Photos from this past weekend's trips. The 4WD T was at the Zephyrhills Auction, don't know what it sold for.
The other photos are from the Florida Flywheeler's "Fall Fuel Up". I had never been before, the flea market was a little sparse with parts but I hear that changes in Jan & Feb. I recommend anyone visiting to spend the money and rent a golf cart. There's alot of territory to cover! 4 of us split the cart rental and it came out to $22 each. Well worth it in my opinion.
A couple of surprises in the the garage. Tried to get them to sell as it dated from the 50s and not the 20s, but no joy. That cabinet would look great in my collection.
The Model T dealership. Nice display but not enough Ford memorabilia to make it real.
Luke;
That rough Model T in the first picture was at Zephrylhills, that was Don Lang's.
Tom Henry had that Model T showroom bldg. Some one pissed him off and he got rid of all his Model T's and bldg.
He had a brass Town Car and several other beautiful T's.
My buddy Bill Menius is building a scale model of that particular Snow engine in 1 of the pics.That is a 4 cylinder.VERY strange design,look it up.
I figured there was more to the story than what I saw firsthand. It's a nice building but the quality of the interior display is lacking. Had more of a 50s diner feel than a T era Ford dealership feel.
It would look more authentic with a small parts counter and some NOS boxes (even if they were empty) stuffed in the shelves.
That Snow engine was located at a plant in the Buffalo, NY area where I worked.
It is actually an engine driven compressor. The first 2 pictures are the compressor end and the 3 rd picture is the power end.
As Mack said it's 4 cylinder but only has 2 pistons, the pistons are connected with a straight rod and then to a huge single connecting rod. There is a combustion chamber on each side of each piston.
The 14' flywheel can be seen between the 2 gentlemen. It operated at 120 rpm. The ignition was a crude make and break system inside the combustion chamber, no sparkplugs.
The red arms in the picture are rocker arms between the valves and the long red camshaft. The engine is or was started on special occasions. If you like mechanical things you would enjoy seeing, feeling and hearing this thing run.
I saw this in operation for a number of years, it was always fascinating.