Penguin Mkll

[BCA]

A quick check of the parts book for the Penguin Mark 3, titled CV-1, published Dec.1949 shows a lot of engine parts with G103/Stuart M5A1 part numbers and interestingly the differential is G166/T16. Many of the transmission parts are G122/Staghound or G103/M5A1 Stuart so even some G749 Hydramatic parts will interchange.
There is no mention of earlier models or other manuals for the earlier models of the Penguin. ........ Brian

[motto]

The Cadillac V8 side valve engines were also available as twin pack and quad pack close coupled units for industrial and marine applications. I was unaware of this until not so long back on one of the forums somebody posted a wartime advertisement extolling the virtues of these engines and the useful part they were playing in the defeat of the Axis.
Many years ago the airline I worked for had V8 Caddi's powering ground equipment. They were said to come from landing craft. I always loved to hear them burst into life.
According to Wikipedia, Ward's listed the V8 L head Cadillac as being one of the ten best engines of the 20th century. I can well believe it.
Good luck with your restoration Rob, anything powered by these engines has got to be a joy.

David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Rob,

Great to hear this vehicle has found a new home! I really like this type of vehicle, that's why a wrote a web page on the Canadian Armoured Snowmobile back in 2002. The website is gone, luckily a copy was captured by the Internet Archive - see http://web.archive.org/web/200910261...nowmobile.html

But you're not going to try to buy a V8 Caddilac engine in the UK, are you? I'd look around in Canada or south of the border, once you start your search I am sure you will find them quite easily on your side of the pond.

See http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15 for some more background on this vehicle or search the forum for "Penguin"

Hanno

[David Herbert]

Hanno,

Thank you for posting those links. Like you I have always liked the Canadian Armoured Snowmobile but as there seemed to be none left there was little point aspiring to one so I never studied them. I have just spent a couple of hours reading through your links and the links in them and have a much better picture.

I presume that "Penguin no8" is a "Snowmobile Penguin Mk1", Rob's is definately a Mk2, but I can not find a photo of a Mk3 other than the ones that are actually Mk2s wrongly described. Has anyone got a photo of a Mk3 that is definately a Mk3 ?

David