mercury Marine outboard motor?

[Tackitt]

 

[RayTheRat]

Don't be smackin the forehead yet.  We don't know.  I just recalled that some pre-war midgets (and a few post-war) ran Evinrude opposed twin outboards. 

[Tackitt]

When I was a kid, my dad knew a guy who ran a midget with a Mercury outboard motor.
And given the lack of room in this car for a mid-engine setup, it has to be either an outboard or motorcycle engine or a transverse mounted in-line six.

[Allemano]

I have two different sources for this car. One where it is pictured and captioned as ..... .....'s ..... ..... (don't count the points )

And another which has some records of this car with a vague specification. Looking at the manifold I reckon it should be a six-cylinder as it also has a surprisingly small capacitiy. The engine is stock I would say.
I don't know why the owner/driver swapped the original motor.

[Tackitt]

Is the motor from another automobile?

[Allemano]

Yes.

[Zerk]

A V8 with siamesed exhaust ports could have pipes looking like that. The smallest V8 I can think of is a Ford V8-60 flathead from the '30s, at 136 ci. displacement.
EDIT: OOPS. You did say it wasn't a Ford.

[Allemano]

No, not a Ford. And the company I'm after had a small 6-cyl. in stock back then...

[Zerk]

Well, the Buick Special V6 came out in 1962. At 198 ci. that wasn't big by US standards, though it's more than 3 litres.

[Allemano]

So, you now have solved two parts of the puzzle. Go ahead and find the missing bits.

I don't know why this engine was apparantly down-sized to a three litre limit.

Locked for Zerk until his next reply.

[RayTheRat]

Chrysler 170 cu in (2.8 L) slant 6?

[Allemano]

So, you now have solved two parts of the puzzle. Go ahead and find the missing bits.

I don't know why this engine was apparantly down-sized to a three litre limit.

Locked for Zerk until his next reply.

[Zerk]

Kaiser V-6?(Formerly known as the GM Crossfire)

But then, you never said the motor was American.

I seem to have bounded over my steps. Kaiser got the tooling from GM's Buick division. Same engine. Maybe Tackitt ought to get the lock

[Allemano]

It's called Buick-Porsche by ....... so it's up to me who gets the lock.
Take it or leave it!

[Zerk]

It's called Buick-Porsche by ....... so it's up to me who gets the lock.
Take it or leave it!

YESSIR I'm guessing built by Traco, driven by Dan Gurney.

[Allemano]

I'm guessing built by Traco, driven by Dan Gurney.

...........

Edit: actually I don't know who built that car, but it's not Dan Gurney at the wheel.

[Zerk]

Driven by Bat Masterson, of Ventura.

[Allemano]

Driven by Bat Masterson, of Ventura.

That's it!

[Zerk]

Thank you, Allemano!

[Allemano]

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