Name That Engine #7 - Solved! 45 horsepower Overland engine -1909

[Otto Puzzell]

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[Stephen M]

Based on the unusual wheel on the front (back?), I guess industrial prime mover for a belt power system, circa....1915 or so.

[Otto Puzzell]

In this instance, this engine was used to power an automobile.

[Allan L]

The thing at the front would have been a crankshaft vibration damper, essential for a straight six and probably the invention of Fred Lanchester in 1905/6.
It's not a Lanchester engine. but with its separate dome-topped cylinders it looks about 1906 or so.
Quite big, so is it from the USofA?

[Otto Puzzell]

It is.

[Otto Puzzell]

Time to get this one back in gear...

[Otto Puzzell]

[Otto Puzzell]

This six-cylinder motor is from 1909.

[Arthur Dent]

Looks a lot like a Cadillac 30 engine but with two extra cylinders.

[Otto Puzzell]

This maker was a bit down-market from Cadillac.

[Allan L]

Downmarket might mean Ford, but he'd given the K up by 1909.
Perhaps it's a Continental engine

[Otto Puzzell]

Not a Ford, nor a Continental.

[Otto Puzzell]

[Paul Jaray]

I would like to move this in the solved section...I've got a list of six-cylinder american cars from 1909...should I post them one by one or I should try to narrow down this list? For example is it a (relatively) well-known builder?

[Otto Puzzell]

I would like to move this in the solved section...I've got a list of six-cylinder american cars from 1909...should I post them one by one or I should try to narrow down this list? For example is it a (relatively) well-known builder?

Yes, it is from a well-know American builder!

[Paul Jaray]

Ok, then
ACME
ALCO
AMERICAN NAPIER
ANHUT
CAMERON
HOUPT
LOZIER
MATHESON
PIERCE-ARROW
PIGGINS
STANDARD SIX
THOMAS
WELCH
WILLYS-OVERLAND
WINTON

My guess.... Pierce Arrow Model 36\48\60?

[Otto Puzzell]

My guess.... Pierce Arrow Model 36\48\60?

Reply #9, above, would suggest the answer is "no".

[Paul Jaray]

Willys-Overland Model 34 or a 45HP?

[Otto Puzzell]

Indeed - it is a six-cylinder, 45 horsepower Overland engine, from 1909.

Thanks for putting this oldie but goody to rest!

[Paul Jaray]

My pleasure!