Talk:Viking (automobile)

Comments left on 30/31 January 2005 by IP 66.229.167.151

Various sources claim that the Viking was not the first V-8 built with a monoblock . Ferro of Michigan, Northway of Detroit and Hershell-Spillman also (Pennsylvania?), Hollier, Jackson Mich. were very likely ahead of the Viking. This engine is so much like the Oakland-Pontiac of 1930-31-32 that it looks like it was designed by the same group of engineers. There are differant things of course, but if general appearences mean anything they both were stealing from other engines sources.This is especially true when looking at the exhaust and intake configuration. I have shop manuals of both engines also. One can't help but compare the two engines. Even the late Standard catalog of V-8 ENGINES 1906-2002 seems to have made some mistakes on this score. This is a quoteI found given to me somtime in the past from an old magazine;On November 30,1914, Alanson Partridge Patent application for a cast en-bloc V-8 engine…Externally adjustable valve rockers. In early January…Machine and foundry exam……. Production….Busch’s env V-8 at the Biltmore Hotel in New York..Engine was offered in two versions; the 9...STERLING BLOCK WAS CAST BY FERRO Yes, it sounds as if you Dad's S-B was a 1917 Model C with the Sterling engine, which was a small OHV engine with a 3” bore. Sterling used block and head castings from FERRO (as did Chevrolet in the 1923-28 period) and FERRO supplied the small 2 main brg V-8 engine for the S-B Model D 4 pass roadster - which was the first mono-cast block and also OHV. My Chev V-8 is a 2-piece block that is bolted vertically in the middle. Yes the S-B Coupe in Paradise is a 1918 Six cylinder that has been in a fire since it was restored. I will print you letter in the next annual newsletter in December. I would be interested in a copy of that 1937 newspaper clipping to include also in the newsletter. Regards Ken Just where this was found I will run across again but just where I have it is buried in the depths of my paper work somewhere. (M.L.A.) Jan. 30-2006 The above article was written by William M. Gardner.Another thing the First recorded patented V-8 engine was the Antoinette of France about 1903. Designed by the Levavaseuer Co.It is on the net somewhere! M.L. Anderson, Bellflower, CA. End Comments

Mr. Anderson, Thank you for your input. Can I make a suggestion and point you in the direction of Wikipedia:What is an article and Wikipedia:Editing FAQ regarding Wiki commands and their results - for example, we don't indent paragraphs in the course of normal conversation. I would also suggest that you get an account that you can use to help us on Wikipedia. Stude62 00:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Anderson's comments speak for themselves - I can't make any sense out of them. Stude62 02:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)