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Cadillac and WWII - engines used in what?

Started by chrisntam, December 02, 2017, 09:56:33 PM

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chrisntam

What were the Cadillac engines used in during WWII (The Big One - according to Archie Bunker)?

Tanks?  Which one(s)?

What else did Cadillac contribute to during the war?
1970 Deville Convertible 
Dallas, Texas

Bobby B

Quote from: chrisntam on December 02, 2017, 09:56:33 PM
What were the Cadillac engines used in during WWII (The Big One - according to Archie Bunker)?

Tanks?  Which one(s)?

What else did Cadillac contribute to during the war?

Our trusty 346 Flatheads, of Course!!!  ;)
                                              Bobby
1947 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Coupe
1968 Mustang Convertible
1973 Mustang Convertible
1969 Jaguar E-Type Roadster
1971 Datsun 240Z
1979 H-D FLH

Caddyholic

Used in M5 Stuart and M24 Chaffee tanks and I think some landing crafts.
I got myself a Cadillac but I can't afford the gasoline (AC/DC Down Payment Blues)

1961 Series 62 Convertible Coupe http://bit.ly/1RCYsVZ
1962 Coupe Deville

Steve Passmore

Quote from: chrisntam on December 02, 2017, 09:56:33 PM
What were the Cadillac engines used in during WWII (The Big One - according to Archie Bunker)?

Tanks?  Which one(s)?

What else did Cadillac contribute to during the war?

More things than you can imagine. Apart from the M5 and M24 Chaffee as already mentioned they did indeed power landing craft. Twin engines for the LVT3.    Cadillac also produced a range of motorized gun carriages. The M8  M37 and the M19A. They also produced engines for the GMC T18E2 and built parts for Allison aircraft engines.
As a side note. The motorized gun carriage engines were the easiest to retrofit to the car with hardly any crankcase modification.  Interesting link below.

http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/General%20Motors/cadillac.htm
Steve

Present
1937 60 convertible coupe
1941 62 convertible coupe
1941 62 coupe

Previous
1936 70 Sport coupe
1937 85 series V12 sedan
1938 60 coupe
1938 50 coupe
1939 60S
1940 62 coupe
1941 62 convertible coupe x2
1941 61 coupe
1941 61 sedan x2
1941 62 sedan x2
1947 62 sedan
1959 62 coupe

P W Allen CLC# 20193

Here's what they looked like installed.
Paul
53 Coupe
Twin Turbine

Classic

Our very own CLC member Jeff Shively wrote a book titled "It Came Out Fighting!: Cadillac Motor Car Division's rise to dominance of the luxury car market after World War II" which may be of interest.  Available at https://www.amazon.com/Came-Out-Fighting-Divisions-dominance/dp/1434348342 and on eBay.
Gene Menne
CLC #474

Steve Passmore

This picture shows one of the marine engines in the landing craft
Steve

Present
1937 60 convertible coupe
1941 62 convertible coupe
1941 62 coupe

Previous
1936 70 Sport coupe
1937 85 series V12 sedan
1938 60 coupe
1938 50 coupe
1939 60S
1940 62 coupe
1941 62 convertible coupe x2
1941 61 coupe
1941 61 sedan x2
1941 62 sedan x2
1947 62 sedan
1959 62 coupe

jdemerson

Cadillac also published a very nice prestige brochure in 1943 about its war effort. It had stiff covers and 50 pages with lots of good photographs. I sold one a while back from my Cadillac Lit listings in the For Sale section. These come up from time to time on eBay. Fascinating reading!

John Emerson
1952 Cadillac Sedan 6219X
John Emerson
Middlebury, Vermont
CLC member #26790
1952 Series 6219X
http://bit.ly/21AGnvn

Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621

...and some 1946 Cadillacs too!

Despite management having frowned upon the practice, a certain number of '46 Cadillacs left the factory with the tank engine installed. It was generally more robustly built than the civilian 346 but I cannot comment on specific differences. Many engine parts are not interchangeable. 

