"Veeduber" > wrote in message
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| > it was a bug engine that ran on 2 barrels one side, and the other side
| > was used as a high output air compressor.
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| Actually, it was probably configured with two OPPOSED cylinders to
| provide power, the other pair to act as the air pump.
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| As a point of interest, people have been doing his type of conversion
| since before the First World War. In 2000 I posted a message to this
| Newsgroup explaining how to convert a running VW engine into a two-
| cylinder air compressor without having to dismantle the engine.
| (Search this Newsgroup using 'veeduber air-compressor' as your seed.)
| But it assumes you already know the basics of air compressors. What
| Dunn-Right offers is a complete kit of all the bits & pieces.
|
| -Bob Hoover

My grand father had an adaptor for the Model T that would provide compressed
air by removing one of the spark plugs. Only draw back the air had a lot of
gas fumes.