Don Stauffer is a member of www.egroups.com/group/racinghistory/
as well as moderator of his own group:
http://www.egroups.com/group/heatengines
Here's his take on the Taylor/Crosley engine...
Steve
---- Original Message -----
From: "Don Stauffer" <stauffer@gte.net>
To: "list, race history" <racinghistory@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 8:25 AM
Subject: [RH] Re:Taylor engine
> The Crosley was in effect a Taylor engine. Taylor designed
> the engine, and the method of brazing steel blocks. He sold
> the idea to Powell Crosley. According to an article in AQ,
> Powell cheapened the process, and the system didn't work,
> causing Crosley to make a cast version of the engine.
>
> The article mentioned that Taylor also almost sold Chevrolet
> on an engine that would have been the Chevette engine, but
> the deal fell through at the last minute.
>
> I can see that people could call the Crosley (post war
> version) or any of its many resurrections a Taylor engine.
> It has always remained the same basic design.
> --
> Don Stauffer in Minneapolis
> stauffer@gte.net
> http://home1.gte.net/stauffer/
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