continental engine

[31 LaSalle]

I have a 1929 peerless sedan with a straight six cylinder engine

I have been told the engine is a continental what does this mean

 

[bryankazmer]

It means that the engine was made by Continental Motors and supplied to Peerless.

[31 LaSalle]

1 hour ago, bryankazmer said:

It means that the engine was made by Continental Motors and supplied to Peerless.

so peerless did not make there own engines.

 was continental just an engine manufacturer is that correct

 

[JFranklin]

Continental engines were well made for many makes of vehicles. Continental primarily built engines.

[bryankazmer]

Continental briefly sold complete cars after taking over DeVaux.

 

Peerless did build their own engines, just not for all models.  There are some folks much more expert on Peerless who can detail this.

[28 Chrysler]

The continental engines could be ordered to the car manufactures specifications, while some were of the shelf.

[Bud Tierney]

This belongs in the Peerless forum here (scroll WAY down)...Models 80/81are listed with Cont'l 8U/18C (same engine series; Models 61/61A show  as 11E...don;t know iP Peerless ID'd on tag on block

[Rusty_OToole]

Continental made engines of various sizes and sold them to more than 100 manufacturers of cars, trucks, tractors, industrial equipment, boats etc.

 

Peerless was best known for using Herschell-Spillman V8s which they made under license. They may also have used Continental engines, I leave it to the Peerless experts exactly what your car has.

 

Can you tell us exactly what model, is there an ID plate on the engine, and do you have any photos of the engine? There are experts here who can tell what you have in minutes but they need something to go on.

 

Later... it seems Peerless came out with a new line of straight six and straight eight cars in 1929 all with Continental engines. If yours is a 6-81 it has a 248 cu in 66HP engine. This seems to be the most popular model. They made a 6-61, 6-81, 6-91 and 8-125 ranging in price from $1195 to $2295. This put them in the upper medium price bracket comparable to Buick or Chrysler.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history)

[1939_Buick]

10 hours ago, 31 LaSalle said:

I have been told the engine is a continental what does this mean

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Motors_Company

 

For some parts are still available

 

Link-->https://forums.aaca.org/topic/177656-continental-engines/

 

[Bud Tierney]

Rusty: I've got about 450 names on my Cont'l users list, all prewar cars, trucks, buses altho contains a few one-offs, like the prison inmates who built a truck with a Cont'l engine...

And that doesn't begin to count the construction eqpmt etc, probably nearly (or more!!) an numerous...

They had little penetration of early tractors,but there are a few...

My list is made primarily from listings in old car/truck parts catalogs and some from vehicle reports in the literature, so I'm sure it's far from complete to WWII...

Bit there's a complication; see my yesterday post in the Cont'l Motors forum re' the other "imitation" Cont;l, The Continental Engine Co (189?/190?---1914 or so)

I don;t know of any supposedly compolete list... list..;.

Edited June 16, 2022 by Bud Tierney
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