Ford Prototype

Den N Ms · Feb 20, 2021

Ford Prototype video
Old Ford

Ultradog MN · Feb 20, 2021

Cold temperatures reduce the volatility of the air/fuel mixture.
Heating the combustion chambers - ideally by heating the coolant that surrounds them, is the most effective cold weather starting aid.
Nothing else comes close.
I only have a couple of Ford diesel tractors. Below about 20 degrees they are pretty hopeless to get started unless I use starting fluid - which I am loathe to use.
But if I plug in the block heater for an hour or two they will start like it's July.

Ultradog MN · Feb 20, 2021

Oops.
Wrong thread.
I meant to reply to wsmm's post below.

warbaby · Feb 20, 2021

COOL! It must date from 1937-'40. Thats when Ford made that tiny 60 hp. flathead engine.

John in Mich · Feb 20, 2021

Wow! I have never seen that or even knew it had been built. When I saw "prototype" I thought it was the tractor that sits in "The Henry Ford" in Dearborn next to Greenfield village.

willie in mn · Feb 21, 2021

One of my history books gives a brief description & pic of it trying to pull a plow. Test engineer said it drove about like a row boat in a hurricane.
Henry's motto was "Lets start it up & see why it won't run".

Willie

showcrop · Feb 21, 2021

I was expecting the Typhoon. They came out with the 900 which was just as maneuverable as the one in that video, and far more conventional.

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