Rich,
I went back east in Sept. and one of the things I did was spend some time
with my favorite uncle who was commander of a tank destroyer battalion in
WWII. He finished the war in a MK 18 tank destroyer which was powered by one
of those Ford motors. He said the earlier ones he had were powered by two
"Jimmie" diesels and had more power but would not start reliably in those
cold winters in Europe.
The Ford gas engine solved that so they would not be sitting ducks under
attack and couldn't get started.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
To: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: What's Up?
> Rich, just saw a reference to your Ford V8 tank engine in my Ford
> Aviation Legacy book previously mentioned. Says Ford's original
> intention was a V12 Aero engine to improve on the Allison and RR Merlin
> of the day, but the govt. wanted a V8 tank engine instead, so Ford went
> that way. The book states that some 25,000 of these tank engines were
> made. You have some, you said Don Ferguson had or has some, I wonder
> what happened to all the rest of them? Even to scrap them would have
> cost money for dismantling. And who'd ever want to scrap such a nice
> piece of equipment? Cheers Bill
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