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60ragtop
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| Wow, what a huge amount of effort to put into an obsolete design! |
Yeah some people don't understand taking an obsolete design and hitting 300 MPH with it 
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Certified Mechanic by the State of Michigan in 1977
ASA certified in 1987
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I've restored a large number too, but I don't toot my horn quite as loud.
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| maybe he just snapped cause his car sucked |
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Jacks
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Help me out here. I thought that air cooled, horizontally opposed VW engines could be considered a fairly obsolete design by some 
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GeorgeL
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| 60ragtop wrote: |
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| Wow, what a huge amount of effort to put into an obsolete design! |
Yeah some people don't understand taking an obsolete design and hitting 300 MPH with it |
I never said that there was anything bad about it, just that it shows remarkable ingenuity on the part of the engine builder. People race all sorts of obsolete things, VWs, Model As, rowboats, sailboats, upright bicycles...
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| Help me out here. I thought that air cooled, horizontally opposed VW engines could be considered a fairly obsolete design by some |
Sorry, Mark beat you to that one three posts ago! |
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fabricator john
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lol i love it ... lets not forget that there is sombody somewhere who will argue to their grave that that old 8ba bock was ruined,,,
smiles for miles , fabricator john |
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fabricator john
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heres another ruined engine fabricator john |
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mark tucker
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Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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| it's always good to recycle. |
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GeorgeL
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Another flight of fancy:
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cdennisg
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heres another ruined engine fabricator john |
Is that a Jaguar six?
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melville
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heres another ruined engine fabricator john |
Is that a Jaguar six? |
Probably a GMC. That's all good vintage speed equipment--Hilborn injectors, Vertex magneto. Not as much of an anachronism as the Ford flathead in the previous post.
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iowegian 
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Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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heres another ruined engine fabricator john |
Is that a Jaguar six? |
Probably a GMC. That's all good vintage speed equipment--Hilborn injectors, Vertex magneto. Not as much of an anachronism as the Ford flathead in the previous post. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJvBWRrGrQ
EDIT: It was fun while it lasted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T90TE6Oo00 |
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Fiatdude
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The remarks said it was on 90% Nitro -- surprised it lasted thru the start up
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Fiatdude
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How about this one????
Or perhaps this one???
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GeorgeL
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| Not as much of an anachronism as the Ford flathead in the previous post. |
That was a turbo Model T! It definitely perked up the Tin Lizzie, giving it a top speed over 55! |
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melville
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How about this one????
Or perhaps this one???
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I'm seeing a Ford Model T or TT and a Fiat Topolino.
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mark tucker
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| yup thats it!!! Ive got a T roadster and have seen many topolineo's. I wish fiat would come out with a new version with just updated running gear for todays mpg&relaibilty. |
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iowegian
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| For bonus points, what year is the "TT"? |
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notchback
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| For bonus points, what year is the "TT"? |
You only know because you were working on the assembly line the day it was made.
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fabricator john
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Location: manassas va. now Venice Fl.
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302 gmc with a wayne county speed shop head, 6 ports down each side , these engines ruled in between the flattys and when the sb chev got here and the early hemi's about 55.... many a top eliminator was a 302 gmc...
fabricator john
id would love a topilino by the way |
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mark tucker
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| TT looks between 22&27 probably 26 or 27.Im not sure what years they were made but it dosent have wood wheels. and mine is the john force version with glass body&double funny car cage. |
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iowegian
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| TT looks between 22&27 probably 26 or 27.Im not sure what years they were made but it dosent have wood wheels. and mine is the john force version with glass body&double funny car cage. |
Not newer than '23.
In 1924 a bit of an apron was added to the bottom of the radiator shell and the leading edge of the fenders got a "flange" that lined up with it. |
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