Here is a 1940 Ford V8 60 hp. Cutaway engine I have had for a few years. The Ford motor co. did for the 1939 worlds fair. Lorin Sorensen authored the Fordiana series of books in the mid 70s one is the Ford Shows. that has pictures of the cutaway engines and chassis. Thanks Ryan for the post.
Ford chassis numbers were engine/trans unit numbers...and engine family here, the 221, began in 1932, putting the first '40 well over 5,000,000 serial number... Someone (on the barn?) reported this as having a -1 number stamped, which doesn't relate to normal numbers at all.
I'm late to the party. Here are a couple pics of sectioned 215 aluminum Olds v8 high school auto shop teaching aid. Engine came from a $10 poor running F-85 sedan. Cam lobes were badly worn--one lobe completely gone.
Cutaway setups of pretty much anything have interested me for a long time - they are so intricate and can show so many details. They have been of particular interest to me in the last decade+ since I picked up a late 1950s John Deere tractor cutaway (720/730 Diesel for those that care). I don't know much about the Ford chassis that the article was written about, but I would assume its history isn't all that different from from the tractor in my possession. As near as we can tell there were about a dozen of them originally built to be sent around the country to showcase the new model and help educate customers as well as sales and service personnel. The actual cutaway and assembly work was done for John Deere by an outside machine shop (name escapes me at the moment) and they were fashioned out of early production scrap parts - ie parts that had minor defects and could not be sold - these would be minor casting issues or machining tolerance issues. To the best of my knowledge there are only 2 of the model that I have left in existence (I would love to know if there are more, just haven't found any evidence or people that know of any more). There is a LOT of chrome on these old display models - I'm sure once I have it restored with a new electric motor to slowly turn everything over it will be a thing of beauty. My tractor in its sad shape and in need of a restoration: The only other one that I have evidence of still existing: Did the Ford cutaway chassis have a spot for an electric motor to turn over all those nicely chromed parts? You can see the motor on the tractor in the picture of the complete tractor - its hanging down below the tractor right under the plexiglass belt pulley.
I'm surprised that no one has brought up the Knight sleeve-valve cutaway...the Knight engine club has it in a tent at Hershey every year and you can crank it over yourself as you marvel at the extraterrestrial technology!
I have a GMC 6 Cutaway that I got from a High School about 10 years ago. I'll take pictures later. Wayno
Thanks, I thought the one in the show was the only one made for the 39 Worlds Fair. They are a significant piece of Ford's history.
Having seen this cut away in person at the GNRS was great. The detail that Ford took to make every part internally visable was amazing. I liked seeing how thick the cylinder walls are now I know why we can bore the flatheads so much. The restoration was also incredable. i felt it should have received an award its Very well done.
This hot rod story said it was at the 39 worlds fair https://www.hotrod.com/articles/194...-debuts-at-worlds-fair-and-l-a-roadster-show/
Is that a stock colour for the steering wheel? It appears to be a kind of a light purple, mauve I suppose.
As I was re-reading this, a couple of folks wondered if the parts were originally plated. I shot it as it came into Troy’s shop with the chrome. And it was in pretty good shape considering; but detail shots reveal how rough it was around the edges. And how much work went into the restoration and cutaway detail edges. Each system (fuel , exhaust, intake, etc.) was painted different color inside the cutaway edges.
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