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**robertisaar** · 05-27-2010, 09:53 PM

i'm certainly no expert, but you have me confused...

**CNCguy** · 05-27-2010, 10:09 PM

Pictures are bits and pieces of the project. Can you identify what any of the parts are?

Maybe this?

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**robertisaar** · 05-27-2010, 10:15 PM

i have a gut feeling, but i'll wait until i'm more confident of my answer or someone more knowledgeable than myself chimes in...

**RednBlack** · 05-28-2010, 10:16 AM

I know, but then, I think I snuck a peek. So, I'll remain quiet.

**CNCguy** · 05-28-2010, 10:53 PM

I thought there would be a few guesses by now as to what the parts were. Here's a couple more pics.

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**CNCguy** · 05-28-2010, 10:56 PM

Originally posted by RednBlack View Post

I know, but then, I think I snuck a peek. So, I'll remain quiet.

I forgot about you seeing it. We had planned to have it done this week but are still looking for some missing pieces.

**GEN II JBODY** · 05-29-2010, 06:22 PM

It's obvious, it's part of a flux capacitor

kidding, I have know idea.

**pocket-rocket** · 05-29-2010, 10:15 PM

I was thinking rear suspension, but after the last set of pics, I'm not so sure now. The first ones looked like a hub assembly with strut pocket and lateral control arms to me.

**CNCguy** · 05-29-2010, 11:03 PM

No suspension. All engine parts except the clutch. Here's a few more to look over.

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**pmaniac69** · 05-30-2010, 11:10 AM

I'm awfully curious. but its obviously an OLD motor with that dizzy

you got an old 40s chevy hiding somewhere?

**pocket-rocket** · 05-30-2010, 12:18 PM

Is it one of those old radial aviation engines? That would explain parts put in the pattern you have them in (like the plugs).

**CNCguy** · 05-30-2010, 01:18 PM

It is old... actually older the the '40s. The engine is for a '22 Olds 43A but was available in some Chevys. The engine was out of the car and in pieces when the car got to us. The distributor mount and oil pump, both made from pot metal, had been over tightened and broken. The gears inside the pump and from the distributor drive were worn out. The springs inside the clutch were broken and most of the pieces had been lost. For some reason, you can't run down to the local parts store and pick up replacement parts for this thing so everything had to be made from scratch. With the exception of clutch springs we have everything ready to put back together.

The engine was built by Standard Power Company and is pretty cool with it's old technology. It is rated at forty five horsepower and has electric start, external pushrods, exposed solid lifters, felt inside a slotted valve cover to wick oil onto the rocker arms, gear driven generator, generator driven distributor and oil pump, copper lines inside the engine to route the oil to the mains and a manually adjusted spark advance.

The car features an unsynchronized three speed transmission, band brakes on the rear wheels operated by mechanical linkage, no front brakes, leaf spring suspension with no shocks and wood spoke wheels.

I look at this a pretty much a once in a lifetime experience as I doubt that there will be any other '22 Olds' coming into the shop.

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