Speaking of Show and Shine

You are right in all cases Nate.

The engine has aeronautical ancestors, not nautical.

 

Is it Curtiss?

 

Not Curtis. The engine company was bought by the car manufacturer and later sold/spun off. It is still producing aircraft engines.

 

looks like a Lycoming out of a Cord

 

That's it. A 1936 Cord. 4 speed pre-selector transmission. You selected the gear you wanted in a little gated H pattern box and when you pressed the clutch to the floor the tranny shifted itself.

 

I should have known that, I use to clean twice a month a 1936 Cord Graham when I was 10.

 

A Cord , no kidding ! .

Maybe a Model 810 ? .

It's been a long time since I saw one , even in a Museum .

 

I believe you are correct on the model, but yes a Cord and it was $2.50 for it and washing their MG twice a month.
Which later got me the job of washing the Hay Haulers of another neighbor, which paid me $5 for the tractor and 2 trailers.