05-16-2020, 08:32 PM
|
#1271 (permalink)
|
Cyborg ECU
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Coastal Southern California
Posts: 6,302
Thanks: 2,374
Thanked 2,176 Times in 1,471 Posts
|
Possibly that filler cap is for fuel. Maybe, the radiator was against the grill at the back. Seems strange... did a fan blow air into the wake?
Also, in this photo there is an air scoop ahead of the rear wheel well, but no fuel door.

__________________
See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
|
|
|
Today
|
|
|
Other popular topics in this forum...
|
|
|
05-16-2020, 10:37 PM
|
#1272 (permalink)
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 29,288
Thanks: 8,327
Thanked 9,087 Times in 7,506 Posts
|
Now I'm wondering about just forward of the inline block. Something rectangular and another filler.
For sure a dusty road would fill the engine compartment. 
__________________
.
.Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster
___________________
.
.Impossible is just something we haven't done yet. -- Langley Outdoors Academy
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to freebeard For This Useful Post:
|
|
05-16-2020, 10:58 PM
|
#1273 (permalink)
|
Cyborg ECU
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Coastal Southern California
Posts: 6,302
Thanks: 2,374
Thanked 2,176 Times in 1,471 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by freebeard
Now I'm wondering about just forward of the inline block. Something rectangular and another filler.
For sure a dusty road would fill the engine compartment. 
|
Lots of dust in the bay, but also a better weight distribution. If this is water cooled, there must be a cooling system wedged forward somehow. Interesting. More pics, from two different cars... more revealing:

__________________
See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
|
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to California98Civic For This Useful Post:
|
|
05-16-2020, 11:24 PM
|
#1274 (permalink)
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 29,288
Thanks: 8,327
Thanked 9,087 Times in 7,506 Posts
|
Yup. In the first pic without the [heater?] one can see the lower radiator hose, and the bakelite plastic pressure cap housing.
The air intakes in front of the rear wheels obvs feed the radiator.
__________________
.
.Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster
___________________
.
.Impossible is just something we haven't done yet. -- Langley Outdoors Academy
|
|
|
05-17-2020, 10:15 PM
|
#1275 (permalink)
|
It's all about Diesel
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Posts: 13,032
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1,720 Times in 1,534 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by California98Civic
Is that a rear grill for a rear mounted radiator, or was this air cooled?
|
That's originally water-cooled, but at least a few were repowered with air-cooled Volkswagen engines.
|
|
|
05-22-2020, 08:09 PM
|
#1276 (permalink)
|
It's all about Diesel
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Posts: 13,032
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1,720 Times in 1,534 Posts
|
I have already seen this very same Bolt at a gas station (which also has a fast-charger for EVs on its premises), but didn't stop to take a closer look, then only today I was finally able to take a few pictures of it.

|
|
|
05-25-2020, 10:27 AM
|
#1277 (permalink)
|
Somewhat crazed
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: 1826 miles WSW of Normal
Posts: 4,562
Thanks: 596
Thanked 1,248 Times in 1,100 Posts
|
Gee, without all the stickers, I would never know.
|
|
|
05-25-2020, 10:43 AM
|
#1278 (permalink)
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,541
Thanks: 4,085
Thanked 6,988 Times in 3,618 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
'95 Ford Escort Hobby, with the 1.0L engine that was co-developed by Varig
|
Triple or i-4?
|
|
|
05-25-2020, 10:48 AM
|
#1279 (permalink)
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,541
Thanks: 4,085
Thanked 6,988 Times in 3,618 Posts
|
EV connection to that Dauphine.... that car was the basis of one of the earliest "modern" EV's made as brand new vehicles, in 1959:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henney_Kilowatt
|
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to MetroMPG For This Useful Post:
|
|
05-25-2020, 11:44 PM
|
#1280 (permalink)
|
It's all about Diesel
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Posts: 13,032
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1,720 Times in 1,534 Posts
|
|
|
|
|