1100 C.I. ford flathead tank engine

The Ford GAA was a lot like an aircraft engine the way it was designed. It worked very well in the Sherman easy 8 tank but was a bit under powered in the M-26 Pershing tanks. The later versions M-47/48 types changed over to larger engines and the later ones were mostly diesels.
 
rotorwrench said:
The Ford GAA was a lot like an aircraft engine the way it was designed. It worked very well in the Sherman easy 8 tank but was a bit under powered in the M-26 Pershing tanks. The later versions M-47/48 types changed over to larger engines and the later ones were mostly diesels.
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M-48A2 was gas and the A3 was diesel, as was the M-60.
 
i had a GAA once that i saved out of a junk yard in kansas. they were used for well pump motors after the war. for something really wild, look up the chrysler multibank tank motor, 5 flathead sixes mounted on a common crankcase, star shaped. they worked well, but few were made
 
4dFord/SC said:
M-48A2 was gas and the A3 was diesel, as was the M-60.
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It originally was a v12 for aircraft. But literally didn't get off the ground for that purpose. So off with four jugs and a tank engine was born. Or so I've read. Oops, quoted the wrong person.
 
Every year Sarafan's in Spring Valley, NY would have an open house in the 70's and 80's and our club here in Conn. would go down and see what goodies he had. There was a Sherman out front and it had that engine. We'd get it running and drive it around the property (small) . It was fun to tinker on it and see if we could get it to start! After that, it would sit all year until the next open house. Back in my Olive Drab days!
 
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