Perfect engine for a "Rat Rod"

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

Perfect engine for a "Rat Rod"

Molten · CAMBOURNE, ONT

They will run on oil. Crude oil engine using the hot bulb method. Fellow in our tractor club has a Lanz and starts same way. They run old motor oil in it.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=TWSOuYSRII0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTWSOuYSRII0

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Imagine getting pulled over by the MOE with one of these in your ride !!! I bet if it was made before 1969 it would be legal.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=95e_1362855168

Sacotu · COBOURG, ONT

so what the @#$% is it? fired by propane?

Torquewar · DORCHESTER, ONT

wink Hahaha i love it , would like to tow that thing down to TO and fire her up on the front lawn of Queens park.

oldkoot · BROCKVILLE, ONT

MOE automatic failure for visible tailpipe emissions

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Lol, pretty funny, but with that line rubbing the flywheel and then near the end appears to have rubbed on the cylinder on the ground?
Don't understand people,, like Fasten the damned thing down FIRST!!

atomsplitter · NEWCASTLE, ONT

It looks like a Dodge,
It runs like a Dodge,
It smokes like a Dodge,
It must be one of those Hemis' I keep hearing about!

Iwannagofast · ONTARIO

I like the genius with the rag in his hand right next to the flywheel, good way to lose an arm.

Funny you should post this, today I was out pruning in the apple orchard. From the barn I heard the distinct sound of a flat-head 4 banger. My oldest son has a Kohler engine from a 1940's wood cabin cruiser. It's original purpose was to drive a generator to provide electricity for the boat. Motor and generator sat outside for a few decades 'til Bryan brought it home. He had it running and providing electricity in an afternoon, drags it out once in awhile to fire it up. Sounds pretty cool. I'm trying to convince him it would be a great little powerplant for a street-legal 1950's sprint car.

fatstax · COBOURG, ONT

a friend of mine al young has a tractor of this type, a crude diesel engine. starts with a gasoline fired heater then you turn a big flywheel by hand to start it. engine will run in either direction as this is how older models had reverse, they run the engine whatever direction they wanted to go although als tractor had the optional reverse gear, talk about progress

dualquadpete · BLACKSTOCK, ONT

My guess is "it's AIR start & tank with big yellow hose is the starter system!!

Molten · CAMBOURNE, ONT

Al is who I was refering too , Fatstack
Member of Hope Heritage Agricultural Club.

IR Mechanik · INGERSOLL, ONT

I second dualquadpete's guess. Bit of a different animal than an air starter motor, those you can hear three blocks away.
I personally would have tried to secure it a bit better than kneeling on it but that's just me.