From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 12:33:14 PST
Most of the Scout Cars had Hercules JXD 6 cylinder flat head engines.
I seem to recall that the diesel version was an experiment or post war
conversion in these vehicles.
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Ball" <vought@msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] gasoline for tanks?
> There were many diesel powered US vehicles in WW2 here is one just as a
> matter of fact M3A1 Scout car.
>
>
> Dave
>
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> Subject: Re: [MV] gasoline for tanks?
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>
> > Supposedly the Navy won the battle on diesel and the Army was told to to
> use
> > gasoline. You will also recall that the early tanks had radial gasoline
> > engines. They were used because of the power to weight ratio was about
as
> > good as you could get at the time. Both Gubersion and Catapillar made a
> few
> > radial diesel aircooled engines for tanks in WW2.
> >
> > The only WW2 truck I can think of that was diesel was the early M20
> Diamond
> > T tank transporter. Even the later WW2 M26 tank transporter used an 1060
> cid
> > OHC Hall-Scott gasoline engine.
> >
> > The diesel engines back then were big and inefficient compared to today
or
> > even the gasoline engines of the day. The Corbit and Brockway trucks had
> an
> > 855 cid 6 cyl gasoline flat head engine that weighed in at about 2400#.
> >
> >
> > Steve AKA Dr Deuce
> >
> >
> >
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