ok, ok...it is still a Ford with more chrome!

Regards,

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ari Ollikainen" <Ari@OLTECO.com>
To: "Carl Cobb" <c123666@earthlink.net>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Photo of old BMW motorhome

> At 1:05 PM -0700 5/18/01, Carl Cobb wrote:
> >There was a bmw 2.5 liter turbo diesel for a couple of years; had decent
> >performance for a diesel.  I recollect that Ford bought the shortblocks
from
> >bmw and installed a few of them in the Turdbirds, 'er Thunderbirds, of
that
> >time...mid 80's?  Early 80's?
>
> NO WAY!!
>
> Lincolns, NOT T-birds!
>
> The BMW I-6 2.4L turbo-diesel was offered as an option on the
> Lincoln MarkVII during the 1984 and 1985 model years.
>
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