Anybody pass through Nanaimo?

[rob love]

I spotted a Cadillac flathead on Kijiji that should be suitable for the restoration of my Penguin (armoured snowmobile). The price is fair, but my problem is the location. It is in Nanaimo BC. Does anybody here pass through Nanaimo and could be talked into bringing these (one engine and possibly two cores) to the mainland? I would, of course, be willing to cover any costs with a couple bucks tossed in to pay for your time. The next challenge will be to get it over the rockies to Calgary or Edmonton from which I could pick them up.

If anybody can help or has some ideas please let me know.

[maple_leaf_eh]

I have an ex armoured corps friend who lives in Campbell River. He might be able to at least take possession pending a better planned pick up.

[r.morrison]

Rob....we'll do a bit of horse trading. I'll get them and store them here (Vancouver) in Pitt Meadows at my hanger. From there, we can figure out the Calgary thing. Not sure if I'm going there this year on business, but we can work it all out over the next little bit. I'll call you tomorrow evening. Cheers......Robert

[Wayne Hingley]

If you guys need a transfer point or storage point near Calgary, I am located in the Water Valley area (north of Cochrane). Im not exactly on the east/west mainline, but its an option if you dont have something better.

[Jes Andersen]

Rob, I'm a boat ride away and pass thru Nanaimo regularly.

PM me with a tel # and I will call later today after my appointments, actually in Nanaimo.

Jess

[Grant Hopkins]

Have you worked out a plan yet? I could pick them up and palletize them to forklift onto a transport to ship direct to you if that was of interest.

[rob love]

Thanks fot the offer Grant, but it looks like the plan is together. The owner still has to pull one engine, at which time Jes is going to pick them up and run them out to Rob Morrison in Vancouver, with furtherance from there to be determined.

Being a prairie flat-lander, I cannot go over the rocky mountain range lest I fall off. I'm hoping to get them over the mountains to at least Calgary, from which I'll pick them up. Wayne has offered to stow them at his place North of Calgary if that is what works out.

We need to entice more truckers to this forum though.

[jdmcm]

Hi Rob

If we can get the parts to my shop in Langley BC, I can bring them to Calgary in my horse van in March.

John

[rob love]

John

Thanks for the offer, I'll shoot you a PM. I'm out to Calgary for the Easter gun show in case that fits your timelines.

[jdmcm]

That should work Rob, I should be in Calgary right around March 15

[jeff davis]

I could haull them over to johns shop
Regards
Jeff

[Jes Andersen]

Here are the pictures of Rob's new acquisitions:

They made it to Langley yesterday and are in John's care.

These are Engine #1

[Jes Andersen]

This is the second of the three:

[Jes Andersen]

This is engine #3. This one does not have a pan attached or provided separately...

There is also a box of misc parts, generator, starter, cast intake with a carb, distributor, and an assortments of nuts bolts and mystery bits...

[rob love]

Thanks a lot for your efforts in this Jes, and thanks to John who will be getting them to Calgary for me. It's all coming together. With any luck I'll have one of these into that penguin in the next year or two.

[Wayne Hingley]

Wow, that looks like a bad-boy engine! Rob; you will single-handedly bring the oil industry back to its former glory... haha

[rob love]

Wayne

They are a classic, in the same league with the Ford V8. These are a form of art in themselves.

I would paint one up and put a glass table top on it for the living room if I thought, even for one milli-second, the wife woudl let me get away with it.

[jdmcm]

Stuart tank Cadillac flatheads??? Delivered to my shop? I have no idea what you guys are talking about...

[rob love]

Subterfuge in the vehicle collecting hobby? Say it isn't so!!


John

You are seeing the blocks in person. The thrid ne (recent take out) is obviously a pre-41 block as it does not have the boss over the waterpump or the mounting points for the oil filter neither cast nor tapped on the left bank.

The second engine (no oil pan) appears to have these features, so am I correct in guessing that it is a 46 civilian block?

The first engine is supposed to be a military surplus engine. Could you provide the serial number (1G, 2G etc prefix)? It does not look like a Stuart engine in that it doesn't have the rear drive for the generator. Any idea what this engine is from? Perhaps a panguin?

While I shoudl have these in my barn by the end of March if all goes well, I am like a kid at Christmas and woudl like to know. I am only learning about the Caddy engines, so if my assumptions are out to lunch, please forgive me and feel free to correct me.

Rob

[David Dunlop]

If it is of any help, Rob, my 1950 Chilton Manual states the engine serial number for 1937 to 1939 V8's is stamped on the crankcase back of left cylinder block. In 1940, for some reason, the engine number was placed on the vehicle frame only, by the steering post (seems vehicle SN may have equaled Engine SN). 1941 to 1950 the Engine Number was on the right-hand side of crankcase, just above water pump.


David

[Bob Carriere]

Deluxe 346 engine rebuild kits on Ebay $1400 and all kinds of shop manuals and some parts.

surprised to find them so readily available

Good luck with the cast iron puzzle.

Bob C

[Jes Andersen]

[QUOTE=rob love;221316]Subterfuge in the vehicle collecting hobby? Say it isn't so!!


I had considered posting a picture of a row of Ford flatheads that I found somewhere and plead ignorance to what was delivered, but I couldn't get myself to do that to you this time....

If you need me to make another contact and vicit with Rob in Nanaimo, let me know. A couple of hours at his place was interesting but nothing like a couple at John's place.

Jes