TRY THIS LINK:

http://www.toad.net/~koloski/peoplescar.html

Tatra was building rear-engine automobiles powered by an air-cooled overhead cam
V-8 before WWII.  The engine in Porche's KdF wagen (the Volkswagen bug) used
pushrods operated by a camshaft located under the crankshaft to lift the valves.

Quoting Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>:

> >Then he went on to tell me how the Germans stole ALL
> >aircooled technology from the Czech's during WW2.
> >Said Porsche, VW both stole designs from the Czech's
>
> Really? Funny, the Beetle and its engines date back to 1936...
>
> If I remember rightly the Tatra V8 is DOHC 16V, and has been around
> since
> at least the 60s.
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
> fax 64 (3) 479-7527
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut
> Macintosh 7500/200/64, 6116/60/24, LCIII, LC, Classic, Plus
> *Even though Mac Users may be only 10% of the market,
> always remember that we are the TOP 10%
> *Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy and
> millions of others are by far the most popular with about 70 million
> machines in use worldwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note
> that
> cockroaches are far more numerous than humans and that numbers alone do
> not
> denote a higher life form - New York Times, November 26, 1991
>

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