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Not sure if that is a Hilborn Injection system but did you know that Stewart HIlborn, of fuel injection technology, was Canadian? Lived most of his life in America but we are claiming him as our own. (maybe Edmonton, but for sure Western Canada).

Pics of his streamliner, broke the 150 mile per hour barrier.

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Black 03 Z06 said:
Not sure if that is a Hilborn Injection system but did you know that Stewart HIlborn, of fuel injection technology, was Canadian? Lived most of his life in America but we are claiming him as our own. (maybe Edmonton, but for sure Western Canada).

Pics of his streamliner, broke the 150 mile per hour barrier.

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Pump and "pill" holder look familiar but not the stacks. Perhaps Enderly? Good guess on Hilborn's nationality. Here is Google explanation:

Stuart Hilborn​


From Wikipedia,

Stuart Hilborn (9 October 1917 – 16 December 2013), was born in Calgary, Canada. Hilborn was an automotive engineer.[1] He became interested in amateur racing on dry lake beds before World War II. After the war, he began experimenting with ideas for mechanical fuel injection, and tested them on his own race cars. Only a few years later, his injectors were adopted by professional racers with notable success, including the first to break the 150-mile-per-hour mark.[2] Starting in 1949, Hilborn-equipped cars claimed dozens of victories at the Indianapolis circuit.[3]
Hilborn eventually started a company to sell his injection systems to the public, which became popular with the hot rodders of the 1950s and 1960s. A classic mechanical Hilborn injection system is recognizable by its distinctive flared velocity stack intake pipes, rising straight up from each cylinder, flared at the open top, and usually polished or plated for a bright, shiny finish. Today, that company continues to provide performance products including mechanical and electronic fuel injection systems.
Hilborn was inducted into the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Hall of Fame,[4] as well as the HOT ROD Magazine Speed Parts Hall of Fame for the first Mechanical Hydrogen Fuel Injection.[5]
 
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^^^Many of those racers were constructed from auxiliary fuel tanks from WW2 aircraft.^^^
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Yes. Pretty cool adaptation on the part of the original builders. Light, aerodynamic and cheap. Perfect combination.
 
1st Vette said:
Yes. Pretty cool adaptation on the part of the original builders. Light, aerodynamic and cheap. Perfect combination.
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Not that cheap anymore. Or at least they weren't years ago. When DND airbase shut down outside of Penhold AB. in about 95, Buffalo Joe McBryan bought pretty much everything they left there and/or was given the rest. He had about 30 of those aviation tanks off of Military aircraft. I tried to buy some from him to build a floating wharf back then and I almost had heart failure at the price he wanted, knowing he paid dirt cheap. He has, or use to have a huge collection of military items in his hanger here and either wouldn't sell or wanted outrageous prices for it. A neat guy though with a lot of interesting stories about his and Buffalo Air history. End of story.
 
Rruuff Day said:
Not that cheap anymore. Or at least they weren't years ago. When DND airbase shut down outside of Penhold AB. in about 95, Buffalo Joe McBryan bought pretty much everything they left there and/or was given the rest. He had about 30 of those aviation tanks off of Military aircraft. I tried to buy some from him to build a floating wharf back then and I almost had heart failure at the price he wanted, knowing he paid dirt cheap. He has, or use to have a huge collection of military items in his hanger here and either wouldn't sell or wanted outrageous prices for it. A neat guy though with a lot of interesting stories about his and Buffalo Air history. End of story.
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They would have been cheap when they were first conceived of but once guys like Joe saw the value of them, not being made anymore, they snapped them all up. Joe has an amazing array of vintage things. Just look at his aircraft which are still in service. I have only met him a couple of times but know enough to say that he is pretty amazing in what he has done over the years. They don’t make em like him often anymore.
 
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