Guest stephen48 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I took the attached photo in a car graveyard. The engine has Lycoming Motors on the plate attached to it.I am wondering what year it is and what vehicle it would have been in originally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) The style of the chassis would suggest it is an early truck of some sort. I presume this is in NZ, so perhaps a call to Ian Ridd at the Richardson Truck Museum might help - http://www.hwr.co.nz/truck-museum Edited September 19, 2011 by nzcarnerd (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Those frame rails have the openings facing out which is a feature of mid 20s Willys Overland,I believe. It looks like that wheel isn't attached and those look like rear springs. I think this is all a haphazard pile of parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Just a thought - did you run a tape measure over the engine to gain an impression of how big it is - ie maybe 200cid or 500 cid. Lycoming did a 3 1/2 x 5 (192 cid) Model K engine that was used by several makers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephen48 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 No I did not measure anything and was moving around the yard quickly.The engine is attached to the chassis but there is a lot of stray parts in the mix.It was the Lycoming name that caught my attention.So that is why I wondered wht it was originally used in.It is in the long time car grave yard at Horopito,NZ.You can see it on Google Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Looks to me like a portable industrial engine. That output stuff looks like it could be a belt sheave. Is it port city, or manufacturing town?Perry in Idaho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Neither, Horopito is a relatively remote area in the centre of the North Island where a large collection of cars and other stuff has been collected up over many years. The engine may well have begun life in a car but been adapted to drive something else when the original car became obselete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 The brass tag on the engine should also state the Model #. Looks teens to me. We restored a 1917 vehicle with a Lycoming with a very similar, if not identical, fan arrangement. Interesting arrangement of the leaf springs with those frame mounted overriders. Unlike anything I'm familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi group, it definitely looks like a Lycoming truck engine adapted to run as a stationary power plant { could have been an industrial engine from new but truck engines are more common}. This was a popular adaption, and they were used for many different purposes. Most typically to run a sawmill or a water pump. The motor mount and all of the adapted mobile chassis looks home brewed. No doubt a lot of it started life as a part of a truck or automobile, but it has been heavily modified by the Farmer or Blacksmith who assembled it. The engine at least should be salvageable, and maybe the axle assy. All the best Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Brass Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I don't think the engine belongs to the frame, the rear mount doesn't look like a factory design.Internationals used Lycomings but I am doubtful this is an IHC engine.Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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