cool find

some guy called me today and said he had an old engine said he was going to put it out for the trash im glade I went and got it any info would be great thanks

 

Nice save very nice.-Weeks

 

i have no idea whats its from....but you need to build a mini bike

 

A briggs and stratton with dual carbs and an ohv conversion???!!!!! I am amazed at the creativity involved in that. thats way cool! whats next from that inventor? Maybe an ardun style coversion?

 

It looks like a school shop made OHC arrangement on an old equipment engine. That is very cool.

 

What you have there is a robot hiding behind a bedpan.

 

See if the fellow you got it from has any history on it. If that's a homegrown overhead conversion that's really cool. And yea, you've got to power a mini-bike with it.............or maybe a go-kart.

Frank

 

what he said.

I can't tell the engine model from here as briggs used similar looking iron blocks from the 30s to the 70s. It may have the model number on the shroud next to the name, that would help date it.

 

That's great. Those old cast iron Briggs are starting to be hard to come by. I'd say finding one converted to OHV is damn rare. You have yourself a real collectable there!

 

That would look wiked on a cool old minibike.

 

What material are the rocker arms made from ?

 

That is just way too cool. I'm another one who sure would like to know the history of it.

 

the guy I got it from said his brother was cleaning out an apartment that had been abandoned said he was going to trash it the guy I got it from had no info on it . the rockers look like real hard white material?

 

Ho-hum, just an old flathead lawnmower converted to OHC...what the hell??
Really interesting! I wonder if rockers are some sort of engineering plastic made as mockups for metal ones?
Looks like it is made to use only the new OHV valves...good thing, as if he had left it as a four valver we would probably have to invent a new term for the engine layout...overunderhead cammer OHVFH...

 

Put it in this and take it to Bonneville.

 

I have to ask, Have you tried firing it up yet?

 

Thats a very nice rig. The price is even more attractive. iI cant pass weird junk up either.

 

very cool, with the wood base i would use that as an excuse to put it in the center of the dining table. A nice subtle way to gloat about an awesome find.

 

I have not tried to start it yet . the rocker I think are made of steel

 

Some ingenious guy racing 1/4 midgets in the 50's with his kid. The rule book didn't say he couldn't, so he did it. Next season they changed the rules to stock head only.

That's a great find. You really need to get it running.

 

that IS a cool piece..
I have a stock Briggs & Stratton similar

I like it !!

1939fiat

 

Now that is a great piece of garage art ! You have a great find that someone really used their innovations on !

 

I wonder what somthing like this is worth

 

That would look good in my kids car

 

im going to try and mount a tank and get it running

 

That is crazy cool! Put that in a cart and scare the neighbors man!

 

Here is a video I made this morning. It ran like a champ. This thing is way cool!

 

Don't run it to much with out lubing the rockers. I would imagin since it still has the rope pull sarter it's a late 40 to late 50's deal, as rope starters were giving way to recoils and wind up clock spring starters.

Probably was done up for a kid running the senior levels of Microd racing, at least thats what they were called in Central NY.

http://www.microd.org/

 

yes I made sure to oil the rockers down before I started it

 

That is brilliant , thanks for putting a smile on my face . Sounds cool .