[ARC5] Crazy Collectors

[Geoff]

> Well, I did not hear that story on-line but verbally from the guy I sold 
> the manual to.  He just called to chat.  Nice guy and a serious collector, 
> of military vehicles as well as radios.
>
> If the guys who knew about the warehouse full of stuff did not have the 
> money to buy it all, or else simply did not have a place to store it (BIG 
> problem for me, even now!) they would not want to have to buy it.
>
> As for Ken's Model A engine story, it leads me to recall one my father 
> told me.  They were closing down Columbia AAF just after WWII, and began 
> using some of the shops there for Vo-Tech training.  A guy my dad knew 
> found a USAAF new surplus Model A engine still in the crate and decided he 
> would put it in his Model A without purchasing it or telling anyone.  So 
> late one night he used the shops to swap out the engine in his car with 
> AAF one.
>
> It ran fine, but ... it turned out that the engine looked just like a 
> Model A but was a special version made for aircraft tugs.  Set up for lots 
> of torque but not much RPM.  At full throttle it would not go over 40 mph.
>
> Wayne


A stock or mild high rev cam would take care of that and those were over the 
counter in the 40's when dirt track racing was in full bloom.

Carl

Carl