saw it hiding in the back of a open car port at a estate sale.. they sold it to me for $300. yea.. i got another gray. no clue what to do with it.. might just use it for my twin cockpit garwood. or.. build a roadster around it.. if i can get her to spin the right way and get a trany that'd bolt up.. yea she's running from the front.. so i'd have to get the automotive parts for he..(when i figure out what she is). and yea she runs. and those carbs are unique as all hell.. anyone got any info on this sucker.. you all helped out quite a bit on the last one.
Hard to tell with all the marine accessories........but could be Chrysler or Hercules. A buddy of mine is in to old wood boats and he has had quite a few with Hercules engines. I'll try to show him the pics and see if he knows..... Ray
The Gray marine spec sheet I have lists a dual carb six as a model 118 with 118 horsepower @ 3600 rpm and also claims they cast their own blocks!
it's unique as all hell. i'dlike to keep using the carbs , i might be able to make my own intake. same with the exaust. anyone here use a updraft setup before.. or heard of it on a rod?
All 6 cylinder Grays were Continental based. They're pretty bulletproof. I've got the single carb version of that engine (88 hp) in the garage right now. Got any pictures of the Garwood?
<HR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e5e5e5; COLOR: #e5e5e5" SIZE=1> <!-- / icon and title --><!-- message --> 16Ft 1934 GarWood this is how i got her. . she's mid restoration now, i've a boat builder friend helping me.
I hesitate to admit this to our crowd of misfits but... I've got 30 or so years of experience with "wet" hot rods. Feel free to pm me if I can be of service or if you have any questions about their construction/resto concerns. Dale Cleveland OH
I would think that the power being taken off the "wrong" end, it would be difficult to run that engine in a car. Now if the intake/exhaust would fit a Chrysler six, - - - - -
Is the intake/exhaust manifold part of the head? I think I'd clean it up, paint it, and sit and look at it. It's pretty god looking.
Kaiser/Fraser used a continental 6 flatty quite like but set up for rear wheel drive.some were adapted to GM hydros.
What's with all this FWD references? If this is a Continental engine, I"ll bet dollars to donuts it's based on the same block, and likely crankshaft, that their automotive products use. That being the case, any of several bell housings from automotive applications will permit normal rear drive configuration. The most common vehicles that come to mind that used Continentals are the Kaiser/Frazer/Willys Jeep products and Checker cabs, though there others. Ray
Can you make a new flywheel and hook a trans to that end? Will the rotation work OK with that? Fine, fine looking engine. I'd run the carbs.
you are right.. gotta hunt a cam, a flywheel, and a bell housing.. perhaps a indy style streamliner.. i've got a shortned banjo rearend .. could work out..
I have a engine just like the OP. Has anyone made one work in a old car? The exhaust is water cooled. I think the intake could be cut away from the exhaust and then make some headers.
Stainlesssteelrat, What are thr torque numbers on it do you l know? Is it all done at extremely low RPM? it is a neat looking engine for sure.
@stainlesssteelrat Depending on whether this was used in a single or twin configuration, there is a good chance you will find it already turns the correct rotation for automotive use. When a standard rotation engine is turned end for end, as in marine applications, it’s still rotating clockwise from the original front, now where the prop shaft connects, and the flywheel end ‘seems’ to be counterclockwise. Phew, I know this sounds confusing, but just go to the prop drive end and determine which way it rotates If it was in a twin installation, one of the two typically does have reverse rotation, but you still have a 50% chance it’s the rotation you’ll want. Ray