Guest mats larsson Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 i have one old engine in my garage silverdome straight eight ,anyone who knows what car it comes from ?mats l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mats larsson Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 sorry forgot to mension the year , its from 1929mats l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Seems like you've already answered your own question if you know it's from a 1929 Chrysler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mats larsson Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 yes i think that it,s from -29 .but the people here in sweden that i have had contact with ,thought that chrysler didnt do eight cyl engines before 1930 .and that is the reason for my question . and also to get some possible models that it could come from.mats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Let us know the serial number of the motor, that is the easiest way to determine what you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) There were no Chrysler straight eights before 1931. The engine number will be on the left side of the engine just under the cylinder head on a long flat raised pad. Dodge and DeSoto did have the straight eight in 1930. Edited February 4, 2013 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mats larsson Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 now i have been out in my garage with a torchlamp and found some numbers on top of engine it stands silverdome engine on left side in bottom stands H 306429-1 83030 on left side top is nothing maybe its not a chrysler after allinterresting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I know Chrysler Imperials used Silverdome eights as standard equuipment and there was an optional "Red Head" for higher perfomance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 now i have been out in my garage with a torchlamp and found some numbers on top of engine it stands silverdome engine on left side in bottom stands H 306429-1 83030 on left side top is nothing maybe its not a chrysler after allinterresting....If it says, "SILVERDOME" on the head, it is a Chrysler product engine. We need to see some photos of the engine. If you need help posting them, you can send them to me at keiser31@charter.net and I will post them here for you. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Here is the engine in question....it DOES sort of have that 1929 Chrysler look to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hchris Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Here is the engine in question....it DOES sort of have that 1929 Chrysler look to it.Correct me if I`m wrong but the valve gear is on the wrong side for a Chrysler engine, I dont recall seing any Chrysler engine where the side plate access isnt under the manifolds on the other side of the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) Correct me if I`m wrong but the valve gear is on the wrong side for a Chrysler engine, I dont recall seing any Chrysler engine where the side plate access isnt under the manifolds on the other side of the engine.Actually, they do have some plates on a few years on the left side. Here is my 1929 '75' Chrysler engine. The engine in question above may have the number on the right side between the plates or just above the plates.Mats, may I ask where you got the engine?? Edited February 5, 2013 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layden B Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Info from the starter generator and distributor may date it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Looks like an industrial version of the 31 Imperial engine. The cover on the side is not a valve cover, but a water jacket cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hchris Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]176609[/ATTACH]Looks like an industrial version of the 31 Imperial engine. The cover on the side is not a valve cover, but a water jacket coverActually you are indeed correct, good catch, also notice the gauges on the industrial setup they are very Chrysler looking, but then I dont see a pad for the engine number at upper left of the block ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mats larsson Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 the valve mechanism is on the right side there is no number on top left front and the gauges and other things onthe engine side was used during ww2 when it was running on generator gas that was made from wood . because there was no petrol in that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mats larsson Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 i found the number on it ,someone had made a bigger cover and when scraping in the rust i found the top of something took the cover away and there stands B CG 1560. where i got it from ? i bought it from an elderly man with a big collection of tractors and as this was just a motor i was offered to buy it , and naturally i did just that. ca 1940 it was converted for stationary use with a belt drive after the clutch ,it is mounted in a wooden frame and has a complete radiator from an oldsmobile ca 28-29 .it has the badge of a early olds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narve N Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 The letters CG indicate a 385 cui Imperial engine, made from mid 1930. Need to check the other numbers to verify whether car or industrial. If so a very interesting engine too, I would gladly come to Sweden and buy it. Maybe it has a connection to the car pictured here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mats larsson Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 The letters CG indicate a 385 cui Imperial engine, made from mid 1930. Need to check the other numbers to verify whether car or industrial. If so a very interesting engine too, I would gladly come to Sweden and buy it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]188257[/ATTACH]Maybe it has a connection to the car pictured here?hello i have recieved some information about the motor from one other visitor and it comes from a 1930 chrysler 7 seater sedan shipped to stockholm . so it is not a industrial motor , that changes is made later around ww2.if you are interrested you are welcome to have a look for your self .i understand that you live in norway so maybe it is not so far away.mats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narve N Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 This is a Swedish CG Limo pictured at a museum (Gysinge) in the 70s: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Another thread shows pictures of Chrysler sedans and limousines in Norway. Did they have a lot of them in the 30s and 40s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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