weird uses for a slant 6

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Anybody see unusual uses for a slant six. Popped the hood on one of our airport tugs that had a stuck choke, and low and behold there it was the leaning tower of power. This thing is geared rediculously low to pull small aircraft around. Its coupled to a 2 speed tranny. Powerglide i presume. At about 3000 rpm it rolls at 20 mph.

Doesnt have to be in a vehicle, could be stationary power supply, boat engine, etc.
 
When I was a teenager I worked on a dairy farm in the summers. There was a combine with a slant six in it, it ran forever. That two speed could be the old Chrysler powerflite as well (predecessor to the torqueflite).
 
I sold a 79 super six to a kid who put it into a wood splitter he built. Seen one in a LULL (big forklift/loader) before, a street sweeper, several different road construction vehicles, also a combine.
 
I have pulled many a pea and lima bean combine back in the day. All slant powered, and very reliable.
 
i saw one that was used to run a winch set and hydraulic pump unit for an old log jammer (skidding machine) that was hand built in the 60's. very interesting piece of machinery, the guy said he had a 396 BBC in it before and it kept overheating, couldnt handle being at 4000 rpm all day long. the ol slant however was ran wide open all day 6 days a week, never had a problem, and would skid logs up the mountainside like nobodys buisness.
 
Welders, compressors..........................
 
Saw one in a propane forklift in an abandoned cabinet factory. had an interesting exhaust manifold on it for a slant.
 
they'd be a good powerplant on a direct drive airboat.....just sayin ;)
 
magnumdart said:
wouldn't surprise me if a marine version existed.
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lots of wooden boats came stock with Chryslers. They were horribly underpowered for a speedboat motor - hence why people put aircraft engines in Chris-Crafts. Pretty sure I have two Chrysler motors sitting on the floor of our shop. Don't remember what they are, but I'll look. Both marine motors. Both from the <60's.
 
I've seen one in a combine too. I gave the guy a small list of things he could upgrade on it.
 
Seen mopar magazine articles, installed in cruiser boat hulls. Quite frankly,the best all around mopar mill,ever designed..( no h.p.,involved...)
 
a buddy of mine whos grandpa owns a quarry has 3 slants 1 runs a rock crusher 1 runs the conveyer and another in an old 60s single axle dump truck . all 3 of them early to mid sixties and never been apart .lol
 
d55dave said:
When I was a teenager I worked on a dairy farm in the summers. There was a combine with a slant six in it, it ran forever. That two speed could be the old Chrysler powerflite as well (predecessor to the torqueflite).
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This "tug" was built.in the early 1980s . I looked at the data plate on the firewall. Im thinking a 'glide would have still been more common, easier to get parts for. This stuff is built for durability and cost. I have no doubt there is probably an adaptor between the two.
 
My friend Chris used to work at Worlds of Fun here in KC, and the Trams used to be powered by propane-fueled slant 6's with 727's.

I went to R+R salvage in Aurora right before they closed and they had a full-size dumpster bin FULL of 8 3/4 housing with all the ends cut off and tossed in, too. They guy said that the carriers were used on rollercoasters, if I remember correctly. I wish I had bought that whole damn bin.

I remember seeing both early Hemi's and slant 6's running the field irrigation pumps in the wheat fields in eastern Colorado and western Kansas when I was a kid out running around with my Grandpa.
 
Before google 'improved' their search algorithm, I was able to find a bunch of cool articles about old Chrysler boats powered by Slant 6s (including, I think, a guy who did thrill-action shows down in Florida in the 60s)...just spent a few minutes trying to find any of those articles, and all I find are boats-for-sale web sites...yup, good job, google...panda and penguin rule...not.

Did find an article on allpar that explained why some of the marine motors are reverse rotation, though...that was cool.
 
I think this was Las Cruces New Mexico
 

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I know where there are two welders powered by slants
 
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