Continental Engine in 1938 W30?

Grabatire · Jul 1, 2014

I met a chap at an event last weekend who said he has a 1938 McCormick Deering W30, and on the engine block is the casting mark that Continental used on their engines. He said he was quite surprised when he seen it and immediately compared the mark to a Continental engine and found it to be the same. I asked him if the head is also marked that way. He said if it is, the mark must be under the rocker arm cover.

Any comments?

robgIN · Jul 2, 2014

a picture would be a big help. Is it a repowered tractor or possibly a replacement block cast at an outside foundry ? I have an F-30 block with an early 1950s date code not cast by IH so they apparently sublet out work , probably replacement parts for out of production models .

Bob M · Jul 2, 2014

Is the casting mark a "CWC"? If so the raw block was cast by the Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry.

CWC cast blocks for most (all?) Continental iron-blocked engines. CWC also cast blocks, heads, crankshafts, etc. for IHC, Allis-Chalmers, Chrysler, Ford, GM and others under contract.

So you may be looking at an IHC block that happened to have been cast by CWC rather than in IHC's own foundry.

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