Look at Van's Blather here.

Doug wrote:
The problem with the guys putting in the V-8's is they are leaving out
the FOUR ON THE FLOOR. I'm gonna put in a CORVETT firebreathing
turbocharged chrome plated V-8, and by gum, it's gonna have a bitchin'
FOUR ON THE FLOOR!!! So there you have it. Auto conversions work great
on planes, but you gotta have the four on the floor, by gum....

The Corvette has SIX.

"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
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Steve Foley wrote:
Are the comments in parentheses yours? It's kind of hard to tell who
wrote
what.

In any case, I know of at one Lycoming engine designed for a boat. I
think
it was used in the 1930s.

Lycoming, like Continental, built a wide range of general purpose
liquid cooled engines which were used in the "assembled cars" as well
as trucks, compressors, gensets, boats, etc. Continental did more of
that and the flathead fours and sixes in Kaisers and Henry Js were used
in welders and whatnot up until four or five years ago, new. They also
made a lot of truck diesels and multifuel variants thereof for the
military. Lycoming flathead V8s were used in Cords and Lyc built the
last of the mighty J and SJ Duesenberg engines as well. They had a
proud history. But their management got senile and ossified and only
type certification kept their dead carcass propped up aoll these last
40-50 years.

Don't forget the Lycoming powered mighty Checker Marathon. Lot of tractors
running around with Continentals also.

Dave Stadt wrote:



Don't forget the Lycoming powered mighty Checker Marathon. Lot of tractors
running around with Continentals also.

At one time I owned a early Checker Marathon which had been powered
with a Continental flathead six and had a Buick V6 when I bought it.
But I am pretty sure Lyc did not build any industrial/vehicle engines
after WWII. Oliver/Cockshutt, I think, used Continentals along with
dozens of cars, light trucks, (Jeep used a Continental flathead at one
time), Hobart welders, gen sets, Zambonis-they were very popular and
all the ag and forklift vendors still support (most of) them. But to
my knowledge Lycoming cars were limited to the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg
family.

Bret Ludwig wrote:
At one time I owned a early Checker Marathon which had been powered
with a Continental flathead six and had a Buick V6 when I bought it.
But I am pretty sure Lyc did not build any industrial/vehicle engines
after WWII. Oliver/Cockshutt, I think, used Continentals along with
dozens of cars, light trucks, (Jeep used a Continental flathead at one
time), Hobart welders, gen sets, Zambonis-they were very popular and
all the ag and forklift vendors still support (most of) them. But to
my knowledge Lycoming cars were limited to the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg
family.

***Warning: thread creep***

Didn't the Tucker have a Lyc or Cont engine? ISTR reading years back
that it was powered by a helicopter engine. I assume that means an
air-cooled flat six?

"Kingfish" wrote in
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Didn't the Tucker have a Lyc or Cont engine? ISTR reading years back
that it was powered by a helicopter engine. I assume that means an
air-cooled flat six?


The Tucker engine is a modified air-cooled Franklin helicopter engine: H-6,
335 cid, 166 bhp.

JP

Kingfish wrote:

***Warning: thread creep***

Didn't the Tucker have a Lyc or Cont engine? ISTR reading years back
that it was powered by a helicopter engine. I assume that means an
air-cooled flat six?

When Tucker was having trouble with their own engine design, they bought
out Franklin and converted one of the Franklin engines to water cooled.
When Franklin went belly-up, the Franklin engine division was sold off.

Tony

"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:



Don't forget the Lycoming powered mighty Checker Marathon. Lot of
tractors
running around with Continentals also.

At one time I owned a early Checker Marathon which had been powered
with a Continental flathead six and had a Buick V6 when I bought it.
But I am pretty sure Lyc did not build any industrial/vehicle engines
after WWII. Oliver/Cockshutt, I think, used Continentals along with
dozens of cars, light trucks, (Jeep used a Continental flathead at one
time), Hobart welders, gen sets, Zambonis-they were very popular and
all the ag and forklift vendors still support (most of) them. But to
my knowledge Lycoming cars were limited to the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg
family.

You are correct they were Continentals in the Checker.