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Originally Posted by peters180a/170b
Thank you the engine picture... it seem to be setup backwards ???? the back of the engine is in front facing the nose???? All from a original Model A block...
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I was told that the car is Front wheel drive ... that would explain the orientation of the engine.
Bill Kenz's streamliner 777 in the 50's had two flathead V8's attached to the front wheels and later a third Flathead was added driving the rear wheels.
This Friday I was talking with Cal Kennedy who drove one of the three push "cars" (actually he drove the 31 Model A with two flatheads, one in front and one in rear that went 140 MPH at Bonneville in 1949. Bill Kenz used the truck as a pusher after the streamliner was built.
Anyway Cal said that one of the problems they had after adding the third engine was
that over 230 or so the airflow lifted the rearend enough for the rear wheels on the streamliner to
lose traction.
Mr. Kenz made modifactions to the bottom of the body to get more downward force to keep the wheels on the salt, so the engine did not over rev.
Cal Kennedy said that there was a removable panel on the rear used to change the Quick Change gears which was removed and modified to increase downward force on the rear wheels.
777 Broke 200 in 1950 with two flathead engines and by 1957 was turning over 270 MPH with the 3 engine configuration.
http://www.chromjuwelen.com/de/netwo...onneville.html