"If I remember rightly the Tatra V8 is DOHC 16V, and
has been around since
at least the 60s."

Well, the Tatra Air cooled V-8 OHC engine was made in
1934, so I guess you are wrong. maybe you talk of a
different engine (DOHC).
Tatra air cooled engines as early as 1932 with the
Tatra 57B. Which pre-dates all VW aircooled right?

--- Andrew Grebneff
<andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:
> >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
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> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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> market,
> always remember that we are the TOP 10%
> *Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM,
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> other hand, may note that
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> 26, 1991

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