Two engine road tractor tor

[BillyT]

I know you guys are gearheads right? If you haven't heard about the truck an engineer named Lloyd Wolf designed,built and patented,it will blow your mind! During ww2 they needed powerful trucks to haul tanks and other military equip.diesel engines light enough for a motor truck weren't powerful enough before turbo and computer managed systems.wolf took an international cabover and chassis and put two gmc 6bangers (gas) side by side on a sliding framework.The main engine was a stick shift,the second engine was an automatic which kicked in when it was needed! Hooked them together with a chain or gears to a standard truck differential.The second engine idled when at highway speeds to save gas,much like today's hybrid cars. The whole framework,with engines,etc slid out the front for service.In 7 minutes! The whole deal can be googled,was in Hemmings in 2014.shows an early 50s "cornbinder" cabover.

[BOB DINGSDALE]

lots of them in the old days. ford had one with two v8s side by each in a cab over hauling plane parts. seen pictures of a 46 ford conventional with two engines ,dump truck.

[BillyT]

Wow! Knew they had a few dragsters,tommy ivo's four engine rail,and a couple hemi two engine dragsters,also a couple land speed record racers,but that's the first  Two engine truck I've seen! I do recall something about the two engine flathead tks. You mentioned,may have been in overdrive magazine. Love to restore that two engine cabover and go to a truck show and quietly disconnect the driveline and related parts (with everyone thinking it's one engine and slide out the two engines!!)

[tjc transport]

there was a mercedes race truck a few years ago that had twin V8 turbo diesels in it.

[BillyT]

Does anyone know if  any of lloyd f. Wolf's two engine road tractors still exist?

[41chevy]

None are known to exist.

As for dragsters ...go big or go home... QUAD AL

[Freightrain]

The Ford:  Doesn't someone from ATHS have one of these they are restoring?

 

 

Twin engine Diamond T

 

 

How's that for a face only a Mother could love???

 

I built this growing up.  Wish it would have been real:

Edited July 25, 2016 by Freightrain

[BOB DINGSDALE]

seems to me I read something about the FORD . someone was doing one up maybe 10 to 20 years ago

[Freightrain]

I'm thinking it was Dennis Wells from California?  He's big into old Fords.  Haven't heard from him in a few years, used to be pretty active on the ATHS forums.

[Phase 1]

Tom Warren in Texas has a restored WWII twin engine Ford tractor.

Several companies made twin engine trucks. Grico, Spangler, Eisenhauer, Merry-Neville were some.

[Freightrain]

Oh, that's who it was.  Thanks.

[41chevy]

1 hour ago, Phase 1 said:

Tom Warren in Texas has a restored WWII twin engine Ford tractor.

Several companies made twin engine trucks. Grico, Spangler, Eisenhauer, Merry-Neville were some.

Here is shots of 1939 Thornco, 1946 Eisenhaur, Pacific, Spangle and I believe Grico / Ford twin 6.

1939 THORNCO

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 SPANGLER from PA.

 

GRICO ??

 

1946 EISENHAUR

 

PACIFIC

 

Edited July 26, 2016 by 41chevy

[Freightrain]

That Pacific looks like a High Binder?  Or did they use the same chassis/cab?

[41chevy]

1 hour ago, Freightrain said:

That Pacific looks like a High Binder?  Or did they use the same chassis/cab?

Lloyd J Wolf from Texas using Emeryville-series International cabovers and paired GMC six-cylinder engines  with a transmission -transfer case of his design used Pacific to build his prototype. The photos are most times credited to Pacific only. Wolf also made the "Dyna-Assist" units to powere the trailer bogies to aid traction on hills and bad weather.  None ever caught on.     Paul

 

[BillyT]

Freightrain, he used a High binder cab and chassis. They called it an Emeryville which it may have been( the chassis) but that's not an Emeryville cab it's a "High binder".

[Truck Shop]

                                          I remember this truck well , I was eight years old when it came by our dairy to pickup the milk every other day. 1964 GMC V12 gaspot. It wasn't two engines but

                                          it was based on that concept. It used four V6 heads and one block that was designed from using two blocks. 702 Cu.In. 275hp. The one came to our place was a

                                          5sp using a single two speed rear axle pulling a 38 ft tanker. It had twin five inch chrome straight pipes that were blue at the elbows. I went to a six room school

                                          a mile from home. I remember that I could tell that Gene the driver was leaving our farm after picking the milk up at 9:30 am. I could hear that truck setting in 

                                          the classroom.                 This truck looks just like the one when I was a kid.

                                   

                                           http://thunderv12.com/

 

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Edited August 2, 2016 by Truck Shop

[1965]

Those are good lookin trucks

wonder how many gallons per mile it got loaded

 

[Truck Shop]

                                          If I remember right the driver Gene said 4 miles to the gallon.

 

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[BillyT]

There was a guy based in Braddock pa,hauled steel in the 70s with a v12 gas burner had a 20 speed Spicer.Was the earlier "Jimmy" with the long  narrow hood. I recall gas being about 30 cents per gallon before the "gas lines" in the middle 70's.