Photographic Print, View of Ford V-8 Engine Parts, September 9, 1932
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These molded sand shapes -- called cores -- were essential to casting the cylinder blocks for Ford V-8 engines. Automobile engines are mostly hollow inside. The cores were necessary to create voids in the final casting for the crank, pistons, valve gear, cooling water, and lubricating oil.
These molded sand shapes -- called cores -- were essential to casting the cylinder blocks for Ford V-8 engines. Automobile engines are mostly hollow inside. The cores were necessary to create voids in the final casting for the crank, pistons, valve gear, cooling water, and lubricating oil.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
09 September 1932
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.57091.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in
Inscriptions
Inscribed in lower right corner: Engine Assembly
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