Speaking of Show and Shine

[Bill Hanlon]

You are right in all cases Nate.

The engine has aeronautical ancestors, not nautical.

 

[ccharr]

Is it Curtiss?

 

[Bill Hanlon]

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

 

[e015475]

looks like a Lycoming out of a Cord

 

[Bill Hanlon]

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.

 

[ccharr]

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

 

[vwnate1]

A Cord , no kidding ! .

Maybe a Model 810 ? .

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

 

[ccharr]

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.