Anyone seen something like this before?

[chris-p]

I wish this was mine!

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[Buccaneer]

Didn’t find said Cross Radial on YouTube, but did find a neat
video of "a" radial engine running.
I think one of the cylinders is missing, but not sure
which one. 🙂

https://youtu.be/RW-G7pF6gUQ

Prepare to be boarded!

[pm-t2]

neither of those motors are mine

The one on the boat belongs to an AOMCI member in Florida, go look at the page to find his name. AOMCI home page, Photo Gallery. It’s there.

The heavily and overly customized Cross, that is painted black with plated cylinder heads, well I have an opinion on it, but that’s all I’ll say about it, except to say that I had a conversation about it with its most recent owner (now deceased) who told me this motor was "very pretty" on the outside but full of gunk and "evaporated oil residue" on the inside…. thus, bringing to mind the old adage "don’t judge a book by its cover"…. nuff said

Best,
PM T2

[garry-in-michigan]

It looks to me like the prop on theCross is on backwards. How about this 75 horse Power Riley radial built in 1946. . . 😀

[Buccaneer]

This is why I love this hobby…… so much variety!
Found a video of the Riley engine running…..
https://youtu.be/NxYwCLEiDew
Thanks Garry!

Prepare to be boarded!

[garry-in-michigan]

They didn’t mention there were six in the boat at that time . . . 😉

[fleetwin]

Well, this is truly an amazing find for sure….

[RICHARD A. WHITE]

The prop on the Black Cross is backwards because it has the quite rare tractor racing lower unit.

http://www.richardsoutboardtools.com
classicomctools@gmail.com

[kerry]

Let me throw this at the wall, so to speak. First, the the orientation of the carb’s float bowl makes it a vertical shaft motor- so not an airplane motor. Second, the water cooling exit with the exhaust around the shaft is definitely a marine engine with a midsection of an outboard design. I would think that adaptor is the key. Does the "output " side match any of the high HP towers of the day? Finally, since the jugs are all parallel, it suggests a common connecting rod set with one beefy crankpin. Think of a starfish shape with pistons on each arm. Since the crankcase is shared, there would be no way to pull/push the fuel/air mixture- unless you employ a supercharger/blower to pressurize the crankcase. Does anybody else remember that McCullough invented a supercharger in the 1930’s? I would wager that the casing below the flywheel is a supercharger similar to the early Ford Flathead design supercharger. http://vs57.y-block.info/history.htm Any thoughts?

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[A Hoskins]

Jet ? That doesn’t look like an impeller. Looks like a shrouded prop to me. I am reminded of Bourke cycle but the odd number of cylinders keeps me guessing. Wow.

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