Art Anderson Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 OK, Now for an easy one. In business still today, this American marque, in business since the early 20th Century, has NEVER produced a flathead engine for automobile use. Can you name it? (hint: There are actually two of them) And if that's not enough, can you name the one that never produced either a straight 8 under their own badge, and NEVER produced a straight 6? Art Everybody give up on this one? Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelmartin Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Everybody give up on this one? Art You wore us out! You are King of the Hill !!! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 OK, Now for an easy one. In business still today, this American marque, in business since the early 20th Century, has NEVER produced a flathead engine for automobile use. Can you name it? (hint: There are actually two of them) And if that's not enough, can you name the one that never produced either a straight 8 under their own badge, and NEVER produced a straight 6? Art Would that be Buick which never made a flattie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Would that be Buick which never made a flattie? lordairgtar, That would be correct! Buick, from their very beginnings in 1915, produced only "valve-in-head" engines, never seriously considering any sort of flathead (or side-valve) engine designs. (Incidently, Chevrolet never produced a flathead engine in the US, either!) The carmaker who never produced an inline 6, nor a straight 8, under their own brand is Cadillac. Some may argue that the '34-'36 LaSalle straight 8 was a Cadillac engine, but it was more correctly and Oldsmobile straight 8, assembled as a LaSalle engine only (and now you know how LaSalle could have those gorgeous tall, narrow, "electric razor" grilles, but there was never a straight 8 in any car badged as a Cadillac. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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