Crankshafts. Anyone have any lying about? Bigger the better.

[J.A.W.]

I think you're right, 3 mains def a V8. But how the f did he get so many ?

So many?
Of the multi-millions Ford produced?

Looks like they all have the snout snapped off 'em..

Maybe they were from ex-army machines, like Bren-gun carriers, & broke being ham-fistedly hand-cranked?

& what was/is cast iron worth - as scrap?

[neels]

Might explain why all the ends have been cut off those Ford cranks, to make them unsaleable. Maybe

I noticed that too, have to wonder if it was on purpose or by accident.

These things do accumulate by themselves if you have an interest, I lost count of the number of Mk1 cortinas my dad got given because they were rustbuckets that failed warrants and he had a couple so people thought the parts would be useful, many happy hours with the angle grinder and gas axe chopping them up. I've killed a reasonable number of Mk2 cortinas for the same reason....

Of course it could just be that it's the standard failure mode, or they knew someone who raced them and broke them on a regular basis, and they were quite happy to take the broken bits away for another life as a fence.

[neels]

Have had a chat to the old man, he thinks there might be 1920ish 4 cylinder essex crank(s) and/or mid 20's 6 cylinder essex crank(s) somewhere down the side of the house, will be a ball of rust and need some work to look pretty.

Might pop out to the VCC this week and see what's lying around, I know there's a GT185 exhaust that I need to bring home, there may be some old cranks sitting around I can bring home for you.....

Must finish turning the buggered cam out of my ford 1600 into a bog roll holder for the man cave toilet.

[Grumph]

Did they assemble then in NZ? Could be surplus from the factory. I remember when there was surplus Honda engines left over from the Nelson plant, they had to smash them with a sledge hammer to stop them being sold. The triumph engines got buried out the back of the plant, probarbly still there, same with the Jags too I think.

Might explain why all the ends have been cut off those Ford cranks, to make them unsaleable. Maybe

Pretty sure Ford weren't doing CKD assembly at that point - but I could be wrong. Given the fence is in Dannevirke, not a known centre of mechanical tech...i'd pick they were truck cranks. Plenty of Ford V8 trucks killed in logging work in the area.