What izit Engine division

[greg g]

Looks familiar but then again not. Any ideas out there??

[garbagestate 44]

It could be a packard 8. They mostly had studs and nuts for the head instead of bolts.

[Niel Hoback]

I'll guess Hudson.

[BobT-47P15]

That little dashboard with gauges might be a clue.....I can't place it,

except maybe Pontiac.

[dezeldoc]

Who cares, That little brunette in the foreground is a Cutie !! Man good looks and can turn a wrench to boot, what more could you ask for!

[BobT-47P15]

Here's a Pontiac straight 8 of about the same vintage........

[Plymouthy Adams]

Who cares, That little brunette in the foreground is a Cutie !! Man good looks and can turn a wrench to boot, what more could you ask for!

Man I thought more of you than that..gave you too much credit..she is holding a screwdriver and not a wrench...

[1940plymouth]

yupper it is a Pontiac, the dash board is basically the same as the '48 Pontiac we had last Fall

[greg g]

Look at the angle of the spark plug being wielded by the blonde. I'm thinking there is a new AC plug in her near future

[desoto1939]

Look at the angle of the spark plug being wielded by the blonde. I'm thinking there is a new AC plug in her near future

If you look at the radiator behind the first girl you will see what looks like a Plymouth hood ornament. I would date this picture around 1936/37. If you look at the shocks in the first picture these were used in the mid 30's a back and the airplane were used in the late thirties.

Any girl that can turn a wrench is always welcomed in my garage.

Rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com

[Young Ed]

I wonder if it was some sort of training class. The first engine doesn't look mopar to me. Rich is right though the grill shell in the background clearly has a plymouth ship on it. Further back behind that there looks to be 3 more people sitting in chairs.

[Reg Evans]

Definitely a training class. The engine in the foreground has a cut away water pump,intake and exhaust manifold,generator and side of block. I'm guessing this was early to mid 40's ,the engines are mid to late 30's, and isn't that Rosie the Riveter with the plug wrench ?

[Plymouthy Adams]

is that Virgil Exner's fedora on the crate?

[BobT-47P15]

Did you notice that on the cutaway places, someone had taken the time

to paint the edges white, along with the fact the entire engine looks to

be a light grey color.

[dezeldoc]

Man I thought more of you than that..gave you too much credit..she is holding a screwdriver and not a wrench...

Man now i am screwed!

[B-Watson]

1941 or 1942 Pontiac. The 1946-48 Pontiac used the same style of speedometer but the gauges were round. 1940 also used the same basic layout but the speedometer was different. That speedo with the numerals in separate ring around the edge is the tip off to the make.

[Dan Hiebert]

Teaching the ladies to be mechanics while the men-folk were off to war. That geeky intructor may be a "lucky" 4F and the potential "Jody" oft referred to in military cadences the vets may remember Seems to be a multi - discipline school, GM, Mopar, and what looks like an aircraft trailer in the shadows.