Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Mr_Asa said:

If anyone knows what this engine is, please speak up

 

Amazing. 

All I see is a giant set of balls.  What are you guys looking at?

In reply to Mr_Asa :

I'll go with Mopar flathead 6.  Note the 3 bolts across the front of the head, the location of the thermostat housing, location of the front spark plug, and the angle of the water outlet in the front. Mopar and Hudson would be the go-to flat 6's, this is a better visual fit. 

Looks like the driver might've bought the brand new car that engine came in. 

I want to know more background on the racing Avanti pic!

In reply to TurnerX19 :

This looks like the same car:

And possibly this guy's father had owned it at some point:

http://aoai.org/forums/topic/28220-r2-engine-heads-casting-1557582/

Here's more on the car in the pic above:

https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/general-studebaker-specific-discussion/100012-500-endurance-race-avanti

("Turner" brakes?)

In reply to Gary :

Turner Brakes makes conversion kits to put modern American calipers onto Studebakers, and possibly other American antiquities fo which I have no familiarity. I did a Turner conversion on the pictured Avanti, a piece of which is pictured below.

How come I never knew about these?

914 Diver, I think someone here has a modern version of this.

Not related. 

Studebaker/Avanti heads.

914Driver said:

How come I never knew about these?

That might be the one vehicle I'd buy new right now if they made one.  

Here is the history of the ULTRUVAN: https://www.divnick.com/ultruvan/index.html 

Caravan, 1930's UK...

I started making a van-pickup out of a 1972 Econoline once; doors + one side window  + a flat out back.  I learned too late that the bent sheet metal frame isn't made for that kind of stuff.

Paid $200,000 for permits, another $200k for the physical move and you too can keep your Victorian and the high rise apartment builders get what they want.

From this weekend's trip up to Maine to see the Maine 2' gauge railroad

JAGwinn said:

Here is the history of the ULTRUVAN: https://www.divnick.com/ultruvan/index.html 

 

Caravan, 1930's UK...

Wait, caravan? As in British for camping trailer? That's fantastic. Or is it a railcar? That's the sort of thing I have in mind when I start mumbling about putting a pub on the back of a Unimog...