old continental truck engine

[bruce-omn]

Just acquired a truck that was repowered in the 1940s with a big old Continental engine. Model 35B which was Brockway's number for Continental Model 22R. The engine was made in the WW II era.

It is 501CID, 4.5" bore, 5.25" stroke. It's missing the starter and carb and one dry sleeve is cracked.

I'm thinking of repowering with an engine reving a little faster.

My question: Would Continental have used a standard flywheel and housing? The transmission is a Fuller 5A 620 overdrive. That transmission was offered by many manufacturers into the 1960s.

I'd appreciate any info on cross referencing engines to transmissions from the 1930s to the 1960s. I'll also be posting this at hcea and aths.

Thank you,

Bruce
bruce.ohnstad@mts.com 612 824 5843

[dirtman]

bruce hello, i bought a large continental ebay.its said to be a fresh reman. it has the carb and manifolds and such. its way to big for what i wanted. just wondering if you had any intrest thanks dan

[bruce-omn]

Dan,

I'm thinking of replacing the Continental with something that'll rev to 2800. But I am curious what model you have. My model 35B (like a 22R) has 2 spark plugs per cylinder, 12 wire distributor cap. Also, where is your engine located? You can contact me via the address on my original message.

Bruce

[M62]

Don't know if this would be of any help, and you may already be aware of it, but the military used the R6602 Continental, inline 6, with 602 CID. A strong engine with quite a bit of torque, for a gas burner, that is. Plentiful, and reasonable.

Thanks,
John