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{{List of Continental Models}}'''Continental Motors''' is a corporation in Mobile, Alabama, USA, that produces aircraft engines. They are currently part of the Teledyne conglomerate, and properly known as '''Teledyne Continental'''.
{{List of Continental Models}}'''Continental''' was the name brand of an automobile produced between 1933/1934 by the Continental Motors Company, now of Alabama.


The company produced engines for various independent manufactures of [[automobiles]], tractors, and stationary equipment (i.e. pumps generators machinery drives) from the 1920s through the 1960s. The company had two major production plants located in Muskegon, Michigan and Detroit, Michigan (closed in 1965). Continental Motors also produced [[Continental automobile|Continental]] branded automobiles in [[1932]]/[[1933]] based upon the [[1931]] [[De Vaux]], a product of the [[De Vaux Motors]] Corporations of Oakland, California, which had been using body dies left over from the former [[Durant (automobile)|Durant]], which been produced by [[Durant Motors]] until [[1930]].
Continental Motors entered into the production of automobiles rather indirectly. Continental was the producer of automobile engines for numerous independent automobile company's in the 1920s, including the [[Durant Motors]] Corporation which used the engines in its Star, [[Durant]], '''Flint''' and '''Rugby''' model lines.  Following the collapse of Durant, a group having interest in Durant Motors began assembling their own cars, using the Durant body dies, in California under the [[DeVaux]] brand name.  When DeVaux collapsed in 1932, Continental assumed automobile assembly and marketed the vehicles under the Continental brand name.


Although Continental is most well known for its light aviation engines, they were also contracted to produce the air-cooled V12 "AV-1790-5B" [[gasoline]] engine for the U.S. Army's M47 [[Patton tank]] and the [[diesel]] AVDS-1790-2A and its derivitives for the [[Patton tank|M48 Patton]] and [[Patton tank|M60]] series [[Tank classification|main battle tanks]].
Continental's were marketed in three model ranges, the '''Ace''', the '''Flyer''' and the '''Beacon''', none of which met with success in the depression era economy.  At this same time, [[Frontenac|Dominion Motors LTD.]] of Canada was building the same cars independent of Continental for sale in Canadian market through 1933 when it converted to building [[REO Motor Car Company|Reo]] brand trucks.  Finding that its cars were unprofitable, Continental stopped assembling automobiles during the 1934 model year.


==Company history==
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[[1905 in aviation|1905]] Continental Motors is born with the introduction of a four-cylinder, [[four stroke cycle]] [[L-head]] [[internal combustion engine|engine]] operated by a single [[camshaft]].
 
[[1906 in aviation|1906]] Type "O" 45 hp (34 kW) engine is developed to power aircraft.
 
[[1929 in aviation|1929]] A-70 [[radial engine|radial]], seven-cylinder engine is introduced.
 
[[1930 in aviation|1930]] A-40 four-cylinder engine is introduced.
 
[[1938 in aviation|1938]] A-50 is added to the lineup to power the [[Piper Cub]] and [[Taylorcraft Aircraft|Taylorcraft]].
 
[[1939 in aviation|1939]] Continental builds aircraft engines for use in British and American tanks.
 
[[1945 in aviation|1945]] Six-cylinder E-185 developed for [[Beechcraft]] Bonanza.
 
[[1950s]] [[Continental A-65|A-65]] developed into the more powerful C-90 and eventually to the 100 hp (75 kW) [[Continental O-200|O-200]]. The latter powered a very important airplane design milestone: the [[Cessna 150]].
 
[[1960s]] [[turbocharger|Turbocharging]] and [[fuel injection]] are brought to general aviation. A turbocharger allows the engine to power the aircraft to a higher altitude where the air is thinner. This can occasionally allow the aircraft to fly above a storm, which is a major safety benefit. Fuel injection allows the aircraft to perform aggressive maneuvers without suffering the fuel starvation that a carburetor may incur. The IO-520's applications expand to dominate the market.
 
[[1984 in aviation|1984]] TSIO-520-BE for the [[The New Piper Aircraft|Piper]] Malibu. It sets new efficiency standards for light aircraft piston engines.
 
[[1986 in aviation|1986]] Powered by a liquid cooled version of the IO-240, the [[Scaled Composites Voyager|Voyager]] is the first piston-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the world without refueling.
 
[[1997 in aviation|1997]] [[NASA]] selects Continental to develop and produce GAP, a new 200-hp piston engine that operates on Jet-A fuel. This is in response to 100-octane aviation gasoline becoming less available in the face of decreased demand, as a result of smaller [[turboprop]] engines becoming more prevalent due to their long service life.
 
[[1999 in aviation|1999]] Continental develops and tests its first [[FADEC]]-equipped engine.
 
<small>Source; excerpt and wikified from official site.</small>
 
Continental Motors continues to build engines for aircraft and is currently (2005) a division of [[Teledyne]] Technologies Company.


==Automobiles Using Continental Engines==
==Automobiles Using Continental Engines==
*[[Checker Cab]] (pre-[[1965]])
*[[Checker Cab]] (pre-1965)
*[[Durant Motors]] (including '''Durant''', '''Flint''' and '''Star''' brand cars)
*[[Durant Motors]] (including '''Durant''', '''Flint''' and '''Star''' brand cars)
*[[Jeep]] (during [[World War II]])
*[[Jeep]] (during World War II)
*[[Kaiser-Frazer Corporation]] (including '''Allstate''', '''Frazer''', '''Henry J''', '''Kaiser''' and post-1953 '''Willys''' brand cars)
*[[Kaiser-Frazer Corporation]] (including '''Allstate''', '''Frazer''', '''Henry J''', '''Kaiser''' and post-1953 '''Willys''' brand cars)
*[[Keller (automobile)|Keller]]
*[[Keller|Keller]]
*[[Velie]]
*[[Velie]]
*[[Willys]]  
*[[Willys]]  
==See Also==
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==References==
* Foss, Christopher F. (1974). ''Jane's Pocket Book of Modern Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles''. Collier Books. 73-15286. pg. 45-49


==External link==
==External link==
:[http://www.tcmlink.com/index.html Teledyne Continental Motors] TCM official site
:[http://www.tcmlink.com/index.html Teledyne Continental Motors] TCM official site
==References==
{{cite book |last= Foss|first= Christopher F.| title= Jane's Pocket Book of Modern Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles|origdate= 1974|publisher= Collier Books|id= 73-15286|pages= 45-49}}


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Continental was the name brand of an automobile produced between 1933/1934 by the Continental Motors Company, now of Alabama.

Continental Motors entered into the production of automobiles rather indirectly. Continental was the producer of automobile engines for numerous independent automobile company's in the 1920s, including the Durant Motors Corporation which used the engines in its Star, Durant, Flint and Rugby model lines. Following the collapse of Durant, a group having interest in Durant Motors began assembling their own cars, using the Durant body dies, in California under the DeVaux brand name. When DeVaux collapsed in 1932, Continental assumed automobile assembly and marketed the vehicles under the Continental brand name.

Continental's were marketed in three model ranges, the Ace, the Flyer and the Beacon, none of which met with success in the depression era economy. At this same time, Dominion Motors LTD. of Canada was building the same cars independent of Continental for sale in Canadian market through 1933 when it converted to building Reo brand trucks. Finding that its cars were unprofitable, Continental stopped assembling automobiles during the 1934 model year.

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Automobiles Using Continental Engines

See Also

References

  • Foss, Christopher F. (1974). Jane's Pocket Book of Modern Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles. Collier Books. 73-15286. pg. 45-49

External link

Teledyne Continental Motors TCM official site

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