ply33 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Here is a link to the video: https://archive.org/details/45354-1920s-auto-industry-mos The claim is that it is about Ford but that obviously isn’t correct. I am not even positive it is about one manufacturer or several as a wood frame body is shown at one point but when the glass is installed there appears to be a metal structure to the body. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Great video. I like seeing the wood frame for the body, watching them paint without any dust mask or anything, and the panning video of the complex and surrounding homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layden B Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 At 03:59:01 the engine appears to be a Knight sleeve-valve design. Best guess might be Willys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Labor-intensive compared to the current industry practice. The body plant appears to be Fisher in the mid-1920's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl456 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Nice video All of the factory scenes are most likely the Willys-Overland plant in Toledo. Cars are WK model 70. 58L, speaking of labor intense, just matching tolerances of those knight engines (bore, inner sleeve, outer sleeve, pistons) was labor intense. They were measured and assigned a letter designation to match in assembly. A through D as I recall. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, dl456 said: Nice video All of the factory scenes are most likely the Willys-Overland plant in Toledo. Cars are WK model 70. 58L, speaking of labor intense, just matching tolerances of those knight engines (bore, inner sleeve, outer sleeve, pistons) was labor intense. They were measured and assigned a letter designation to match in assembly. A through D as I recall. Dennis Dennis: Thanks for the insight on the Knight sleeve valve manufacturing process. It had to be within tight tolerances to work without binding when at operating temperature but not too loose when cold. Small wonder as the Willys-Knight sales fell during the early Depression years, the model reduced to one by 1933 then disappeared. They do have a distinct sound to their exhaust which had to be a contrast to the poppet valve engines of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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