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Old 03-27-2014, 11:42 AM   #1
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Default Flathead on a dyno

recently discovered pictures of my Dad made during WW2, probably while he was in Engineering at Duke
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Old 03-27-2014, 02:50 PM   #2
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Cool pics, thanks for sharing.
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Old 03-27-2014, 10:45 PM   #3
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Wow, looks like a fun day!
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Old 03-28-2014, 03:41 AM   #4
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Yes, great old pics. Check that crazy water-pipe exhaust system and the hanging scale torque meter.
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Old 03-28-2014, 09:25 PM   #5
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That's Cool! I wonder what they were trying to do?
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Old 03-29-2014, 08:07 AM   #6
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some more from the same time frame and earlier
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Old 03-29-2014, 08:12 AM   #7
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try again--notice the hand held tachometer in the first dyno picture
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Old 03-29-2014, 08:14 AM   #8
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must be a 39 or 40 engine look at the water pumps-cast pully
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Old 03-29-2014, 12:27 PM   #9
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Thanks for sharing. Great old pics.
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