*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
At least some of the M-151 engines were from White. I had one in an M-151A2
made by Ford -- I had the manual from White that described the engine.
Chuck
chuck@olive-drab.com
www.olive-drab.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "jim gilmore" <jgilmore@oeonline.com>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 3:08 PM
Subject: [MV] M-151 engine design
> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
>
>
> Jon wrote,
> ......I thought that the mutt engine was a White design originally. I
> have seen a
> >> number of the exact same engine (White) in stationary units.
>
> The design for the M-151 engine was done by Ford Motor Company,
> Ordnance Vehicle Project Department. In 1951, Ford O.V.P. (later S.M.V.O)
> started the design for a 4cyl O.H.V. motor to use in it's proposals to the
> Govt. for a completely new design 1/4 ton truck. Nearly all components of
> the engine were designed by the Ford engineers with only a few items (
> pistons for example-Bohn Aluminum co.) developed in conjunction with other
> firms.
> In the later production contracts it was the government that
supplied
> the engines. The actual contracts were for the vehicle less engine. The
> engines (built to the Ford design) were supplied to the Govt. by an
outside
> contractor and the Govt. then supplied them to whomever had the contract
at
> that time.
>
> (Data from Special Military Vehicle Operations (S.M.V.O.), Ford Motor
> Co. Industrial Archives.)
>
>
>
> Jim Gilmore MVPA # 5843
>
> Member Ist Michigan AOD Chapter MVPA
> Great Lakes Chapter MVPA
> Ohio Motor Pool Chapter MVPA
> Red Ball Chapter MVPA
> Ontario Military Vehicle Association
> Midwest Military Vehicle Assocation
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 2656 Wiethoff, Inkster, Mi. 48141
> 313-561-8826 voice 313-730-1652 fax
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@uller.skylee.com>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to
<mil-veh-digest@uller.skylee.com>
> Send administrative queries to <mil-veh-request@uller.skylee.com>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Apr 04 2000 - 21:57:16 PDT