Fabrux Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 A while back I purchased a lot of about a hundred or so miscellaneous engines from eBay. Combined with all the random engines and parts I've been collecting over the past 16 years or so I have a lot of engines! In the interest of trying to pin down an identity on some that I don't recognize, I brought the whole shebang to a club meeting last night and had some luck, but some are still elusive (our ID guru wasn't at the meeting...). I may post a bunch of these engines in this thread depending on how successful the process is! First up is this six cylinder. It appears to be 1:25 scale and I think it is GM; it is similar but yet different to the six in the Monogram 53 Vette kit. It also has this curious heat shield that covers the distributor as well as three carburetors. Anyone know what this is and where it came from?
o-man Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) AMT 53 Vette blue flame 6? With carbs upside down. Edited December 19, 2013 by o-man
Casey Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 AMT 53 Vette blue flame 6? With carbs upside down. Correct. The distributor shield is the giveaway that it's from a Corvette.
Fabrux Posted December 19, 2013 Author Posted December 19, 2013 Aha! That explains things a bit. The Monogram kit has the shield molded in, thus I didn't recognize it.
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) Correct. The distributor shield is the giveaway that it's from a Corvette. Yes, and just for those who don't already know, the shield is for "RF", radio-frequency radiation from the spark-plug wires that would otherwise interfere with radio reception on a fiberglass-bodied car. A metal car body usually provides sufficient shielding. Fiberglass (Corvette) does not. And the carbs, though blobby in detail, appear to me to be right-side-up, with the squarish float bowls on the bottom. Edited December 22, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Fabrux Posted December 19, 2013 Author Posted December 19, 2013 Now that I know what this is, this engine will find its way into one of my AMT 1962 Bel Air kits. Without shield, of course.
Fabrux Posted December 20, 2013 Author Posted December 20, 2013 Okay, I managed to sort through some more engines and take some pictures. I think these are all BOP engines. Probably more like OP, don't think any are Buicks... This one I actually have no clue about:
oldscool Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 That yellow one is from the AMT 64 Merc Marauder kit and had a McCulloch blower that connected to the two pots on top.
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 (edited) Dark blue and red ones look at first glance like Revell Pontiacs, going by the blower and valve cover, and the overall shape, and after comparing carefully with the parts-pack and other Revell issues i have...they are the optional Pontiac engine in the Revell '56 Ford pickup kit. It represents the same basic design Pontiac used for a variety of engines from the 1955 287 through the 455 engines of the '70s. Dark green is a Revell first-gen OHV Cadillac 331-365-390 (1949-1962) backed up with a '39 or so Ford top-shift gearbox. Black one with the blower is definitely Revell first-gen Oldsmobile OHV V8 (303-324-370-394, 1949-1963), this time from the Beatnik Bandit kit. Backed by an old style Hydramatic...the ones B&M modified into the famous "HydroStick" for drag racing. Edited December 22, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Fabrux Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks, Bill! I apparently have a lot of Pontiac engines now...
Fabrux Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 Okay, another couple engines, this time with two pictures each:
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) First one is a Mopar 383-413-426-440 RB engine. Auto trans looks like a Ford AOD. Second one looks to me like a Chevy W348-409 block, but with the wrong heads. Borg-Warner 4-speed manual trans. It could also be a big-block Chevy...it has the right exhaust-port spacing, and the oil pan and oil filter look right, but the blob at the right front corner is wrong...that should be the fuel pump location for either a W-block or a big-block. It's hard to make out the angle between the block decks in the photos, which would identify it for sure as a W-engine of not. Edited December 22, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Fabrux Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks again, Bill! I checked the second one against other BBCs I have and the block is definitely a W-style. Not sure what the heads are. The Mopar also has an intake on it from something way smaller!
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) I missed one...the light blue one in your post #7 is a Cadillac 331-365-390, 1949 thru 1962 (same engine as the green one above it, but not as crisp a model).The plug and port spacing, and the water crossover in front are the giveaways. I believe the trans is another style of Hydramatic housing (compare it to the Hydramatic behind the black Olds just below it). Edited December 22, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Funkster Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Not sure the first one is mopar, where is the off set heads and the distribitor on the left side. The exhaust manifolds are big block mopar for sure, looks like distribtor is in the back of the block?
Longbox55 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 The light blue Cadillac engine is from the AMT '59 El Camino. The mix-n-match big block Chevy looks to possibly be from the AMT '63 Corvette.
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Not sure the first one is mopar, where is the off set heads and the distribitor on the left side. The exhaust manifolds are big block mopar for sure, looks like distribtor is in the back of the block? Exhaust manifolds look kinda like the 426 Max Wedge factory cast-iron units, and the timing cover, water pump, fuel pump and upper water neck locations look Mopar big-block to me. The block also has the extended skirt of a big Mopar. Sump is odd, and the starter location is wrong. Intake manifold looks to be from something else, which would account for the appearance that the distributor is supposed to be rear mounted. The Ford Y-blocks had visually similarly upswept cast-iron exhaust manifolds, but nothing else here looks Y-block except the deep block skirt. Whoever built some of these just stuck bits together without particularly caring if it was right or not, so it's hard to identify them exactly...like the half W, half big-block Chevy. Edited December 23, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Fabrux Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 Here's another one. We couldn't come up with a consensus, but the leading theory is it is supposed to be BBF of some sort, possibly FE, maybe 385. Seems pretty low-detail but with a good paint job it might look decent.
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) Here's another one. We couldn't come up with a consensus, but the leading theory is it is supposed to be BBF of some sort, possibly FE... Seems pretty low-detail but with a good paint job it might look decent. I think you've about got as close as you're gonna get. That trans looks very Ford-O-Matic too... Edited December 30, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Fabrux Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 Thanks, BIll! Was hoping someone might have an idea of what kit it came from...ah well.
62rebel Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 the orange one is the FE from the Revell '59 Ford Skyliner kit.
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