I got out the military surplus twin engine today & started doing some mockups for fitting it in a Lawn Ranger.
This is my son's snow blowing/mowing tractor & not the one I will be useing for the Army Ranger project...but since it was out & handyI took some pics to share.
I think it's going to be pretty neat when I find an 8 speed to put in it, bolt the engine down, put the ags on back, ribs on front & paint it to match the engine...OD green!

What HP engine is that thing? Reminds me of the time a buddy of mine put a well built 440-6 into a Plymouth Duster. He got it in there, started it up, popped the clutch and bent the frame.

It's rated at 3HP...I know a few guys useing them & they say no way.
Here is that ebay link again...little more info on it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gas-Engine-Generator-P...1QQcmdZViewItem

Stephen it is most likely a 10hp unit. The military has underrated items for years to meet Nato or Geneva convention rules. Yes there are rules about things as silly as what size engine is on something.

Yeah kind of figured....tag & book show 3HP.
But I've been told it will pull about like a 10HP?
I still have not fired it, still working on a mount.

Kids and their Toys

That is one Wheel Horse I hope gets painted green!!!

Is that the one that was on fleebay? I was watching that myself. Had no intentions of buying but I thought it was a neat engine. Cool idea.

Mich planning on painting it olive drab just like the engine.
Still looking for an 8 speed rear end with 1" axles...so I can use the Lawn Ranger hubs.
The little twin cylinder military engine is designed to be mounted to a pump or generator so there's no mounts in the oil pan.
I'm haveing an L shape mount made at a local fab shop.
Will be a neat toy when it's done.

Stephen,
I can't wait to see the finished product. Interesting project to say the least. Gotta love olive drab.

I really like the look of that engine... WOW..

Stephen you'll have to get Terry D to make up a ranger tab for it. I can send you one to have him duplicate if you want. I'd have to dig a spare out, but I have some, some where

My boy is kinda incharge of the buildup....I did say kinda.
We were planing on useing stencils & flat white paint for any details.
So what is a "Ranger Tab" though incase I'm missing something?
For the record My son own's 3 horses now & none of them are red...silver,orange & black....

Ranger tabs are the Id patches for ranger units, or ranger qualified personell. They have there own look to them unlike any other army unit patches. Kinda like how we wore black Berets before General Dumb A#$ gave them to the whole army and gave the ranger beige baby S*(& looking ones. Sorry. I'll find a picture of one of my sudued ones from when I was still in the 75th. They look more like a scroll or banner that a patch.

I probably got one around someplace. You can go here to learn more and see a couple of examples:

airborne ranger tab

Here is one of my favorite Army patches. I wore these when I was in the 11th ACR:

Thanks for the info Joel & Terry.
I had no idea what a "tab" was?
New question though...as I wasn't a member of the Army....would anyone consider it in bad taste if I added a tab to the Army Ranger?
My son cooked up this idea & I think it's going to look neat when done, but I don't want to offend anyone with it.