Odd piece

[COPO_Anders]

I just want to give you guys something to think about during the weekend. Can you guess what type of vehicle this piece was made for initially ? The carb has nothing to do with it, but it fits perfectly.

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[COPO_Anders]

Winters mark, date and casting #.

[70 copo]

Snow Cat.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif


Phil

[COPO_Anders]

What´s a snow cat ? Makes me think of this....

[PeteLeathersac]

Too much....for a Tucker Sno Cat? . Nothing to do w/ Preston Tucker that I ever knew, these are industrial tracked snow machines used by equipment operators working in snow conditions....ski hills etc. . Here's a link to a great pic if it works....tread lightly, danger ahead. .

~ Pete

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=ht...6lr%3D%26sa%3DG (http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.saltypig.com/blog/sno-catstuck.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.saltypig.com/blog/2005/02/coffee-break-now.htm&h=262&w=399&sz=20&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=tGqV lIaFSmXuHM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtucker%2Bsno%2Bcat%26svnum%3D10%26hl% 3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG)

[COPO_Anders]

Another clue, a deepsump oilpan. The engine was a 283 and had been rebuilt using a 1967 302 crank, but it was really a lowperformance engine.

[COPO_Anders]

Is everyone out driving their cars today or what ?
Here is the last clue for today. This is the waterpump that was used on this vehicle.

[Seattle Sam]

Anders, is it one of these?
http://rpsales.net/yardsale/65bus.jpg

or one of these?
http://www.barp.ca/bus/alberta/ct/gm/ct1964tdh5303/0558.jpg

[njsteve]

Looks like a marine piece. A buddy of mine had an old cabin cruiser with a 283 chevy engine that had similar heavy duty hardware. It also had a cast iron oil pan that weighed 80 pounds.

[John Brown]

APC??

Armoured Personel Carrier?? Had a buddy in the motor pool in Germany that said he was putting all aluminum small blocks in military stuff back in the 60's. He identified a small 4-barrel aluminum intake that looked like it was off a 57 283 but had 1/8" pipe fittings in 4 of the intake passages as being a military pieces.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Can-I-Have-It.gif

[COPO_Anders]

One of these John ?

[COPO_Anders]

John, the APC-guess is so close that I have to give you credit for it. Even if this particular engine wasn´t used in an APC, I assume it could have been.
When I bought the engine at a military surplus-centre, the manager told me it had been used as a starter for a diesel-engine in a tank. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif

I was especially happy because of the brand-new -67 302 crank and the very rare aluminum waterpump.
It also had an odd bolt-on extension for the fuelpump that moved the pump out/down 1 to 2 inches. The Holley-carb in this pic has the bowl on top of it. It´s a Holley CENTRI-VAC Governor, list # 2094-1

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[John Brown]

Yep, thats exactly the intake I was talking about. The military may have used those engines for more than one application I guess. Everything I heard was second hand about them being in APC's, but that was the intake I had. I still see them every once in a while.