Model A aluminum head?

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mndodge

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I figure with the knowledge on here maybe someone will know....?
I was talking with my dad last night and he mentioned an aluminum head he has had for many years, it is in his garage amongst the other things he has and has to find it....hahaaa, he said it was an aluminum head that was rare and was to be used on a "A" engine that would of went into an airplane back in the day, does this make any sense or is was there ever such a thing?
I thought he said instead of being similar Winfield head where the fins run front to back, this one has a fin or fins that are at an angle.....any ideas?
 
He said he was going to head out to the garage and dig it up, it came in a wood box when he got it.
If he digs it up I will post a picture....
When it comes to all this I know a little......But not a lot, HAHAAA
 
mndodge said:
I figure with the knowledge on here maybe someone will know....?
I was talking with my dad last night and he mentioned an aluminum head he has had for many years, it is in his garage amongst the other things he has and has to find it....hahaaa, he said it was an aluminum head that was rare and was to be used on a "A" engine that would of went into an airplane back in the day, does this make any sense or is was there ever such a thing?
I thought he said instead of being similar Winfield head where the fins run front to back, this one has a fin or fins that are at an angle.....any ideas?
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The airplane was the Pietenpol. There are several examples in museums around the country. Some still fly.
 
Can't wait to see this. I had an aluminum head made by Weiand on my high school model A. Engle 3/4 grind cam. Single Stromberg 97. Balanced by Edelbrock. Babbitt bearings. It was a lot of fun, but leaping into the air in an aeroplane propelled by a Model A Ford engine takes more faith than even most evolutionists can muster.

Search 'pietenpol air camper" to see the original design, still being sold!, that used the Ford Model A engine to fly.
 
Maybe its a head off of a Pietenpol Sky Scout with an air cooled Model A engine.


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mndodge said:
I figure with the knowledge on here maybe someone will know....?
I was talking with my dad last night and he mentioned an aluminum head he has had for many years, it is in his garage amongst the other things he has and has to find it....hahaaa, he said it was an aluminum head that was rare and was to be used on a "A" engine that would of went into an airplane back in the day, does this make any sense or is was there ever such a thing?
I thought he said instead of being similar Winfield head where the fins run front to back, this one has a fin or fins that are at an angle.....any ideas?[/QUOTE

mndodge .....................
If the head does not have two sparkplugs per cylinder, it is not an airplane head.
It would then be, more than likely, a high compression head and pretty valuable.
MIKE :)
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Thanks Mike....
In all honesty, I have no idea what it is?
I know he has had it for many years and it just struck my curiosity when he mentioned it.
 
That air-cooled engine is pretty neat, I have seen a lot of performance A's, but nothing like that! If you think flying behind a Model A engine is scary, Pietenpol also made a single-seater powered by a T engine!
 
Jim Brierley said:
That air-cooled engine is pretty neat, I have seen a lot of performance A's, but nothing like that! If you think flying behind a Model A engine is scary, Pietenpol also made a single-seater powered by a T engine!
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I thought the T engine failed to get the airplane airborne, and he had to sort of wait for the extra horse power of the Model A.
 
I saw a "T engined" one when looking on line......did they come with or recommend a parachute, they would definitely not be my first choice of flying the friendly skies, that would be my definition of a true dare devil ...sheesh!!!
 
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It's not mine. Found it on the Internet. Follow the link in my other post. I believe it is in an aviation museum called the North Cascades Vintage Aero Museum.
 
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