Cutaway 36 Hp motor

Boston Bob · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: Cutaway 36 Hp motor

So I have recieved a lot of questions about this little gem, figured it was time to clear it up. Its a brand new 1951 motor that was cutapart as a display by some german model company by the name of Goff. & Co. Went from museum to show room to museum before ending out as property of Boston Engine for the last 10 years. Withuot further adiew, here are the pictures:

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I got it from the museum of transportation in Brookline, and there is something about 50 years in museums rather than an engine bay that will keep these things looking pretty! Its been on loan to Bently Publishers for the last 5 years but it is time to give this thing a new home! Gonna put it up on ebay sometime soon, not sure when just yet. Need some time to get ready to see it go. Really enjoyed having it around, people always wanted to buy pieces off of it, they all look so clean and brand new, would need to point out that its a model, and taking it apart would really defeat the purpose. Not only that but that model company really had at it! They cut the fan shroud, the fuel pump, the cylinder AND the piston inside it! Anyways, the pictures show it off so much better then I can with all this rambling, so just enjoy.

Glenn · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

Bob,

It has a VJU4BR8 distributor. That distributor was not used until 1954.

Is htis the same engine that I saw at Litchfield in 2007?

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Boston Bob · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

How long did that take you to catch?
Very interesting, it is quite possible that a tag written in pencil on a paper tag could be incorect. We would need to check to see if there is a serial number and check to see if the part is mismatched or if the tag is incorrect.

also are the images showing up for you? I can't see them.

Glenn · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject:

Boston Bob · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject:

Well it has been on loan for some time now, so they very well could have brought it. Would be very interested to know if ther was another one in the northeast, or the states for that matter! didn't notice the comment or your pictures the first time around.

Envious · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject:

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EverettB · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:08 am Post subject:

Very cool, there are a few of those around, also some random parts like individual carburetors.

The fuel pump is the 56-58 style.
The heater boxes are the 57 and earlier style.
My guess would be it's a '56 engine.

The easiest thing might be to look at the date code of the coil and reference this page to determine the month and year:
Date coding of parts from Hella/SWF/Bosch/Blaupunkt

Since someone mentioned the coil has the wrong sticker, you may want to cross-check the distributor and generator as they are also dated.
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RichOakley · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:04 am Post subject:

Yep, that's definitely a '56/'57 engine.

Our local VW parts supplier- VW Heritage has one on display in their showroom- a '54 engine.

billmetric · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:49 am Post subject:

looks like a mish-mosh of parts put together in the later '50s, the intake looks like one of those rare 90 degree bend '53-'54 ones, I have seen a few of these sell on e-bay over the years, very cool display piece, my dad used to have a 1940s Gravely single cylinder self propelled walk behind lawn mower at his mower dealership cut down like that, I used to spend hours looking at it , it had a hand crank to turn it over and you could watch the magneto spark the plug
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toydude111 · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:56 am Post subject:

There aer several cut-aways here in So Cal as well. I always offer to buy them, but no one ever accepts Sad

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ZwitterND · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:20 am Post subject:

Yikes, yea that manifold looks like the one for my zwitter, oh the humanity. I think John can fix it. Wink

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toydude111 · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject:

UZI · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

here is one i saw in europe several years ago, sorry bout the bad pic.

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vanaru · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: one in maryland too

the now closed Sartwell Enterprises had one..was also seen at peek performance in teh 80's... same one i think.

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Anchovy · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

I have seen a few of those engines come up for sale through the years. I also saw a full beetle chassis, suspension tanssaxle and motor display a few years back that sold on ebay Germany. I have a collection of batteries and individual cut-away parts; fuel pumps, carbs, coils, etc. Here are a couple of the batteries.

johnshenry · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:00 am Post subject:

thom · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

A guy had a cutaway engine and trans FS at the last Bug-O-Rama. I was tempted, but I don't need any more crap crowding up the place.
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GeoffP · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Yup, at one point I think all dealers had them. Most of our local dealers had them on display, one or two still do.


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