I remember that museum.... seems my dad was a buyer in Reno for a guy named
Harrah.... and we used to play hide and seek around the place....( actually
I was like 10 at the time) Dad worked for him for 3 yrs buying stuff for
Bill Personally and the Casino's.... didnt' really do the cars.... but we
spent lots of time there cause it was air conditioned and free.... Neat
place to hang out.... but they sure had a bunch of old cars laying
around....
Just in case you ever think you have a shop..... They actually had the
ability to Vulcanize thier own tires .... and the machine tools and skills
to make thier own Dies if need be.... My only wish is that I was a bit
older to have really appreciated the cars at the time..... it was truly in
it's glory from the 60's to the early to mid 70's......
In case some of you don't know.... Dean Batchelor has written a great book
on the collection.... ( yeah that would be Steve's dad .... Steve Batchelor
holds the D/Falt record I have been going after and is Head of the Tech
committee for the SCTA )
Keith
> To: ardunbill@webtv.net; clemtebow@jps.net; jamisone@iowaone.net;
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> Subject: Re: Ford Flathead Puzzler- Aero Style
> Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:33 PM
>
> When the Harrah Automobile collection was in full swing in the 1970's
they
> had a restored 1937 Arrow that was flathead powered. The Arrow Aircraft &
> Motor Corporatiuon of Lincoln, Nebraska was awarded a contract by the
Breau
> of Air Commerce in 1935, to design and manufacture a light airplane
powered
> by an automobile engine. The Ford V8 engine was the first to be granted
an
> unqualified approvrd certificate by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
There
> are two photos of the plane in the 1973 Harrah catalog. The closeup of
the
> engine shows a green (iron?)block with aluminun heads. The plane is a low
> wing side by side open cockpit monoplane, crusing speed 90 MPH with a
range
> of 350 miles. Bob in connecticut
>
> << Hi Folks, just ran into an interesting tidbit for Ford Flathead fans
in
> a 1935 aircraft engineering textbook.
>
> In an appendix listing commercially available aero engines appears the
> following item:
>
> Ford V8 (W), rated 92 bhp @ 3900 rpm, weight 419 lbs.
>
> Might this be a variant of our good old Flathead (21 stud early type)
> produced for aero use? The weight of 419 lbs contrasts with the 575 lbs
> previously reported for the car-type Flathead. Big difference.
> All-aluminum?
>
> That's all the info there was, and it ain't much. Anybody out there
> know anything more in depth about this?? Cheers Bill >>
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