"Reverence"
Show stand display image
Note the license plate
All LED test lighting
Chromed header plate
"Reverence" chromed, custom painted, and Supercharged engine bay
Engine Cover that includes Z-8 Aircrew names
Challenger Sill protectors
"Reverence" on show display w/scale Z-8 model on roof
Scale Z-8, "Mission to Albuquerque" on roof
Polished chrome trunk lid panel w/ custom image
20th AAF emblem w/posthumous mission credit bombs
Rear Bumper cover art
Show Awards from Mario Knapp Memorial 2015
Show Awards From Mario Knapp Memorial 2016. Best of Show Modern and Kids Choice
An interesting synchronicity between Dodge & the B-29...
It was Chrysler Corporation which was tasked with building the Wright Cyclone engines along with the designer Curtis Wright. Most history buffs know that Chrysler built tanks in WWII but few know of the company's involvement with aircraft engines such as the Cyclone.
As you may know there were many problems with the initial design of the Wright Cyclone. Chrysler engineers were vital in curing some of these issues, especially the over heating problem.
By the end of the war the Dodge Chicago plant had produced 18,413 engines, at about half of the estimated program costs!
-Frank Cimino
It was Chrysler Corporation which was tasked with building the Wright Cyclone engines along with the designer Curtis Wright. Most history buffs know that Chrysler built tanks in WWII but few know of the company's involvement with aircraft engines such as the Cyclone.
As you may know there were many problems with the initial design of the Wright Cyclone. Chrysler engineers were vital in curing some of these issues, especially the over heating problem.
By the end of the war the Dodge Chicago plant had produced 18,413 engines, at about half of the estimated program costs!
-Frank Cimino
