as an apprentice coach builder in the mid 60,s i with my employer rebuilt a complete body for a mid 20.s franklin, first air cooled engine i had ever seen in a car, had some innovative ideas ,they were pretty neat even than
I think H.H. Franklin went out of business around 1933 or 1934, I believe. A part of Franklin did survive. It was called Air Cooled Motors, and they made helicopter engines for Bell and others. At one point, Preston Tucker owned Air Cooled Motors, and put the engines into his Tucker car
I saw a Franklin advertisement in a 1930's magazine. A guy (Barney Oldfield?) was testing them in the desert to prove that the air-cooled Franklins didn't overheat. They were expensive. Their clientele were people who could afford Cords, Packards and the like. They were soundly engineered but never caught on in the popular marketplace.
as an apprentice coach builder in the mid 60,s i with my employer rebuilt a complete body for a mid 20.s franklin, first air cooled engine i had ever seen in a car, had some innovative ideas ,they were pretty neat even than
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I think H.H. Franklin went out of business around 1933 or 1934, I believe. A part of Franklin did survive. It was called Air Cooled Motors, and they made helicopter engines for Bell and others. At one point, Preston Tucker owned Air Cooled Motors, and put the engines into his Tucker car
packardnut 1 year ago
I saw a Franklin advertisement in a 1930's magazine. A guy (Barney Oldfield?) was testing them in the desert to prove that the air-cooled Franklins didn't overheat. They were expensive. Their clientele were people who could afford Cords, Packards and the like. They were soundly engineered but never caught on in the popular marketplace.
mayonpi 3 years ago
thanks for the info
doedeedum 3 years ago
I never knew Franklins were air cooled
eh4891 3 years ago
ya that's what he showed me. an air cooled thing.
doedeedum 3 years ago