Vintage automobile factories

The 50 Millionth was a good one.

A '63 Super Sport.

 

Unfortunately, anything that didn't roll off the line with a six-banger could have been badged a "Super Sport"

 

Actually, you could get a 230-6 in a '63 SS. You could even get a 3-Speed. It would be on the Column with a special cover over the Console. Pretty rare, but they are out there.

 

The good news is that you couldn't get either a 194 six or 153 four banger, then. Who knows? There might even be a prototype of one of those hidden somewhere

 

That would be correct. The 230 was the only 6-Cylinder Engine available in a '63 Impala.

But, I have heard of the 153-4 available in Pick-up Trucks for a while. I would have to do some more research to verify it though. I also remember a truck (mid-60's) that had this tiniest little factory looking radiator in it once. The engine was gone though.

 

A 153 will pull a house, if you gear it down enough

 

Why not? Those mostly were automobile factories temporarilly converted over only for wartime purposes

 

Actually, I think that was the Goodyear tire factory in Akron, as those are FG-1 Corsairs, the Goodyearversion of the Vought F4U Corsair. Here is a Wiki entry on the GM/Eastern Aircraft FM1/2:

General Motors / Eastern Aircraft produced 5,280 FM variants of the Wildcat.[3]Grumman's Wildcat production ceased in early 1943 to make way for the newer F6F Hellcat, but General Motors continued producing Wildcats for both U.S. Navy and Fleet Air Arm use. Late in the war, the Wildcat was obsolescent as a front line fighter compared to the faster (380 mph/610 km/h) F6F Hellcat or much faster (446 mph/718 km/h) F4U Corsair. However, they were adequate for small escort carriers against submarine and shore threats. These relatively modest ships carried only two types of aircraft (along with the GM-built TBM Avengers). The Wildcat's lower landing speed and ability to take off without a catapult made it more suitable for shorter flight decks.[24] At first, GM produced the FM-1, identical to the F4F-4, but reduced the number of guns to four, and added wing racks for two 250 lb (110 kg) bombs or six rockets. Production later switched to the improved FM-2 (based on Grumman's XF4F-8 prototype) optimized for small-carrier operations, with a more powerful engine (the 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) Wright R-1820-56), and a taller tail to cope with the torque.[21]

Entry courtesy of en.wikipedia.

 

As well as the FMs, GM also constructed Avenger torpedo bombers, under the designation "TBM;" Grumman-built Avengers had the original "TBF."