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daw_two · #16 04-15-2013, 07:46 AM

I have the following for sale:
a turbo OM617 --- Strelnik bought the clean w123 body this was going into.
2 cylinder Lister on an 8KW generator
3 cylinder Perkins 3.152
4 cylinder Deutz F4L912
4 cylinder Waukesha

Wish the shop wasn't moving. I'd still like to drop the Deutz into a Dodge 1500 or F-150 or some such. Having an air cooled engine in a vehicle does have ONE major challenge --- how do you heat the cabin for the passengers?

TheDon · #17 04-15-2013, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by charmalu

Go for it, you can`t have too many.

Ya know, one of these days, you won`t be able to find one.

Charlie

Stewart and I were trying to get the yard to sell us the whole car but they wouldn't. I'm watching the yard like a hawk.

strelnik · #18 04-15-2013, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ROLLGUY

Interesting problem you have there Charlie. I have the opposite problem. I have thought for years that if I had a bunch of 616/617's laying around, I could sell one a week! I get calls all the time (ads for 123 parts on CL) from people that need an engine. What we need to do is provide rust free bodies to the folks in the "rust belt" in trade for engines and transmissions. I have 3 parts cars all with good bodies and fair interiors, but all with bad engines (or used as engine donors) and/or transmissions. The 240 I have could actually be put back on the road if I had a decent engine for it. It has an automatic now (ugghhh), but I have a complete 4 speed setup available. I have been robing parts off of it (alternator yesterday for my 240 driver), so it would need a complete engine/trans donor. Maybe we could get our parts/cars together somehow and get some cars back on the road!

That's exactly what I plan to do with a body from daw_two and the engine from my 240

Simpler=Better · #19 04-15-2013, 10:37 AM

For storage put it on a pallet and drain the fluids. find a local warehouse, they usually charge around $20/month per rack location. Then it's out of the elements, safe in a warehouse somewhere with insurance on it.

Walkenvol · #20 04-15-2013, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by daw_two

Wish the shop wasn't moving. I'd still like to drop the Deutz into a Dodge 1500 or F-150 or some such. Having an air cooled engine in a vehicle does have ONE major challenge --- how do you heat the cabin for the passengers?

How much for the Deutz? I remember reading a thread about a guy who repowered an old Ford or Chevy pickup and ran the thing on straight crude oil pumped from the ground out in the midwest. That would be way cool!

daw_two · #21 04-15-2013, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Walkenvol

How much for the Deutz? I remember reading a thread about a guy who repowered an old Ford or Chevy pickup and ran the thing on straight crude oil pumped from the ground out in the midwest. That would be way cool!

Email sent to keep the clutter down on this thread.

Here are some links about the old Ford repowered and running on straight crude or anything else for that matter --- you have to scroll down about half way to see the OLD Ford:
iowahawk: Smoke 'Em if You Got 'Em

iowahawk: The 2009 Iowahawk Earth Week Virtual Cruise-In

And here's a pic of a F4L912 sitting in a Ford --- again scroll down:
Magirus Deutz Trucks - 'Air-Cooled Rules'- by Roland Sparling - home

chasinthesun · #22 04-15-2013, 05:31 PM

My 83 300cd coupe had only 76k on her when I wrecked it in Dec . Its motor and trannie will live on in another body .It will be a happy moment to take that first drive behind an otherwise new drive line,I HATE TEXTERS!