From: | Dave Hennessey | e-mail: | dave@toyhouse.org |
Subject: | RE: RE: RE: Winger / Vandre story | Date: | Fri May 28 23:55:01 2010 |
Response to: | 2955 |
Gene and Tom, Thanks for the corrections. Guess I've got CMS - Can't Remember 'Stuff'. Dave ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Gene: I remember Dick telling me the Henderson 6 was started in the early 1930's. The cylinders and crankcases were new. New parts were readily available then. Tom Wilcock ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Dave, I remember that day quite well, I was at Carl's shop when the inline 6 went for a jaunt around the shop! He said to me, "Well, guess I'll have to do something about that". Just a bit of correction on the history though, Dick found the basis of that machine and came to Carl for help. Dick bought the Rolling chassis, stretched to accomodate the 6 cyl. case already welded together. There were cylinders on it, but no guts at all. Carl took it from there. I never knew who did the first part of the job. I seem to recall an older issue of the AMC with a picture of an inline 6 Henderson, sounds like some back issue review is in order....... Carl went through that motor a third time, after the fire at Dick's shop destroyed it. Gene Harper |