Except for the fact that we get up close and personal with some of the cars
annually, it would all have faded from my mind too.

The Testa Rossas as driven by Hill & Gendebien were 3 litre 60 degree V12s.
The 3 litre and 5 liter Ferrari 'boxer' motors are 180 degree V12s as the
opposing rods share a common crank pin - that accounts for the great sound!
:-)

Good explanation here:

http://www.icbm.org/erkson/personal/ferrari_boxer_flat_crank.htm

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:04 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 02/09/2008 5:06:41 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>         Jake, thanks for setting me  straight.  My mind is fogy on all
> this.
> I did follow all this at one  time but as time passes so does the memory
> chips !   The battles  between the Ferraris and GT40's stand out in my mind
> though.  Were not  those Testarosas 12 cyl. boxer engines and therefore
> related
> "somehow" to our  waterboxers ?
>
>
>
>
> >>>>>>>>Hey Frank, I believe you're thinking of  Dan Gurney, who won the 24
> Hours of
> Le Mans with A.J. Foyt in a Ford GT40  MkIV in 1967.  Gurney is also the
> only
> American to have won a Formula  One race in an American-made car, his  own
> Eagle.<<<<<<<<
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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>

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Jake
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