I heard a rumor that the original Ford Mustang (1964?) intended to
come out fitted with a rotary engine installed.. any truth to this
rumor?

cheers,

Russ Ward

The engine was built by Curtiss Wright. Here are some pictures.

Paul Lamar

Thanks, a very interesting article. Probably you know that Norton,
for their two-rotor, air cooled rotor with a 'plenum chamber' acting
 as an intercooler, found the imaginative arrangement for idle of
just one of the two rotors receiving charge and actively firing, the
other acts in only pumping air, this made idle steady, and improved
overall fuel economy, if it may have any interest for oil cooled
rotors, liquid cooled housing Mazda style two rotor units is
something I can't even issue suspicions. The David W Garside SAE
paper about the development of their line of rotaries contains many
interesting information regarding materials, fins' production,
number, and features, and other things useful if you consider
entering the Wankel building hobby. It's $24 in SAE.org store. Have
a good weekend, best regards. Salud † Jose Gros-Aymerich Madrid,
Spain


Great info Jose. Thanks!

Dave Young


   Thank you for the compliment.
      I've put download links to some of articles cited by D W Garside, in
    the Wikipedia articles about Wankel engine, Sleeve-Valve
     engines and Air-Cooled engines, others can be obtained by
     buying the books publishing the collections of referenced
     papers in old books shops, for example: www.abebooks.com
             Good luck!
      Best regards. Salud †
              Jose Gros-Aymerich
                Madrid, Spain





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