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A freind of mine who is a purveyor of good junk showed me this cylinder with air cooled fins on it. He thought that it may have belonged to an air cooled chevy engine that did not work. Rumor says that Cheverolet destroyed all of the air cooled engines. What is the history of a Cheverolet air cooled engine if there was one made for production?
Unfortunatley, I could not get a photo of it at the time.
Here's an article about that car and its engine: https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/chevyseriesm.html
Cheers, Dean
Dean "Rustoholic" Meltz
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Surprise! Surprise! Vinny does have a chevy air cooled cylinder. I am waiting for him to send me a photo so that I can post it on the forum. He is very busy with his business. Thank you for your help with the mystery engine! Paul
We all need to be aware that GM built generators (Delco-Light plants) with air cooled engines that used components similar to the "Copper Cooled" automotive engine. I do not know if the cylinders were identical but they sure look the same to me. Maybe that is what your friend has.
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I am familiar with the Delco light plant that was used in areas of our country where there were no electrical pole lines. The engines were a 32 volt and the generator was a full throttle. This is not that cylinder. The Cumberland County Fair in Maine has one.
Look at the base of the draft tube fins on the Delco. The fins are made thinner and the base of the fin is tapered the cylinder. The fins on the Chevy are much wider and appear to be straight and not taper to the cylinder. !!?? Paul
Hi Paul
It appears to me that you are looking at a cylinder that is neither from a 4 cylinder air cooled Chev or a 4 cylinder Delco light plant engine, and must be in fact from a single cylinder engine.
I say this because the flanges for the intake and exhaust are on opposite sides of the cylinder, and in-line with the axis of the rocker arm shaft.
That would be impossible on any in-line multi-cylinder engine, and puts the intake and exhaust on opposite sides of the engine this cylinder belongs to.
Both the Copper Cooled Chevrolet and the 4 cylinder Delco had both manifolds on the same side of the engine.
Just my thoughts. 🙂
PS
You can see the 4 cylinder Delco here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uMkBXMYang
where you will notice that the bottoms of the fins aren't tapered either.
Ole S Olson
Saskatoon, Sask, Canada
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There could have been several variations of the light plant engines. I'm guessing that one of them matches the cylinder.
Mike
Many Miles of Happy Motoring
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I agree.
There were several engine variants over several years.
But I think Delco only made one 4 cylinder model, so Paul needs to look for engines of the single cylinder variety. 🙂
Ole S Olson
Saskatoon, Sask, Canada
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