Century Elec Co 2 cyl engine

[Guest Alex.B]

Any idea on what cars may have used this engine? Or were they a generic engine?

Thanks for the help

[nzcarnerd]

According to The Standard Catalog, the Century Electric Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan built electric cars from 1912 to 1915. It was were renamed the Century Manufacturing Company in 1914 so maybe has nothing to do with your engine. I wonder if it is a part of a generating unit.

[Guest noncompos]

Since you're Down Under (squared??), is this a local (AU-NZ) engine?? US?? Brit?? If unknown, are the fasteners (nuts,bolts, threads) US, metric or whitworth??

Do you have any other info as to original use/history?? Why leads you to assume it was a car/truck engine??

I'm not familiar enough with older engines to guess at a time period or if, as nzc wondered, it could've been for/by a genset or a power unit of some kind.

[Larry Schramm]

Is that a cone clutch flywheel on the back side of the engine?

[nzcarnerd]

Have you had a look at this one? http://forums.aaca.org/f170/early-2cy-engine-301892.html The cylinders look similar, although it may be a coincidence.

[Guest Alex.B]

Pic attached to show flywheel area. This engine is in the US not NZ...

Thanks for the input guys

[Guest noncompos]

There seems to've been at least 793 Century Elec Co's in years past and at present (or was it 973??)...anything on that engine re' where this particular Century Elec Co was located??

Is "Century Electric Co" the exact wording?? on attached tag or cast??

There was some experimentation re' elec motor-generators driven by gas engines, both in cars and trucks/buses.