1917 to 1918 Chevy v8

It was called the Mason

[@stevedavis9462]

I had no idea. Thanks for the education!

[@richardwarfordjr.5622]

History there kool stuff thanks for sharing

[@Corndog1971]

I bet that engine is worth thousands of dollars! ?????????

[@Lowry7724]

I believe this engine had a flat-plane crankshaft with no counterbalance shaft; they tended to vibrate badly at higher rpm. It made 55-60 horsepower at 2700 rpm, with 36 taxable hp. It was discontinued due to cost of production vs. the 4 cylinder model. Great find!

[@michaelbenardo5695]

It was discontinued due to poor sales. It cost as much as a Buick, and then and now, people will not pay a high price for a car with a low-priced name.

[@patjohnson3100]

Rare historic engine and example of early American auto engineering, I'm glad it survives .

[@MrThatnativeguy]

Looks almost like a nailhead

[@paas624]

Oh look an early LS lol

[@nfwsrt8zl12]

Thank you sir for this video very interesting

[@hyzercreek]

Chevy moving to GM maybe was the reason but it was the same guy. Chevy was started by Billy Durant in 1913, Durant also started GM in 1908. In 1918 Durant bought a controlling share of GM again and merged his Chevy company with it. He got rid of the Chevy V-8 because Cadillac was the V-8 brand in GM. No other GM car would have a V-8 until the Olds Rocket of 1949

[@southernauto2752]

B kinda cool 2 see a few videos of it running an what it came in from the factory

[@jasonbrown7258]

At first glance looks like a nail head

[@Flies2FLL]

That engine was OHV, not overhead cam.

[@kevindrury8390]

Yes over head valves. I read it straight off the display.

[@robertghorne8607]

Chain driven cams. On heads.

[@whalesong999]

@@robertghorne8607 Wishing perhaps. No, it was a pushrod engine, other views of it are on the internet and you can clearly see the pushrods entering the valve covers through slots in them. I recall reading that the engine required removing those valve covers for hand lubrication of the valve mechanism every so many miles.

[@joeolivas7437]

I have a old truck 1918 or 1920 or 1921 looks like a legend truck if anyone wants to redo it will sell it cheap but won’t sell it for yard art at any price will just keep it

[@markallan5816]

I was wondering, if this motor could be purchased. I know this is an old posting. I didn’t know if it might’ve been yours.

[@kevindrury8390]

No it was not mine but it was in a car museum that has been shut down and I don't know what happened to it.

[@markallan5816]

Thanks for your Reply!! I just have a project I was gonna use it on. Thanks again.

[@woodhonky3890]

Could you not walk all the way around it so we could see it? Was it forbidden?

[@kevindrury8390]

They had it roped off. I would have liked to have.

[@woodhonky3890]

@@kevindrury8390 Still very interesting. Thanks for the shoutback!

[@cwarmes1105]

The Northway light V-8 thats in my 1917 oldsmobile was a far superior engine to this one!

[@herbienbrian2]

Duh-placement

[@strikeryachts]

Maybe next time do more close ups.

[@kevindrury8390]

This museum closed down. I couldn't get any closer but it was something to see

[@bwtv147]

In 1918 Chevrolet bought GM.

[@jeffswafford6017]

was that in the camaro

[@Antiganos]

Assuming this is a young person asking a genuine question (and not spam), the Camaro was first introduced in 1967, 50 years after this early engine was. World War 1 was still going on when this was produced, 50 years and another world war later, the 1967 Chevy Camaro was introduced to fight the Ford Mustang, and came with two V8 options, the 327, and the 350. Both were based on the earlier "smallblock" architecture of the 265 that was designed in the 50s. Cheers!

[@user-Dr.]

@@Antiganos Of course we had the Z28 option that came with the incredible 302, and the SS that you could get a 396 big block.

[@ThunderAppeal]

'Chevrolet became part of GM in 1918', and has been GM's bread and butter ever since. GM should have dropped be-you-ick rather than Olds.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

But they had already quit making real Oldsmobiles, concentrating on Olds-made Japanese style cars. They did not sell, because people who want a Japanese car want a REAL one, and people who want an Oldsmobile want it to be Typically American in characteristics.