That price was in the good old days. And it was for a Shakey- Jake -- a
Jacobs engine, of which there were many, many at one time, but no more.
The Pratt and Whitney became the standard, with 9 cylinders and 450 hp,
and the P&W had a price on them even then. And they are still around. Of
course they had an internal centrifugal blower and the Shaky Jake did
not. If that blower let go in a P&W then it was Heaven Help Us!!

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Stan Wilder wrote:

>From: Vanagon Mailing List On Behalf Of John Rodgers
>Truly horror stories!!
> A huge charge of the stuff went into the engine, through the intake
>manifold, past the intake
>valves into the engine, and in a few moments the engine seized so solidly
>and suddenly that the airplane made a little sidewise crowhop.
>It was as if someone had put a wrench inside the cylinder barrel between the
>piston and the cylinder head.
>Scratch one $12,000 engine!!!!
>Now that was a true horror story!
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>You win this round John .........
>Can you even picture a radial engine for $12,000.00 not likley in today's
>world.
>Probably more like 30K
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>Stan
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