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Offline 38FLATTIE

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ID This Engine?
« on: March 01, 2010, 08:29:27 AM »
I'm trying to figure out exactly what this is. At first glance, I thought it was a 322/346. I still do, but it has some mods that I haven't seen before. It appears that there is a plate(?) between the water pump/timing cover and the block. The intake/exhaust is crazy, and the heads seem different.

Boat motor? pump?

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks.
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Offline Otto Skorzeny

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 02:33:15 PM »
Hi Flattie,

Post that on the Misfit board. Denrep and Mike Jones seem to know every oddball engine in the world.  Carfreak might nail it here, though.
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Offline 38FLATTIE

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2010, 04:35:05 PM »
Quote from: Otto Skorzeny on March 01, 2010, 02:33:15 PM
Hi Flattie,

Post that on the Misfit board. Denrep and Mike Jones seem to know every oddball engine in the world.  Carfreak might nail it here, though.

Done. Thanks!
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Offline Terry Wenger

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2010, 08:09:31 PM »
Flattie:

That is a '32 Pontiac V-8.The valves were horizontal.

Terry
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Offline Otto Skorzeny

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2010, 08:27:30 PM »
I believe we have a wiener!
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Offline 38FLATTIE

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2010, 08:30:28 PM »
Thanks.

I really thought it was a Caddy/Lasalle variation.
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Offline TJ Hopland

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 08:24:40 AM »
I like the intake.   Was that a somewhat common design?
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Offline Owen Nacker

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 09:46:21 AM »

 Actually, I find the exhaust quite interesting. Rams horns that collect under the carb.

 I too think it's an Oakland/Pontiac. Certainly not a Cadillac/LaSalle. There were not many flat head V-8's produced in the era.

 Mike
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Offline Terry Wenger

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Re: ID This Engine?
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2010, 08:44:43 AM »
You can find a complete article on this engine and the '32 Pontiac in Special Interest Autos #13, Oct. - Nov. 1972.

Terry Wenger
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