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| Gray Phantom Eight, 175hp |
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Johan Ericson
| | Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 10:23 am: | 
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Gray Phantom Eight, 175hp and Gray Super Eight 160 hp. Does anyone know of these straight eight engines origin? Car, bus, or other purpouses? If so, of what make? Or is it actually made for marine use? Asking this for a friend and he says it has "Continental" cast into the engine block. Year of manufacture - cirka 1938.
Does anyone have info?
Regards
Johan Ericson
Stockholm, Sweden |
olarry
| | Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 07:45 pm: |
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A quick look in my books (1935,1946,1963) shows no continetal inline 8 cylinder engines.However crysler has alot of them showing.My books are mostly industrial not marine. |
andrew
| | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2002 - 11:18 am: |
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I am finding the same thing as olarry... Continental made a lot of inline 6 cylinder engines in that period, but I cannot find inline 8's. I will check with a friend who might know and post it here if I find out...
Regards,
Andrew |
olarry
| | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2002 - 07:03 pm: |
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Hey Johan post more info if you can.Things like cubic inches,flat head or overhead valves, piston size,or casting numbers. |
Johan Ericson
| | Posted on Monday, January 28, 2002 - 04:34 am: |
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Hello again. Thanks for trying all of you. Here comes some more info. Sidevalves (flat head), 372 cu in. Will try to get casting numbers and stoke*bore. The engine has two carbs, zenith or carter (checking this week) - updraft config. The owner has original Gray advertising pamphlet - will check for more info.
Regards
Johan Ericson |
olarry
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 06:55 pm: |
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I see a 371 ci. continental but it is 6 cylinder.With 2 carbs and 8 cylinders it sounds like a crysler,but i don't see an engine that fits the ci. |
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