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searcher
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Username: searcher

Post Number: 616
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 02:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have not heard of the Achilles engine before. Who and where was it manufactured? Achilles would not have been my choice of a name for an engine, particularly in 1913 when the technology was still evolving.
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richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee

Post Number: 3271
Registered: 11-2001
Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 04:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Atkin-Wheeler Company Huntington, Long Island, New York
Trade Names Achilles or AWC

The engines were overhead valve, in 1913 they mfgrd a V/8 model !

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searcher
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Post Number: 617
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 05:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sounds like they were pretty progressive if they manufactured a V8 that early.
Thanks.

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