Intersting place for a flatty

[greg g]

says it a 69. Probably get better milage with a less restrictive air filter.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Tucker-Sno-Cat_W0QQitemZ260524423665QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSnowmobiles?hash=item3ca87739f1

[michael.warshaw]

how does a 6 clinder power that monster?

[greg g]

Exeeptionally well according to the seller. Gotta be the torque.

[55 Fargo]

To really know what year and what engine this "really is", we would need the engine number .

Lots of these engines were rebuilt in my part of Canada for vehicles such as this, or bombardiers and combines were very common.

These engines were rebuild in mass production at places like Piston Ring, and Prairie Remanufacturing in Winnipeg Canada.

Another thing that was done was this, all Canuck blocks are 25 inch, so any engine would be turned into a 251 with new pistons,rods and crank....Fred

[Frank Elder]

Red Rum, red rum, reminds me of the shining.......Scat man Crothers drove it!

[greg g]

engine number on the tag

[Reg Evans]

That machine is cool ! Reminds me of some other snow friendly vehicles I saw in a museum in Montana a while back.

[greg g]

My dad and his friends made things similar to the propeller powered buggy. His was made like an light plane, wooden frame covered with bent wood body shapers with sewed on feed sacks then painted. He powerd his with a model A engine with a hand carved wood propeller. they ran them through the fields and on the frozen lakes. They had a measured mile on the ice. His was timed at 78 mph. they also ran them up and down the roads, as they usually didn't get salted and sanded, just packed snow.

[Reg Evans]

My dad and his friends made things similar to the propeller powered buggy. His was made like an light plane, wooden frame covered with bent wood body shapers with sewed on feed sacks then painted. He powerd his with a model A engine with a hand carved wood propeller. they ran them through the fields and on the frozen lakes. They had a measured mile on the ice. His was timed at 78 mph. they also ran them up and down the roads, as they usually didn't get salted and sanded, just packed snow.

Got any old photos Greg ?

[greg g]

somewhere there is an album with a few pics. I will take a look, but the stuff from my dads is burried behind the stuff from my daughter. which is behind our stuff......

[garbagestate 44]

Looking at that picture of the flathead, do any of you guys know why some of the head bolts are solid and some have indents in the center? I just got one of these brand new in the crate and lightly stuck from poor storage and it has the same arrangement with most of the solid bolts arranged along the centerline. I think mine is an IND 32 with the sodium filled exhaust valves and I'm going to get a manual for it but I was curious if anybody knew why they mixed them up like that.

[Young Ed]

The ones with holes are to attach extras like a horn, ground strap, throttle linkage, etc and then those pieces can be removed without disturbing the head

[garbagestate 44]

Thanks for the info

[greg g]

Most common element attached to a threaded head bol was the woven groud strap for the battery. Usually to the second one from the front.