Oppos!  assemble and identify!

by "Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
Published 09/16/2017 at 13:05

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It’s old, it’s green, it’s got a straight 8 with a cracked head. I don’t know what it was. These are all the photos. Guessing it was an expensive car in it’s day. It’s out in the “back 40" of a pioneer village museum. Go to work oppos, we will need the old guys to chime in.

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"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
09/16/2017 at 13:06, STARS: 0

wait 1-5-2-5-8-8-7-4?

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
09/16/2017 at 13:12, STARS: 2

Looks like 1-6-2-5-8-3-7-4 to me

"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
09/16/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 0

No wonder the head cracked.

Feasibly it could be 16258374

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
09/16/2017 at 13:14, STARS: 2

that DOES include all eight, and so is probably right. ever seen a 5 foot long head gasket?

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
09/16/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 1

would be uneven fire. potato-potato. or possibly rutabaga-rutabaga-rutabaga.

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/16/2017 at 13:18, STARS: 0

31 studebaker president.... i think

"fintail" (fintail)
09/16/2017 at 13:20, STARS: 1

I agree with Stude, likely 1931, but a 7 passenger model like this:

"fintail" (fintail)
09/16/2017 at 13:20, STARS: 0

I guess Studebaker 7 passenger sedan (maybe a President), 1931:

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/16/2017 at 13:21, STARS: 0

lol thats the pic i was gonna go with but i started second guessing myself as the hood seemed too long

"fintail" (fintail)
09/16/2017 at 13:22, STARS: 1

The proportions seem funny, but it could just be the pic. I am reasonably sure it’s the car, within a year. Straight 8 is also a big part of it.

I also notice the neglected car has what looks like mounts for the fender mounted lights as seen on the complete car.

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/16/2017 at 13:25, STARS: 1

yeah i think you’re right.. rearest window is the right size too

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
09/16/2017 at 13:36, STARS: 0

Nope. Seen a few straight 8's in museums with the heads screwed on tight that’s it. Kind of a crazy design. I guess it made sense back in the 30's-40's when the shape of the hood/fenders/frame rails didn’t really leave room for a V-layout. Inline 6's make some sense just because of balance but anything longer than that is rather batty.

"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
09/16/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 0

Yeah, saw that too, seems odd.

"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
09/16/2017 at 17:30, STARS: 1

Also, since a straight six was essentially the only other engine around, it made a lot of sense from an economic perspective. You could build an eight on basically the same production line with a lot of the same tooling, and share a lot of the engineering with the six.

"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
09/16/2017 at 17:32, STARS: 0

I think its a Buick Series 50, ca. 1930-1932.

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
09/16/2017 at 17:51, STARS: 0

I like how Jaguar does this in reverse these days. “Crap we need a V6 and only have a V8. Let’s just reuse the block and chop 1/4 of the length off of the heads.”

"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
09/16/2017 at 20:44, STARS: 0

everyday common, lincoln model 7?......... that wooden wheel though......