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Let's Look Under the Hood - Solved!
« on: January 22, 2012, 08:13:05 AM »
A baker's dozen of engines, large and small. Some are ordinary, some are very special.

For 1 point each, tell us the make and configuration of each engine pictured.

Only a complete answer will earn a point!

Identify the the artist, the album title, and the vehicle pictured.

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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 08:14:09 AM »
Second Group
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2012, 08:14:59 AM »
I'll log the correct ID's here.

Under the Hood #1 / Praga inline 4 / Tom_I

Under the Hood #2 / Stutz Straight Eight engine / neilshouse

Under the Hood #3 / 1972 Saab 96 V4 / richard cuyler

Under the Hood #4 / Chevrolet Blue Flame straight 6 /  

Under the Hood #5 / ZAZ  Zaporozhets V4 / richard cuyler

Under the Hood #6 / 1939 Buick Twin-Carb Straight 8 / richard cuyler

Under the Hood #7 / 1929 Alvis supercharged straight-eight engine / neilshouse

Under the Hood #8 / Rolls Royce Straight Six (armoured car 1920)  / Tom_I

Under the Hood #9 / 1940 Lincoln Zephyr V12 / richard cuyler

Under the Hood #10 / the Varitas Inline-6 cylinder single overhead cam engine / neilshouse

Under the Hood #11 / Continental 4.4 liter side-valve, 100hp, straight-eight cylinder engine in the Ruxton Alligator / Tom_I

Under the Hood #12 / Shelby de Mexico GT 350 V8 / neilshouse

Under the Hood #13 / Marmon HCM V12 / neilshouse
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2012, 05:38:56 PM »
#4 = Chevrolet Blue Flame Six, 1950s
#9 = Lincoln Zephyr V12, 1939-ish
#6 = Buick Straight Eight (christened 'Fireball', I seem to recall), 1940s
#5 = ZAZ vee-4, 60s/70s?
#3 = Saab V4, early 70s
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2012, 03:24:32 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on January 22, 2012, 05:38:56 PM
#4 = Chevrolet Blue Flame Six, 1950s
#9 = Lincoln Zephyr V12, 1939-ish
#6 = Buick Straight Eight (christened 'Fireball', I seem to recall), 1940s
#5 = ZAZ vee-4, 60s/70s?
#3 = Saab V4, early 70s


You're 4 1/2 for 5. You missed something on #4
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2012, 11:36:24 AM »
Stovebolt?  :)
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2012, 12:43:07 PM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on January 26, 2012, 11:36:24 AM
Stovebolt?  :)

That's what many called it, but that's not what I'm after. Unlike your other answers, you didn't specify the configuration.
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2012, 01:53:57 PM »
Straight six?

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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2012, 02:00:49 PM »
# 1 = (I think, judging by the sloping cooling casting in the cylinder head) is a Model A Ford (1927-32) straight four side-valve. That
         modern looking windscreen washer bottle or whatever it is would not have been attached to the original, though ;))
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2012, 03:30:08 PM »
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2012, 03:30:27 PM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on January 26, 2012, 02:00:49 PM
# 1 = (I think, judging by the sloping cooling casting in the cylinder head) is a Model A Ford (1927-32) straight four side-valve. That
         modern looking windscreen washer bottle or whatever it is would not have been attached to the original, though ;))

Not a Ford
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2012, 07:47:07 AM »
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2012, 09:36:04 AM »
7 Auto union ?
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2012, 03:42:55 AM »
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2012, 04:49:59 AM »
#11: 1927 Miller Straight Eight engine
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2012, 04:50:38 AM »
Is No. 12 a Shelby Mustang GT500 V8?

And No. 10, a Veritas/BMW straight six?

No. 7, Alvis Straight Eight supercharged.

No. 2 Stutz straight eight.
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #17 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.
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2012, 04:57:23 AM »
No 10 seems to be a BMW 328-type engine (therefore possibly Bristol) in a single-seater so let's try a Formula 2 car from 1951 like AFM.
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2012, 05:27:20 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on February 12, 2012, 04:49:59 AM
#11: 1927 Miller Straight Eight engine

Not a Miller
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2012, 05:32:32 AM »
Quote from: neilshouse on February 12, 2012, 04:50:38 AM
Is No. 12 a Shelby Mustang GT500 V8? In the right path, but a bit more work is needed

And No. 10, a Veritas/BMW straight six?  Yes!   :thumbsup:

No. 7, Alvis Straight Eight supercharged. Yes! :thumbsup:

No. 2 Stutz straight eight. Yes! :thumbsup:
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2012, 06:22:24 AM »
#12 looks a bit like a small-block Ford 289 V8?
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2012, 09:14:11 AM »
Not a 289. As I didn't ask for displacement, I think I owe this point to neilshouse. It is a Ford V8, but in a slightly different car than the one he cited.
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2012, 12:50:56 PM »
Could No. 12 be a Shelby Mustang GT350?

And No. 13, is, I think a Marmon V12

No. 11, is it a Cord  L29 (Lycoming) straight 8?
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Re: Let's Look Under the Hood
« Reply #24 on: February 16, 2012, 03:11:46 AM »
Yes, yes, no.
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