[AT] Did the engine seize up on ATIS?

[Dave Merchant]

Hanging on the wall above my late father's workbench is a straight 8 
Packard head gasket.

I have no plans to get rid of it.

We had several Packards and an Edsel.  We claimed credit for the 2 
brands' demise.

Dave Merchant
https://www.youtube.com/user/SteamCrane

On 8/11/2019 11:43 AM, Howard Pletcher wrote:
> I had a friend that had a Pontiac Straight 8 in high school so that 
> wasn't new to me, but if you follow the links in Brad's link you will 
> find U-shaped and H-shaped engines which I had never heard of.  
> Surprisingly, it appears Pratt and Whitney gave serious consideration 
> to an H engine for use in late WWII engines, but it didn't prove 
> successful.
>
> There was also a W-24 engine consisting of 3 Duesenberg straight 8s 
> arranged in a double V arrangement.  Here is a picture of the gear 
> train on the front of that.
>
> Howard
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 9:33 AM <bradloomis at charter.net 
> <mailto:bradloomis at charter.net>> wrote:
>
>     Google gave me this which one can expand upon:
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-eight_engine>
>
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-eight_engine>
>
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-eight_engine
>
>
>
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