ron hausmann Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 All,Thought that I would post a few pictures of a relatively beautiful and complete Kissel Model 126, White Eagle engine which was "discovered" a few months ago in a long-ago closed saw mill. I bought it.Kissel Model 126 eight cylinder engines were THE LONGEST 8 CYLINDER ENGINES made in the US. These engines were made only briefly, in 1929 and 1930 I believe. They used Lycoming big-block engine cores which Kissel custom manufactured heads, rods, pans, and pistons. There were only three of these engines known until a few months ago, until this beauty showed up. Now all I need is an even more rare "barn find", Kissel White Eagle Speedster, to mount this huge engine in!Enjoy, !! RON HAUSMANN P.E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Very cool. Is that the remnants of a chassis under it? You have 30% of your speedster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron hausmann Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Yes. The sawmill was filled up with decades of accumulated hoarding stuff. Heated and watertight for forty years! When the owner was cleaning it out, he discovered the engine and radiator, and contacted me because of my Kissel web site. The radiator is actually as rare as the engine, because there were only a few Kissel Model 126 engines which used the Kissel horse collar radiator, before they went to the more modern one with an eagle embossed on it. the honeycomb is pristine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Motometer, is the Kissel motometer with the flapping wings when overheating there? Great find! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoringicons Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Hi Ron- That's a great find indeed! I am glad it went to a good home. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Very cool...... I have never seen that engine before....thanks for posting. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Ron, Great engine find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 About 30 years ago, an friend of mine bought most of a '29 Stutz Blackhawk from a local farm. The straight 8 engine was similarly connected to a sawmill. The deal included him supplying another power plant because the saw was still in regular use! The transaction was closed with some dollars and a rebuilt Chrysler 6-cylinder flathead industrial engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Years ago I bought a '32 Packard engine and front end that was being used to power a sawmill. Stuff is where you find it. Great find Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Nice! Looks like they quite using it when the generator went bad. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron hausmann Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 All,Just received and uncrated the Kissel Model 8-126 Lycoming 8-cylinder engine here in Michigan from its "find" in the California sawmill. Big and beautiful. I stuck a Kissel crank into it and, surprisingly, it turned. Hard, but OK. Attached are a few pictures of it. I collect 1920's Kissels and Chevrolets. No correlation but that's just me. The little speck of an engine next to the big grey Kissel 8-126 Lycoming, is a regular 4 cylinder Chevrolet Capital engine. So you can see the immensity of this big Lycoming block. The engine to the left in the threesome picture is a small block Lycoming, used in the Kissel 8-65 ening series. Also very, very rare.Thanks Ron Hausmann P.E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Glad to see it found a good home. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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