I was close, so close… Well ok, I had the correct manufacturer.
Thanks to persistence of DeadinSide and with the help of Daniel & crew over at Hemmings, the mystery has been solved.
It appears to be an early 30’s Cadillac 353. While I cannot be certain Mystery Motor came from a 1931 Lasalle the shape of the frame suggests that it could have. After a little more digging around I also found a 1930 Cadillac 353 Victoria Coupe that also fits the bill nicely.
Thanks to everyone for helping to track this down and if you have any other weird/rare/bizarre motor photos drop us a line.
Mine engine mystery is solved!
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Now I can sleep at night. Ahhhhhhh.
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Thank you!
So what does HC stand for? High Compression?-
Horribly confusing
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Hand Crank?
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It's the Cadillac of sluice mine pumps.
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You're welcome [thank Dan @ Hemmings for putting it up] – glad the internets came through this was bugging me, a lot.
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Oops sorry! Meant to go back and add you in there. It's fixed, thanks!
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Haha, no worries, just be cheeky.
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Yeah Hemming's, as well as Hooniverse, has some very intelligent hoons as followers…
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Thanks for getting to the bottom of this. It was bugging the hell out of me for a couple of years, since I went to Ruby. I had no doubt that some Hoon would know how to get an ID on this thing. Next time I go to Ruby, I'll print out a copy of this post and show the guy there what it is. He told me it was a Ford, which I knew was hooey from the second I laid eyes on the thing.
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It's my engine mystery solved. God, do I have to teach you people everyt–
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I LULZed
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Thank you mysterious unnamed commenter and Hemmings! I bet the Hemmings guys had a blast with this. That site's readers have a plethora of obscure knowledge about cars long relegated to the dust heaps of history.
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As a longtime subscriber I can assure you that many of their readers have also been so relegated.
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I love the automotive obscurantism on Hemmings and the knowledge of the readers, esp about pre-WW2 stuff.
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They do, which is fantastic since pre-Depression nearly every major (and some minor) US cities had their own car company. Many would operate for a few years then get bought or close shop. And there's usually someone on Hemmings that knows something about one of these tiny outfits and the 2 or 3 cars they built.
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