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Subject:Re: 96mm Jugs for 1700 (f)
From:David Schwarze
Date:Wed, 1 Nov 1995 11:11:07 -0800 (PST)

Bob Polys writes:
> 
> Reminds me of some of my mispent youth reading my dad's old Mechanix
> Illustrated magazines.  I remember articles about people installing surplus
> WWII airplane engines in various vehicles.  I think these were immense
> Allison engines, but I could be mistaken.  Its been over twenty five years
> since we threw these out. :(

Don't they use those engines in those tractor pullin type vehicles?  Three
or four of them even?  One for each wheel?  Wonder if you could fit
four of them in a breadloaf?

-David

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