A lot went into that engine.

I have made things in my life i bet someone will find cool in 80 years to!

It's likely so old that movies with sound would have been relatively new. So it would have been much more profound than that. An entire short film made about the engine he built.

@@theodorgiosan2570 Not likely that old, looks more like 1940s to 50s tech but pretty impressive in that almost everything is hand made right down to the chain.

​@@cruddycornstalksprobably your future grand children

That's one hell of a science project!

the crankshaft in my machinist/engineering opinion is not beeffy enough to withstand a lot of stress. after editing the video that was what I narrowed down to the weak link in the structure of the engine. despite looking big in the video because how close I filmed the journals are only about 5/16 thick . with no bearing braces from the upper throw and the lower throws it almost has to be flexing as it runs. that and the home made chain. I had to readjust the tensioners twice top film what little running I did .

It would be nice to make a close tolarance and stronger engine with the same bore and stroke and cooling. Just to see how much power & tourque it can make on a given amount of fuel. IT'S JUST BRILLIANT. It does need to in a musieam and taken care of thanks for the video👍

​@@peterupsall8542 it could definitely use a water jacket.

Close. It doesn’t have valves. It has vanes like a 2 stroke Detroit.

Oil drip pan is the base….

My friends and I are way to hands on to lock it in a box. The weathering on it shows it's age well and I bet it wasn't spotless when the guy made it. So this is how it will stay

I'd love for someone to show up and say they know where it is from. Be cool to hear the story

it is truly a unique piece

hobby engine.... a prototype would not have hand made chains and gears it would be all off the shelf stuff, faster better cheaper... and really the only explanation for it not to be that way is it being a hobby engine.

yes it is!

It be a fun project to make an improved version of this with more understanding of how engines need to be designed.

Could you believe there is one in Argentina? It's a 1911 50hp model which belonged to the founders of the town of Intendente Alvear. It was restored in 2011 by the town government and a group of enthusiasts. Unfortunately most of the body was gone so they had to fabricate a new one.

@@douro20 I know of that car, it's a dark blue 40/60HP open tourer. There's a good reason he chose that car, it was designed to run on anything flammable (it could run on Alcool) making it a good pick if petrol was harder to come by than booze. The Tsar had a number of Dellaunay-Belleville that were know for their reliability, you can see that as buying an exotic sports car to differentiate yourself from your neighbor.

thank you!

no problem. neat piece that deserve to be seen by others.

@@cruddycornstalkshopefully you can dig some more vintage motors up for us

@@deborahchesser7375 I try to make a video every other week. Just doesn't always happen

@@cruddycornstalks oh I get it, it’s plenty of work and it’s appreciated. Hint hint, old bikes are a blast because you can ride them after doing the work lol. Thanks brother✌️

He truly was

Thank you. Try my best to take care of things!

Yes. Very unusual for sure!

Thank you.

oh yeah there has to be months of work into making this thing.

Thank you

Thanks you

Very few brands used it as it didn't really give enough benefit for being gas powered

Thank you

We lived without Internet for two years back in 2013/14 and in that time I made two motorized bicycles and the one drove me around a few hundred miles.

@@cruddycornstalks that's actually pretty cool! I build cars as a hobby, but still use the internet while doing it

It definitely is something special

Not a single mark anywhere no numbers nothing. a true mystery

The person who made this was a genius.

Thanks I do to.

I have not. no one has come up with anything nor have we found anyone.

You can only retemper rings so many times and these would not be able to.

thank you!

You are correct. The guy just drilled a common hole between the two cylinders and that's where the sparkplug is.

@@cruddycornstalks So there are 2 intake valves, 2 exhaust valves , 2 cylinders , 4 pistons all into one combustion camber? I say it ranks up there with one of the most unusual internal combustion engines ever built.

@@oldamericaniron5767 yes correct. It very much is.

There is enough hardware to run an even-firing 2 cylinder engine. It only needs another spark plug and a distributor. The nice thing about this engine is good primary balance due to the opposing pistons.

Hard to say. The most common opposed piston engine is the Fairbanks OP engines. They are still used in peak power draw power plants to this day

Junkers jumo diesel (think stuka dive bomber) had an inline opposed piston, forced induction 2 stroke configuration. Pretty sure the delta configuration engines were British, not german. Small ones ended up in trucks, big ones in trains if I remember right.

what you have is a modified copy of the French company Gobron-Brillie and their gas engine design from 1900. Although the maker of your engine has only used a 3 throw crankshaft, the original design has a 4 throw crank with the 2 inside throws operating the lower pistons and the outer 2 throws worked the upper pistons. Junkers made aircraft diesels 6 cylinder 12 piston engines that used 2 crankshafts that were geared together and were 2 stroke diesels with forced induction to supply scavenge air ( as used in the Faibanks-Morse engines) they were used in larger multi engine aircraft, Mainly the Ju86(only some versions) and some models of the Blohm+Voss flying boats. they were never fitted to the stukas. The Junkers engines were license built by Napier in the UK as the Culverin. Napier during WW2 then started to consider the deltic (inverted triangle) design to fulfil an admiralty requirement for high powered light weight engines for use in fast patrol craft (think PT boats and small cutters) and small mine sweepers. the deltic engines would then be used later in the Class55 (became known as the deltics after the engines) and the class 23 locomotives. Junkers also built 2 stroke opposed piston engines that used a 3 throw crank per cylinder with the centre throw working the lower piston and the 2 outer throws working the upper piston. (similar to your engine but reversed) the small models of this style were used to power pumps, generators etc. and also in some early model diesel trucks and other construction style machinery. the larger versions of this style of engine were used in marine and large power generation and pumping applications. Doxford engine works ( part of the shipbuilding firm) built these engines until closing in 1980. @@cruddycornstalks

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Yes it is