Name the V-8!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:16 pm

Fun little game I got from my Fairlane site. I got 14 out of the 18, should have done better!

http://www.americantorque.com:80/game/engine-id/

Dave (My money is on the "Old Farts")

cgrey8 · Post by **cgrey8** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:44 pm

I wasn't nearly that good. But then again, I'd never seen some of those motors. I found it quite informative...especailly the trivia details. My feedback at the end was to include more trivia about each.

lefty · Post by **lefty** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:05 pm

This old guy got 16 out of 18 . that was cool

cee21 · Post by **cee21** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:23 am

13 out of 18

87sc302 · Post by **87sc302** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:25 am

17 out of 18
Guess being old helps
The 389 PONTIAC GOT ME

94stranger · Post by **94stranger** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:18 am

13 out of 18! I guessed on 6 or 7 of the 13 right, and got them right

kliff · Post by **kliff** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:37 am

18 out of 18....cool game! Ole pharts rule... LOL

But if it hadn't been multiple choice, probably would have been more like 16 or 17 out of 18. I got lucky on at least 1 or 2.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:55 pm

kliff wrote:18 out of 18....cool game! Ole pharts rule... LOL

But if it hadn't been multiple choice, probably would have been more like 16 or 17 out of 18. I got lucky on at least 1 or 2.

Hey Kliff, a big welcome from another "Old Phart". Retired in Oct but they keep bringing be back on OT, no time for the fun projects.
In that test, I wish they would have thrown in this motor in the flathead section, any ideas? First use of ceramic coated exhaust that I know of, a real deep blue/purple almost. I had one in the car a couple of years ago.
Dave - Mech Designer

kliff · Post by **kliff** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:37 pm

Cadillac, WWII era, some were put in tanks, some in half tracks, if I remember correctly.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:19 am

Kliff,
Damn good without a multiple guess, you get a "A" plus, correct on all points. Mine was a '37' LaSalle. "Gee, our old LaSalle ran great", Archie and Edith Bunker.
Dave

kliff · Post by **kliff** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:06 pm

Those are some of the toughest engines I've ever seen. After WWII, and into the 60's there was a salvage yard in Savannah that sorta speciallized in military surplus engines. A freind of Dad's bought on of those flatties, and put it in a '37 Chevy truck, about '48...last time I saw it was in '70, still going, over a quarter million miles of service work, "in town" driving.

I've seen Allisons, RR Merlins, the La Salles, jeep 4 bangers....in and out the cans, stacked 20' high, end to end 100 yards deep x 100yards wide at different times. All on its way to the shreader and recycling. But at the same time, every single one was for sale, scrap weight price + something like a 5 or 10.00 handling charge to load it on your truck... Sadly, construction in the 70's, and a cross town "parkway" necessitated a sale of the property to the city, and it is all gone....

Dad nor I either one, ever thought of buying any of them, for our own private little stash...dammit!

PS...Thanks for the A+ rating!

Mike83 · Post by **Mike83** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:38 pm

16 outta 18...dont gotta be an old fart;) but your right, if it wasnt for the multiple choice on a couple, woulda been alot harder, some were a tossup as it was;)