Ford O-145

The 1927 Ford O-145 was a 36 hp, four-cylinder horizontally opposed air-cooled aero engine. With 143.1ci, it weighed 118 lb.

The only recorded use for flight was in the Ford Flivver lightplanes.

Henry Ford never pursued the idea of offering an aviation engine, although his models T and A auto motors were quite popular among home-builders in the ’20s.

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