Re: [AMC-list] center drive Ford was Nash 234.8 OHV six

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting concept, any idea what went wrong or why it failed?
Sure would make for a compact package if it worked.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:21:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Nash 234.8 OHV six
>
> I'm getting a bit off topic, but Ford experimented in the 90s with a
> transverse mounted straight six in a car. There was a big gear in the
> center of the crank that meshed with the transmission. Trans was
> either integrated with the engine or bolted to the side with part of
> the crankcase being one "side" of the trans, forget which. So power
> take-off was from the center of the engine instead of an end. More
> compact that way! 
> 
>
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