--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Yep that would be a 948 motor...(also know as
> an A block) it goes in a 58-61
> bugeye.... or the first Mk1 MG midget.... lots
> were pulled to swap in 1275
> motors... (Miss Kathy's bugeye has a 1275 and I
> have a 948 on a stand. The
> Motor bolt for bolts with a Morris
> minor....Just a difference in the
> attaching flange for the exhaust (clamp Vs Bolt
> in the latter)
>
> Just to be sure the Bore diameter in the SU's
> should be 1.125" or 1 and an
> 1/8th.... Keith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>;
> <kturk@ala.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:14 PM
> Subject: Morris 1275's and Crosley's
>
>
> > Keith and Group,
> > I just returned from an auction in
> Northern CA. The goodies included
> > several Flatty motors in various stages of
> rust, as well as a number of
> > Crosley (1948-?) engines, both apart and
> together. The only Flatty I
> bought
> > was a stripped and dis-assembled 59-A block
> (I wonder what the guy who
> > disassembled it found that made hil discard
> it?).
> > They wouldn't release any of the
> purchases the day of the auction, so
> > when I went back today for my purchases
> someone else had included the
> Flatty
> > block with another batch and it was gone.
> > What I'm looking for is info on the
> Crosley motors. I have a
> fascination
> > for odd, small engines, and there were
> several at the auction which I
> bought.
> > One is a complete marine I / O setup with a
> marine converted Crosley. If
> > anyone has a line on Crosley info on the net
> I would appreciate hearing
> about
> > it. I understand that the Crosley motor was
> used in Thermo-King truck
> > refrigeration units as well as cars and
> boats. I'm also told that the
> > commercial and marine units had steel cranks
> and hotter cams. The marine
> unit
> > I got has dual carbs.
> > Keith, maybe you can answer this for me.
> I also bought a complete
> British
> > 4 cyl. motor that looks like my Morris Minor
> 1275 powerplant. It has dual
> > carbs, a mechanical fuel pump, an inspection
> cover over the tappett
> > compartment, and the number 950 cast on the
> side of the block in large
> > letters.
> > Help on either of these subjects from
> anybody will be appreciated.
> > Ardun
> Doug in CA
> > #
> 1313 XXF / FMR
> >Keith, I can "hear" your smile when you talk
this Healy stuff.
=====
Dick J
in east Texas
ECTA #72 FX/GMR
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