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The black enameled pipe, running 10 1960 Buck & Thompson 14 1997 General Motors EV1 TRUCKS Inline 4-cylinder engine, L-head valves, 177 cubic diagonally along the block just below the Slingshot Dragster 3-phase inductive AC motor, 26 lead-acid batter- carburetor, returns surplus oil from the inches displacement, 22 horsepower V-8 cylinder engine, L-head valves, 320 cubic ies, 312 volts, 137 horsepower valve chamber back to the crankcase. Early Model T engines circulated cooling inches displacement, 220 horsepower The EV1’s underhood bay is dominated by water with a gear-driven pump, visible the inverter that changes direct current 6 1926 Rolls-Royce New Sam Buck and Bob Thompson souped up just behind this engine’s fan. After 2,500 the Ford V-8 in their dragster using all the from the batteries into alternating current LUXURY GREAT STORIES units, Ford switched to a simpler — and Phantom Limousine time-honored tricks. They increased the for the motor underneath. The front-drive 1931 less expensive — thermosiphon system Inline 6-cylinder engine, overhead valves, 468 transaxle is single-speed. There’s no need Duesenberg 7 engine’s displacement by boring out the Model J dependent on natural convection. The cubic inches displacement, 108 horsepower cylinders. To improve its breathing, they for multiple gears because an electric motor produces high torque at low speeds. Model T never used an oil pump. The Rolls-Royce’s New Phantom engine, enlarged the intake and exhaust ports and Remember our “445” Riviera? The EV1’s flywheel, spinning in an oil bath, simply introduced in 1925, featured twin igni- “relieved” the passages between valves and motor is rated at 1,100 pound-feet of splashed the lubricant around. The engine tion with two spark plugs in each of its cylinder bores by grinding away excess torque! and transmission efficiently shared the 1926 six cylinders. Those cylinders were cast metal. They also installed an Iskenderian Rolls-Royce 1913 8 Scripps-Booth same oil supply. in two sets of three, coupled by a one- racing camshaft and Edelbrock cylinder New Phantom 6 15 1984 Plymouth Voyager Limousine Rocket piece cylinder head. Great Britain taxed heads. Inline 4-cylinder engine, overhead cam, 135 2 1943 Willys-Overland Jeep automobiles based on cylinder bore. To SMALL CARS cubic inches displacement, 101 horsepower Inline 4-cylinder engine, L-head valves, 134 reduce its tax penalty, the New Phan- 11 1967 Ford Mark IV cubic inches displacement, 54 horsepower Part of Voyager’s genius was using a 1963 tom engine was “undersquare” with its V-8 cylinder engine, overhead valves, 427 cubic Buick 9 Riviera STYLE Simplicity and ease of maintenance were 4¼-inch bore smaller than its 5½-inch inches displacement, 500 horsepower transverse engine with a front-wheel- drive transaxle. It shortened the engine important requirements when the Army stroke. Fifty years after the Mark IV won Le Mans, RACING bay and freed up interior space for 1989 put out the request to manufacturers that it’s hard to believe that anyone questioned Honda passengers and cargo. But that 4-cylinder Accord ultimately produced the Jeep. Willys-Over- using the big-block 427 engine. But some RACING 7 1931 Duesenberg Model J engine was somewhat underpowered for a land’s 4-cylinder engine — nicknamed “Go thought Ford’s 289 V-8, used in earlier 1930 Inline 8-cylinder engine, double overhead 2,900-pound vehicle. Plymouth added an Ford 5 Devil” — offered sufficient horsepower and cams, 420 cubic inches displacement, 265 GT40s, was powerful enough. Besides, the Model A 4 optional — and popular — 136-horsepower an impressive 104 pound-feet of torque in horsepower heavier 427 also required a heavier gear- V-6 for 1987. The four-banger in this a compact, reliable package. It was easy to The Duesenberg is a beautiful automo- box, heavier brakes and a stronger cooling minivan, like the later V-6, was built by service, too. The fuel filter, carburetor and bile, and under the hood there’s plenty system. That 1967 win, plus the earlier one RACING Mitsubishi. air cleaner are all within easy reach under in 1966, suggests the trade-off was worth it. HENRY of go to match the show. The straight-8’s FORD the hood. four valves per cylinder and duplex car- 1902 buretor helped it pump out an enormous 12 1902 Ford “999” Ford 1960 Buck & "999" 10 Thompson 3 1949 Volkswagen amount of horsepower for the time. Inline 4-cylinder engine, atmospheric intake 12 Slingshot Horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engine, over- (Later supercharged versions produced valves and mechanical exhaust valves, 1,156 cubic Dragster head valves, 69 cubic inches displacement, 30 an astounding 320 horsepower!) The inches displacement, 80 horsepower horsepower Model J could break 100 miles per hour 1967 Ford 11 Henry Ford’s “999” has no crankcase, 1949 Mercury Mark IV By American standards, almost everything without breaking a sweat. leaving the crankshaft exposed. There’s 13 Custom about the Volkswagen was unconventional. no tailpipe, as exhaust gases are vented That included the rear-mounted engine. 8 1949 HOT RODS & 1913 Scripps-Booth Rocket directly from the cylinders into the air. Volkswagen CUSTOM CARS Instead of a V-8 or an inline-6, VW used V-2 cylinder engine, air-cooled, 35 cubic Lubricating oil drips from the four sight a flat-4 “boxer” engine with horizontally inches displacement, 10 horsepower glasses into the cylinders and then out 1943 opposed pistons and rods that looked a Inexpensive cyclecars, as the name Willys-Overland to the ground — with more than a little Jeep CAR bit like prizefighters going at each other.