[AT] Rockol tractor Chrysler straigt 8

[jfgrant]

Yes DeSoto was a part of Chrysler and was their experimental car. I had a 57 
DeSoto convertible that was a convertible to boot. It was painted PINK and 
BLACK!!! I came home from Panama to be maried and my folks drove it along 
with their car out to Kansas where I got married. On our honeymoon the car 
developed a strange noise as we were within 100 miles of getting home. Turns 
out that the crank was .0100 out of line and finally snapped between two 
counterweights. Found another engine in a "junk" yard so I bought the engine 
and transmission complete and just switched. Went to hook up the drive shaft 
and one end would not fit the differential. Went back to the "junk" yard and 
bought the drive shaft. It fit the differential but not the transmission! 
Cut both drive shaft's in half and welded the two half's together and hooked 
them up. It worked long enough for me to sell the car. It was a pretty thing 
and had a lot of new ideas that "they" were trying out. DeSoto always had 
something being tried out.  This was right out of the 40's - 50's - and 60's 
until Chrysler closed that line.  They are worth a lot now to Penstar 
collectors.  John Grant in Michigan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Glass" <dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Rockol tractor Chrysler straigt 8


> DeSoto made a straight 8, I don't know if they were a part of Chrysler at 
> that time.  The Chrysler and DeSoto cars looked identical.
>
> Ralph Goff wrote:
>
>>Walt I was thinking the same that Chrysler never made a straight 8 but I
>>have not researched it to say for sure. I've certainly heard of the 
>>Lincoln
>>V12. Basically an extension of the Ford flathead v8. I've heard they had
>>durability problems and were not too successful. Still it would be quite a
>>collectors item to have one in working condition now.
>>
>>Ralph in Sask.
>>http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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>>Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:39 AM
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Rockol tractor Chrysler straigt 8
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>>
>>>As far as I know Chrysler never made a straight  8 engine anyway i have
>>>
>>never
>>
>>>seen one. I have an old Lincoln in the yard with a  V-12 how about that.
>>>
>>>Walt Davies
>>>Cooper Hollow Farm
>>>Monmouth, OR  97361
>>>503 623-0460
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