Author Topic: Let's Look Under the Hood - Solved! (Read 1808 times)

Allan L · « **Reply #25 on:** February 16, 2012, 03:59:20 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on February 12, 2012, 04:56:08 AM

No 8 looks like a Rolls-Royce engine. It's a sidevalve (flathead) unit, so it must be the 40/50 hp Silver Ghost engine, straight six, with cylinders cast in two blocks of three.

I'd have thought so too, but no response yet.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #26 on:** February 16, 2012, 04:05:28 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on February 12, 2012, 04:56:08 AM

No 8 looks like a Rolls-Royce engine. It's a sidevalve (flathead) unit, so it must be the 40/50 hp Silver Ghost engine, straight six, with cylinders cast in two blocks of three.

Sorry I overlooked this.

Correct!

Tom_I · « **Reply #27 on:** February 16, 2012, 10:53:01 AM »

No 11 is a Continental straight eight flathead, fitted in a 1929 Ruxton Roadster.

This had me confused for a while, as the plugs seem to be on the wrong side of the cylinder head, but as it turns out to be in a front wheel drive car, I guess the engine is mounted the opposite way round to what you would expect.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #28 on:** February 18, 2012, 08:33:45 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on February 16, 2012, 10:53:01 AM

No 11 is a Continental straight eight flathead, fitted in a 1929 Ruxton Roadster.

This had me confused for a while, as the plugs seem to be on the wrong side of the cylinder head, but as it turns out to be in a front wheel drive car, I guess the engine is mounted the opposite way round to what you would expect.

Correct!

One more to be ID'd

Tom_I · « **Reply #29 on:** February 18, 2012, 11:53:43 AM »

I thought #1 would be relatively easy, but it doesn't seem to be. It looks to be a fairly small four cylinder sidevalve unit. The most distinctive thing about it is that the distributor sprouts out of the top of the head, which rules out a lot of possibilities. Some Morris engines were designed like that, but I'm sure this is not one of them. In fact, the electrical bits don't look British at all.

So first question, is it British?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #30 on:** February 19, 2012, 03:36:04 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on February 18, 2012, 11:53:43 AM

So first question, is it British?

No

Tom_I · « **Reply #31 on:** February 19, 2012, 05:20:50 AM »

European?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #32 on:** February 19, 2012, 06:35:57 AM »

Uh-huh

Tom_I · « **Reply #33 on:** February 19, 2012, 07:05:17 AM »

Western Europe? Let's say west of a line formed by the eastern borders of Germany, Austria and Italy?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #34 on:** February 19, 2012, 07:19:23 AM »

Yes and no

Tom_I · « **Reply #35 on:** February 19, 2012, 07:40:43 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on February 19, 2012, 07:19:23 AM

Yes and no

Now I'm really confused.

Does it make a difference if we shift Austria to the other side, and say west of a line formed by the eastern borders of Germany, Switzerland and Italy?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #36 on:** February 19, 2012, 08:35:33 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on February 19, 2012, 07:40:43 AM

... west of a line formed by the eastern borders of Germany, Switzerland and Italy?

Mostly, but not completely

Tom_I · « **Reply #37 on:** February 19, 2012, 10:02:18 AM »

Could all this prevarication mean that when it was founded, the company that made this engine was situated somewhere within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or am I getting this completely wrong?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #38 on:** February 19, 2012, 10:12:04 AM »

Prevarication? Not at all. If all nations were perfectly shaped squares, aligned on a grid, then I could say, yes or no, if this nation is east of three named countries.

Yes, the county was once within the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Tom_I · « **Reply #39 on:** February 19, 2012, 10:24:55 AM »

OK, I think I begin to understand - I should have worded my question more carefully.

Is the company that made this engine from the former Czechoslovakia?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #40 on:** February 19, 2012, 11:23:24 AM »

Tom_I · « **Reply #41 on:** February 19, 2012, 11:29:57 AM »

It's an in-line four cylinder sidevalve unit, so first guess would be Skoda.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #42 on:** February 19, 2012, 06:10:31 PM »

Not a Skoda

Wendax · « **Reply #43 on:** February 20, 2012, 02:30:02 AM »

Laurin & Klement?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #44 on:** February 20, 2012, 02:32:36 AM »

No sir

Tom_I · « **Reply #45 on:** February 20, 2012, 05:17:32 AM »

I don't think Tatra would ever have used an engine like this - their small units were generally horizontally opposed - and Aeros were all two-strokes.

I'm afraid my knowledge of the Czech motor industry is all but exhausted, but could it be a Praga?

Or something more obscure?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #46 on:** February 20, 2012, 05:19:36 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on February 20, 2012, 05:17:32 AM

...but could it be a Praga?

Yes!

Wendax · « **Reply #47 on:** February 20, 2012, 05:33:25 AM »

Praga Alfa?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #48 on:** February 20, 2012, 08:18:42 AM »

No, not an Alfa.

Remember, just need the brand and engine configuration...

Tom_I · « **Reply #49 on:** February 20, 2012, 08:33:45 AM »

Sorry, I didn't give the configuration, as I'd already mentioned it a couple of times.

#1: In-line four-cylinder sidevalve engine by Praga.

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