Extra eye candy: Flying eye candy engine.

[Chris_Dresbach]

Here's a South Bend Studebaker built Curtiss-Wright engine for a B-17 flying fortress. I do believe this was built in the South Bend aviation plant on Chippewa ave.

Chris Dresbach

[Flashback]

Is that Loma Gray?

Tex E. Grier

[R2Andrea]

Studebaker assembled and tested the Wright Cyclone engines in the Chippewa Ave. Aircraft Engine Assembly Plant. They also manufactured component parts in the southern 2/3 of the plant. Studebaker had plants in Fort Wayne IN and Chicago IL which supplied parts for the Chippewa plant as well.

R2Andy

[okc63avanti]

Ummm ..... Chris will that engine fit in an Avanti?

<div align="left">John</div id="left">

<div align="left">'63 Avanti, R1, Auto, AC, PW (under restoration)</div id="left">

[Chris_Dresbach]

quote:Originally posted by okc63avanti

Ummm ..... Chris will that engine fit in an Avanti?

<div align="left">John</div id="left">

<div align="left">'63 Avanti, R1, Auto, AC, PW (under restoration)</div id="left">

It's a tight fit.[)][]

Chris Dresbach