Here's a pair of different casting date Ricardo heads that are on the to do list of items to install on our T's.
'Ricardo' head patent . . .
Enoch Rector
New York, N. Y.
Assignor to the Waukesha Motor Co.
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Internal Combustion Engine
Patent number: 1817208
Filing date: Mar 20, 1923
Issue date: Aug 4, 1931
http://tinyurl.com/9so5tmw
jay: i have one like the bottom one on my speedster and it does a good job, Al
On the lower picture, what is the hole to the left of the script for? I am thinking it's for an accessory heater.
In an earlier ‘ACCESSORY OF THE DAY’ post (Nov 1, 2010) where
Jay used a Waukesha - Ricardo head as a prop to show some cylinder
head primer cups, I had posted two more cylinder head patents in
Ricardo’s name as well, so I thought I would add them here also.
Harry Ralph Ricardo
London, England
Internal Combustion Engine
Patent number: 1474003
Filing date: Dec 31, 1919
Issue date: Nov 13, 1923
http://tinyurl.com/2ezjv7a
Harry Ralph Ricardo
London, England
Cylinder of Internal-Combustion Engines
Patent number: 1739180
Filing date: Sep 17, 1928
Issue date: Dec 10, 1929
http://tinyurl.com/39b4njw
Regards
Art
The bottom pic from sat eve post must not be in a ford unless the early open valve type had valve guides like that?