Henry Ford Museum non LSR exposed engines.

[Rick Byrnes]

Since we are all motor heads,  I'm posting a series of engines and cars that I find of particular interest.  I hope you guys do too.

This first group, the Miller, Ford Indy car with the infamous steering gear.  10 cars I think, and every steering gear failed in the same manner due to heat.  I think that was every year.
Our thought was didn't they think of changing the steering to a different design after all ten failed in the first race due to heat??

[Rick Byrnes]

Next, the Chrysler Gas Turbine engine.
Mid 60's  They had a fleet of vehicles out being tested by the general public.
Chrysler had patents on the regenerative heat recovery system, and when Ford was doing the 707 Gas Turbine truck engine that I worked on, we paid to use this system.  It was an effort to help fuel economy, but these engines had a hard time to even think about .5 Spec fuel.



Next, a Ford styling vehicle.  Y block with this strange induction system.
A single tea pot 4 bbl, then 4 (stromerg 97's??).
There is evidence that this car ran more than just a few miles.


Next the Bugatti Royal with multiple carburation, rather than the huge 2 barrel up draft carb.

[Rick Byrnes]

One last photo.
Ohio George Montgomery converted to FORD and eventually ran this cammer.


And flathead #1

[jdincau]

Rick,
     The cars went to the track with NO test miles on them at all. They never ran after that first disaster. Henry Ford took possesion of them all and never raced them again. Incidentally the steering box employed a planetary gear reduction which was supposedly Henry's idea.

[Stan Back]

Ya know, you don't see many 5 carbonator jobs, do ya?