Did not know chrysler was in the generator business?

[jake]

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Description: 318 Engine /w Rockford Clutch
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[patrick66]

That appears to be an Auxiliary Power Unit, or APU. In various forms, they are used as irrigation pumps, aircraft power units on the ground, and normal AC power generators. At a now-closed local airport, there were two Chrysler APUs that were powered by 392 Hemi engines. I saw these many years ago, and when I heard the airpark was being closed, I called the maintenance guy, who said they had already been sold...damn.

 

[polara71]

Chrysler was in the everything business.
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That is an interesting piece

 

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Chrysler made some very cool equipment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG8w9cb4vk0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEfYnByuTQ0

From the early 1930s until just after World War II, engine designers worked to create a new and more powerful generation of piston aircraft engines. Military aircraft designers hoped these engines would give bombers intercontinental range and propel fighters to speeds of over 500 miles per hour. One such engine was the Chrysler XI-2220, an inverted V-16 less than 34 inches in diameter that produced 2,500 horsepower. This book tells the fascinating story of young automotive engineers and the engine they designed, built and flew during WWII.

Chrysler Aircraft Engines is the second in a series of books about experimental engines built for the U.S. Army before and during World War II.

Chrysler Aircraft Engines is extensively researched using material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency, Chrysler Historical Collection, U.S. National Archives, National Museum of the United States Air Force, and several individuals who worked on the project. With unprecedented detail, It provides practically a day-by-day account of XI-2220 development. It includes a bibliography and index.

M4 tank engine 5,244 (87) 30 cyl, 5 banks of 6, flathead, WWII

 

[patrick66]

Keep in mind, Chrysler produced the very first mass-produced turbine-powered land vehicle - the Abrams M1 battle tank!

 

[Catfish]

Lots of industrial engines in farm machinery also. Slants and small blocks anyway.

 

[CanCritter]

 

[bulldogchesty]

I do believe that made outboard motors also.

 

[Ironwolf]

http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/...ld-war-ii-production-from-cars-to-cartridges/

[h=1]Bullets by the Billions: Chrysler Switches World War II Production from Cars to Cartridges[/h] [h=2]A World War II 70th Anniversary Web Article[/h]

 

[Wollfen]

Chrysler also helped out with the manhattan project when the scientists worked out they would need five years world supply of nickle to make the special filters to purify the uranium and the engineers sat down did the deed without affecting nickel production in the usa which was predominantly concerned with producing armour plate. Also Sperry corporation could not keep up with demand for its shipping gyroscopes as it took 18 months to produce one unit, since sperry was the only manufacturer of these chrysler engineers were invited in to look at the problem and they got the production methods sped up to a whopping two weeks to produce a single unit. Couple that with the fact that chrysler produced 80 percent of all american tanks in the war and the majority of the radial aircraft engines in production and you start to see what an impact chrysler had on technology during this time period.

 

[polara71]

Dont forget their snowmobiles and refrigeration division... Wish I kept the Chrysler window Air conditioner we had..... I'm a big dummy

 

[commando1]

Why does that make you a big dummy?

 

[polara71]

Why does that make you a big dummy?

Because I tossed it 18 years ago when we moved to this home. Now, I want it back........ it was an air conditioned for God sakes , I could'a found the room

 

[1978 NYB]

The Chrysler 361 was used in the first version of the Army's M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) in 1960-1964. 1964 the Army went with a Detroit Diesel 6V53.

I was in the 3rd ACR (Armored Calvary Regiment) in the 1970's and we still had a couple of running ones for parade purposes.

 

[1978 NYB]

The Chrysler 361 was also used in the V-100 Commando and was used a lot in Vietnam as well as the M113.