T Things Appear in the Oddest of Places

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A Whiteman
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T Things Appear in the Oddest of Places

Post by A Whiteman » Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:56 pm

Herewith is a picture of my friend's Cadillac V8 engine stand. It is a sizeable beast and has been made to rotate the large engine for ease of access. To do that a 50 plus year old reduction box is used driving through - what else - but T cam gears.
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Mark Nunn
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Re: T Things Appear in the Oddest of Places

Post by Mark Nunn » Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:44 am

Is that a generator gear driving the cam gear?


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Re: T Things Appear in the Oddest of Places

Post by John kuehn » Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:14 am

I’ll bet the cam gear is a steel one and not fiber! 😄


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Re: T Things Appear in the Oddest of Places

Post by Altair » Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:09 pm

Around her about 1940 all the Government issue fish boats that were issued to the Japanese were ordered returned and the Japanese interned in various camps, all the fish boats used Model T ford differentials with a Ruxtall to drive the net drums. Still the odd fish boat that didn't get returned sitting in the bushes has a Ruxtall sitting in it. There were about 3-5000 boats destroyed at the time, a few escaped.

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