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 MOSER ENGINE CORPORATION


FOUR VALVES PER CYLINDER, FOUR CAMSHAFTS, BOLT ON CONVERSION, FOR THE CHEVROLET V8 SMALL BLOCK ENGINE.

MOSER ENGINE CORPORATION WAS FORMED IN THE TOWN OF HALLANDALE FLORIDA.

THIS CORPORATION WAS OWNED BY HARVEY J. CRANE, JR. AND RICHARD MOSER.

ONE OF RICHARD MOSER'S FIRST VELIUM DRAWINGS IS DATED 9/28/69 AND NAMED "CYLINDER HEAD LAYOUT". MORE THAN 50 OTHER VELIUM DRAWINGS WERE MADE BY RICHARD.

THE ENGINE WAS FIRST RUN ON THE CRANE DYNO, LOCATED IN HALLANDALE FLORIDA, IN 1970. TESTS WERE RUN AS HIGH AS 11,000 RPM.

THIS ENGINE WAS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF HOT ROD MAGAZINE IN THE AUGUST 1971 ISSUE. PAGES 34, 35, 36 AND 37 CONTAIN THE FIRST PHOTOS AND STORY ABOUT THIS DUAL OVERHEAD CAM CONVERSION FOR THE SMALL BLOCK CHEVROLET V8 ENGINE.


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RICHARD WANTED TO MOVE TO CALIFORNIA, SO THE MOSER ENGINE ASSETS WERE SENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA BUILDING HOUSING HARVEY'S WESTERN SALES AND SHIPPING OPERATIONS.

MORE THAN 30 SETS OF HEADS WERE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE THE FIRM WAS SHUT DOWN.

IN THE EARLY 1990'S HARVEY J. CRANE, JR. PURCHASED FROM HIS EX COMPANY, THEN LOCATED IN DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA, ALL THE MOSER ENGINE INVENTORY, INCLUDING RICHARD MOSER'S ORIGINAL VELIUM DRAWINGS.

THESE MOSER ENGINE ASSETS ARE ON SHELVING IN HARVEY'S AIRCRAFT HANGER, LOCATED BEHIND HIS HOME IN THE SPRUCE CREEK FLY IN COMMUNITY, LOCATED IN VOLUSIA COUNTY, 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.

 

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