A very scarce Packard "Twin Six" engine is for sale on ebay. This engine is one out of 549 ever build. The 445 cui engine has 160 HP and was used in Packard Model 905 and Model 906 cars. The Twin Six was introduced in 1932 and ousted only one year later by the Packard Twelve.
Megola is not a name of a country in Africa, it's the name of a motorcycle. During the past century many crazy motorcycles were build. Many new technologies were tested and a really awesome bike was the 1922 Megola. Megola was a German motorcycle that was build by the Deutsche-Megola-Werke GmbH in Munich between 1921 and 1925. The idea of the Megola was to build a bike with a rotating engine included in the wheel.
Month ago, I found myself in trouble identifying Ford Flathead V8 engines. While I was looking for a replacement engine, I found many offers with a description like "pulled out of a truck" or "8CM from a 1950 F1". Most times more information about the car it was pulled from, than the engine itself. "8CM from a 1950 F1" - with other words: I have no idea what I'm selling. Yes, the 8CM fits in a Ford F1, but the correct engine is the 8RT. Most times I had to identify the engines based on tiny smartphone photos.
Here we go, part one in identifiying Ford Flathead V8 engines...
Ford owners know what to do, but everyone who worked only on old Chevrolet cars and trucks might have a problem. If you have no idea how to remove your trucks inner door handle or windows crank, here is your help.
The 1914 Cyclone Motorcycle is truly one in the row of the legends. Do you have the guts to ride a bike that has no breaks, no clutch and that runs 110 mph? I'm pretty sure, I have not. But what makes that bike to a legend? Let's take a look at some facts...
The Cyclone was manufactured by Joerns Motor Manufacturing Company in St. Paul, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1912 and abolished in 1917. Various sources tell that 300 Cyclone motorcycles where build, but only 6 of them are known to exist today. A Cyclone from the private collection of former actor Steve McQueen (1930-1980) was sold early 2015 for $775000, making the Cyclone to the most expensive motorcycle ever sold. But that's just the price for a legend, not the facts that created the legend.