A Cadillac Motorcar is a Possession for which there is no Acceptable Substitute

J. Gomez

J. Gomez
CLC #23082

Steve Passmore

Steve

Present
1937 60 convertible coupe
1941 62 convertible coupe
1941 62 coupe

Previous
1936 70 Sport coupe
1937 85 series V12 sedan
1938 60 coupe
1938 50 coupe
1939 60S
1940 62 coupe
1941 62 convertible coupe x2
1941 61 coupe
1941 61 sedan x2
1941 62 sedan x2
1947 62 sedan
1959 62 coupe

J. Gomez

Quote from: Steve Passmore on December 03, 2017, 03:44:23 PM
I had already linked that Mr Gomez :)

:o did not read all post just scrolled down to the last one..!  :D
J. Gomez
CLC #23082

59-in-pieces

Steve,
What a great read - so far only got through the GM - Cadillac Section - I mean WOW what an effort.
Was this an accumulation of many many contributors, or the single work of David D Jackson.
Thanks for the reference materials.
Have fun,
Steve B.
S. Butcher

Quentin Hall

I have a Frank Burrel dual carb intake that was proposed for the 346 tank engine but was later adapted  by Frank as a post war hop up accessory.
I’d love a pair of the tank heads with the Cadillac writing. Anyone in oz got some old tank bits?
53 Eldo #319
53 Eldo #412.
53 Eldo #433
57 Biarritz
53 series 62 conv
39 Sixty Special Custom
57 Biarritz

gary griffin

#14
Great post and it also verified that there was a bottom exit in some tanks. I love the movie Fury and it ends with an escape through the lower exit that I figured was probbaly just fiction.
Gary Griffin

1940 LaSalle 5029 4 door convertible sedan
1942 Cadillac 6719 restoration almost complete?
1957 Cadillac 60-special (Needs a little TLC)
2013 Cadillac XTS daily driver

59-in-pieces

Gary,
If I'm thinking of the same movie, I also doubted the exit.
But, what a luck young GI when the young "krout" looked under the tank and let him live - only in the movies I would guess.
Have fun,
Steve B.
S. Butcher

gary griffin

Actually a highly decorated British soldier had a clear chance to shoot Adolph Hitler in WW-1.   That was also depicted in a movie and I cross checked it and found it to be true.  I call points like that turning points and in that case the world suffered greatly due to him not taking the opportunity at that potential turning point.
Gary Griffin

1940 LaSalle 5029 4 door convertible sedan
1942 Cadillac 6719 restoration almost complete?
1957 Cadillac 60-special (Needs a little TLC)
2013 Cadillac XTS daily driver

gmurph

I had a friend in junior high school whose father was a tanker in Patton's army. He told me that his dad said that they used the hatch to dispose of the used rounds and that sometimes Germans would lie under the tank to shoot when they opened the hatch. He said they had a sidearm ready in case that happened.
Greg Murphy CLC#24416

1941 60S
1952 Dodge B3F
1972 Coupe de Ville

gary griffin

Could they have been disposing of duds? Scarey to be in iron enclosure with a dud? 

1911-45 caliber semiautomatic was normal weapon for tankers. I was affiliated with them in 1961.   
Gary Griffin

1940 LaSalle 5029 4 door convertible sedan
1942 Cadillac 6719 restoration almost complete?
1957 Cadillac 60-special (Needs a little TLC)
2013 Cadillac XTS daily driver

tozerco

Quote from: Quentin Hall on December 04, 2017, 05:05:20 PM
I have a Frank Burrel dual carb intake that was proposed for the 346 tank engine but was later adapted  by Frank as a post war hop up accessory.
I’d love a pair of the tank heads with the Cadillac writing. Anyone in oz got some old tank bits?

Quentin,

There were two types of Cadillac flathead brought to Oz in WW2 - the G1 version (a modified car engine) and the G3 version - purpose buit for military use and HUGELY different to the G1. They were used in the "Sentinel" Cruiser Tanks built here by the Oz defence supply mob (three 346 flatheads - two for forward and one for reverse) until more plentiful tanks became available from the US later in the War. One of these tanks, the "Thunderbolt" (there is one in the Oz War Memorial holding centre in Canberra) had what was called a "Perrier" Cadillac engine - three (3) 346 flatheads arranged around a common crankcase (see attached photo if it works). Had over 700 hp apparently.

They also marinised lots of these engines into launches etc. etc. and I have a GMH manual for these engines that I will try to post a bit of too. In short, if they could be fitted to anything that would help the War effort, they were. Hundreds of them ended their days as irrigation pump motors and country town cinema generator motors here. They still turn up, now and again. I have a fully restored G1 (3F ---- engine number) from my '37.
John Tozer
#7946

'37 7513
'37 7533