Iron Wolf

ISN'T SMOKSTAK GREAT? Harry Matthews, the Gentleman who operates Smokstak has done more to promote the "old iron" hobby with this site then anyone else I can think of! To get to my posts go to "Antique Gas Engine Discussion' in the forums list which comes up when you first go to the site, then go to "Search" and type in "iron wolf". You will get about eleven pages of my 'Rants' from the last several years. Both of the '02 Rambler posts are on the first page somewhere. Iron Wolf

Hi 1937hd45 or can I call you 1937 for short! I should have put a word of explaination in my first post. Although I own several cars and trucks from the teens through the 70s I am an old ENGINE collector FIRST. I have a collection of well over a hundred so called "Hit and Miss" engines, almost exclusively built in Wisconsin. The first two posts about the Rambler engine appeared in SMOKSTAK (this is the correct spelling) which is a forum for old engine collectors. They were under the heading "The Beginning of the end of a Lifelong Dream!" and "The Dream Comes Home!". I don't know if I could move those posts to this site or even if that would be legal and being barely capable of finding the ON button on my computor I wouldn't know how to do it anyway. I hope you will check out what I have posted on the Smokstak forum. Iron Wolf

Last Saturday we made the 240 mile round trip to Fon du lac Wisconsin to pick up the well traveled 1902 Rambler engine which is fresh from the gold fields in California. ( Much more on that later. ) What I really need now is a parts catalog or a copy of one if such a thing exists. The complete side shaft is missing so I will have to make one. HELP!! Iron Wolf

I was going to take a picture of the inside of my shop this morning but I can't get inside the door!! Iron Wolf

The 56 Nash Ambassador has 34,000 miles on and is a GREAT driver. Abe Lincoln could have sat in it with his stovepipe hat on and there is enough room in it for six LARGE adults. My lady and I took it to Church, Sunday and I spent several hours taking people for a ride after services. I had one old gentleman follow me for about ten miles just so he could ask me what kind of car that was. Iron Wolf

1932 Ford brewster green four door Iron Wolf

I was going to guess for the first picture that Easter is in the spring and that picture looks like it was taken in the fall!! Iron Wolf

The lightweight construction and the cap on one end of the crankshaft make me think that it is aircraft. Iron Wolf

I worked in the Kenosha, WI A M C engine plant as a machine maintenance man from 1957 to 1989 and the V 8 engines built there were, Type one. 250,289,and 327 Cubic inch. Type two style one 290, 343, and 390 Cubic inch. Type two style two. 301, 360, and 401. The block below the exhaust manafold on BOTH sides has the Cubic inch size cast into it on ALL the Type two engines. Iron wolf

"Tyre" is an English spelling but Vogue Tyres were made in Chicago. Iron Wolf

I bought these at a farm auction a couple of years ago and have no clue what they are for. The seven lug bolt pattern is something that I have never seen before. Notice that the wheel with the white t"y"re has six long acorn nuts attached to ??? and the other wheel does not have these. The Vogue tyre is a 7.50 8.00 X 17 double white wall. I had a set of Vogue single side wide whites on a '53 Mercury convertable many years ago. They shure were nice looking tires. Iron Wolf

Thanks West; Unless this is a very early prototype I am shure it is NOT a Knox. I have spent quite a few hours pouring over material on ,00 to ,10 cars and and the only thing I can find is that Speed-well and I can't find a picture of the engine only a very fuzzy picture of the car. I have a picture of what is supposed to be a four cylinder Speed-well engine but once again it is not clear enough to see if the studs are copper wrapped or even if they are studs or cast as part of the cylinder.I know of a couple of other engines built like this including a power unit to replace the horses on a steam fire pump but none of them use the copper wrapping on the studs like this one has. Please have your friends contact me at ddorece@wi.rr.com Several minds together always work better then one. Iron Wolf

To actually get serious about I Ding it. Maybe a Maxwell?? Iron Wolf

Hi ALL; I'm new to this forum so bear with me. I collect Hit & Miss engines but occasionally wind up with one that fits into the "Odd & Curious" catagory. Here's one example. I bought this in North Dekota a few years ago and can't seem to put a mfgrs. name to it. I think it may be a Speed-well built in Reading, PA but?????. The carb was a late "T" which I removed and the ignition was also borrowed from a Ford "T" The cam shaft is disconnected from the engine in the picture. The roller runs between the lobes and the rocker arm actuates each exhaust valve in turn. The cooling studs are steel rivets, wrapped with copper wire. Any ideas?? Iron Wolf