Several former engineers of the failed Franklin Automobile Company formed Air Cooled Motors in 1935. By 1938 a range of flat-4 and 6 aircraft engines was being produced, retaining the Franklin name. This post-war product was the largest model. In 1975, the company disbanded and sold all rights to the Polish government, becoming part of PZL, an association of Polish aero and engine manufacturers. Following the 1989 fall of Communism, the firm became WSK PZL – Rzeszów.
The Aircooled Motors (Franklin) XO-425-3 was a horizontally-opposed airplane engine with a reduction gear propeller shaft and a geared supercharger. Similar to the Aircooled Motors 0-405-9, it was a larger but lighter engine, with higher compression. While the specific airframe application of the experimental XO-425-3 is not known, the O-425-5 model powered the Convair L-13/A/B.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.