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| Gray and Continental: A History Question |
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David Conwill
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| | Posted on Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 10:38 am: | 
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Greetings,
I've recently become interested in the Continental "Red Seal" L-head engines and discovered that Gray was owned by Continental for a period of time (1940s-1960s?). I'm from the Muskegon, Michigan area where the main Continental factory was located for many years. I'm trying to obtain a Muskegon-built engine for a project, but I'm still trying to figure out where to look. I know the automobile engines were built in the Detroit factory and I've been told the Muskegon plant handled mainly industrial engines. Does anyone happen to know where the marine engines were produced?
Thank you,
David Conwill |
Andrew Cole
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| | Posted on Monday, May 07, 2007 - 09:16 am: |
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I am rebuilding mine (Sea Scout 91) at the moment, the manifold has a stamping reflecting a January 1966 build date and Detroit Michigan. |
David Conwill
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Username: david_conwill
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Monday, May 07, 2007 - 09:58 am: |
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Interesting, but not necessarily conclusive. The blocks themselves (presumably the entire shortblocks) came from Continental, but I think the Marine-specific parts were installed by Gray. If Gray was Detroit-based, then their parts would indicate that. Furthermore, I think the Continental Detroit operation closed in 1965.
I'm interested to hear more. For example, does your block have a tag on the side indicating that it is of Continental manufacture?
Like this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/conwi1wd/Technical%20Images/Red%20Seal/ca ca_1.jpg
-Dave |
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