Fiat 100 Sequence
If ever an engine was hidden in plain sight, it was the 100 Sequence. The little four-cylinder unit – so unassuming that you just may by no means have been conscious of it till now – made its debut within the Fiat 600 in 1955, and went on for use, in capacities from 0.6 to 1.0 liters, in a fairly staggering variety of different small Fiats, in addition to in Autobianchis, Lancias, Seats and Yugos.
Strictly talking, it was changed in 1985 by the Absolutely Built-in Robotised Engine (FIRE), however it continued to be churned out for a few years after that.
Ford Sidevalve
The time period Ford sidevalve applies to 2 engines of very comparable design measuring 933cc and 1172cc respectively, and launched, in that order, within the 1932 Mannequin Y (pictured) and the 1934 Mannequin C. It was nonetheless showing in British Fords within the early Nineteen Sixties, and was additionally utilized in automobiles produced by the then separate Ford of Germany.
The bigger model was the idea of the 1172 Formulation racing class, and powered an awesome many specialist sports activities and competitors automobiles.
Ford Thriftpower six
Together with the one fitted to the Mannequin Okay in 1906, the Thriftpower was the fourth of Ford’s straight six engines. Just like the Fiat 100 Sequence, it doesn’t have a very particular place in motoring historical past, however it was definitely used extensively.
Initially showing within the 1960 Falcon (therefore its various identify, Falcon six), it was out there in capacities starting from 2.4 to 4.1 liters and survived into the early Eighties, having on a number of events even served as a a lot much less thrilling various to V8s of 1 variety or one other within the Mustang.
Ford V4
You get two engines for the value of 1 right here, as a result of each Ford of Britain and Ford of Germany produced V4 engines (a format now not utilized in any automobile) within the Nineteen Sixties and Seventies. The German one (pictured inset), recognized both as Taunus or Cologne, was the smaller of the 2, with capacities from 1.2 to 1.7 liters, and was fitted in lots of locally-built Fords, in addition to in a number of Saabs, the Matra 530 sports activities automobile and, oddly sufficient, the Mustang I idea of 1962.
