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Old 09-17-2022, 02:04 PM   #1091 (permalink)
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It's an aerodynamic oddity becasue it's an air compressor?

Thomas Smith began the Smith Model A Motor Compressor Co when he realized how much air compressors were needed in industry, and construction, by rethinking junkyard Model As
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Smith designed a clever system to retrofit a used Model A.

He patented a cylinder head for the car’s 40-horse four-cylinder:
Cylinders one and four burned gasoline, powering the engine as usual;
two and three pumped air into a reservoir tank mounted on the car



It reminds me of the Dunn-Right compressor, also based on a 4-cylinder 40HP base engine.
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Home [dunnrightinc.com]
Dunn-Right Incorporated Home of the "Volks-Air" Air Compressor Sold Worldwide Since 1987 3672 Abbeville Hwy. Anderson, SC 29624 Voice (864) 296-9316 Fax (864)296-1636 "When it has to be Dunn-Right" Build it Yourself from an Air-Cooled VW Engine. 120 PSI Max Pressure.

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