At 12:35 AM 2/1/96, Tim Parker wrote:
>Harrah's Auto Collection in Reno had a one-only built car named the Julian,
>built in 1925, that had a horizontally mounted mid-engine 5 cylinder radial
>air-cooled engine.  If I'm not mistaken, The crank was bolted to the frame
>and the engine rotated, as in the early aircraft.  The Julian was also the
>first car with "air shocks".

Interesting.  Think of the torque-effects...
The Tucker had a transplanted helicopter engine (according to the movie
version of the story), but I don't know what the config of the powerplant
was.

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