39 Plymouth, cooler than a SBC
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65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
That thing is mean, did you see what looks like a quick change diff in front of the engine with the drive shaft laying there? He must be running a belt or chain down to it. A friend of mine talked about a similar idea but on a smaller scale, his would have to be a custom engine. He is always coming to me with new idea's and some are crazy but here I see someone thought the same thing and executed it rather well.
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
I looked at the pic's again, looks like a gilmer blower belt running down in the last pic.
That's about the coolest custom I've ever seen
Very cool back drop for this shot
Very cool back drop for this shot
There's a tractor pull tractor with a radial engine after this vid
THAT'Z TIT'Z
That is a really cool truck. Imaginative and well done it seems. 
Technical question for anyone who knows. .. why all the smoke? Comes with the territory for radial engines of this vintage or just for show?
Technical question for anyone who knows. .. why all the smoke? Comes with the territory for radial engines of this vintage or just for show?
Just for show. I imagine they inject oil or something.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
I think he has a "show smoke" tank like the show planes.That is a really cool truck. Imaginative and well done it seems.
Technical question for anyone who knows. .. why all the smoke? Comes with the territory for radial engines of this vintage or just for show?
72Fury
Senior Member
Super cool & using his imagination!
sixtyf
Active Member
The coolest thing I've seen for ages - cheers all.
78Brougham
"Chump"
Being an airplane guy, I hope and I'm sure he knows how to take care of a radial engine. The bottom 3 cylinders, that is the ones at 5,6, and 7 o'clock can fill up with oil from the crank case MUST be drained or turned over manually to get the oil out. Most aircraft with these engines have a sump system to help keep the oil from filling up the cylinders. If not they can hydro lock. As cool as radial engine are, they are a huge pain in the *** to own and maintain, and I take my hat off to those that do.
I've read up on that before ... can be pretty catastrophic if you attempt to start it with them full
Hydro-lock bad
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Brings up the question of how do they start it if they can't pull it through without a prop and those are not really no load idle engines due to poor oil control at high vacuum levels.
70_NPORT
Well-Known Member
That there is just sick!
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