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  1. the37thstreet
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    Not that rare, But Unusual Cutaway 006.JPG 20170106_182413.jpg . 1940 Ford V-8 60 Display at the 1939 Worlds Fair.
     
  2. RichFox
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    It is a pretty old head. Who knows what it meant when it was made
     
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  3. drtrcrV-8
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    If "Spitfire" was the 6cyl, it certainly seems "proper" to label a 4cyl "spit-four"?
     
  4. Jet96
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    @mgtstumpy -I already love the sound of a wfo y-block, I can only imagine a destroked dohc ...
     
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  5. RichFox
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    Well my 32 {Plymouths did not say Spit four on the stoc heads. But that is the best answer I can think of. So I'm going to buy it. Now tell me what 23 Skido means.
     
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  6. v8flat44
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    The 12 foot long Sterling Marine Engine. Straight 8......................................
     
  7. 23 Skidoo- getting out (of somewhere) quickly :D
     
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  8. THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER
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    From the Google machine:
    The phrase originated in the Panimint Mountains in Death Valley in the early 1900s. The mining town of Skidoo had 23 saloons and if you were going to go get drunk you would try to get a drink at each of the saloons. This started the phrase of going 23 skidoo if you were going to have a good time.

    We now return you to our regularly scheduled program.
     
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  10. FrozenMerc
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    How about a '73 Ski-Doo.....

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  11. brando1956
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    That a 775 TNT? I remember those days, awesome power for the day. Like the muscle cars we couldn't afford as teenagers. I'd like to do a resto on something like this but I'll shut up now b/c its' OT. PM me if you ever want to talk about sleds. Been riding since 1964.
     
  12. Jet96
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    Wow I haven't seen one of those in ages!
     
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    2020 GNRS, Gilbertson Machine, Portland, OR.

    CC8709DC-DD60-4D68-8E6E-C19391124746.jpeg
     
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  15. Bandit Billy
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    ^^^^^My name is Billy, the Mrs. is Charleen. That there is our hue!
     
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  16. moparboy440
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  17. FrozenMerc
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    1938 Delahaye 145 V12. 4.5 Liter. Looks fairly normal from the outside, but it had a very strange camshaft layout. There is actually 3 camshafts located in the block that actuate the valves through a set of pushrods and rockers. One cam for the intake side, and 2 for the exhaust.

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  18. Fordors
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    49037AC0-B683-4E93-9999-4B50094CFCB6.jpeg 8F3B1DDD-2727-41F9-836F-15A23559704D.jpeg

    The engine for the 1951 Buick XP300, a radical concept vehicle for the time. Aluminum block and heads, 216 cu. in., hemispherical heads, 10-1 compression and Roots blown, it was dual fuel, gas or methanol. It put out 335 HP on methanol.
     
  19. Jalopy Joker
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  20. moparboy440
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    Is that a Deutz?
     
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  21. drtrcrV-8
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    Moparboy440 : Nah, wrong grille shell....
     
  22. Caprice89
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    I think so too. The engine, that is.

    Sent from my online shouting device
     
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  23. THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER
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    Little Deutz coupe?

    OK, I'll shut up now...
     
  24. moparboy440
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  26. FrozenMerc
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    The GAA is hardly the largest petrol (gasoline) V8 engine ever. Waukesha Engines has produced gasoline engines for a variety of applications for decades that are much larger, including some that were 100's of Liters in displacement, V8 configurations included.

    47L Inline 6
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    40.5L V8
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  27. Almostdone
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    Spit-Fire was already taken? If you use a southern drawl (in a respectful manner) is sounds like Spit-Fire.

    John
     
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  28. rusty valley
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  29. moparboy440
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    The largest Petrol V8 used in a vehicle is probably the 1904 Darracq V-8. At 25,422cc/1551.35 in³, 200 bhp was possible at 1200 rpm. 170 mm/6.7 in bore and 140 mm/5.5 in stroke!
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    1905 Darracq 200 at Ormond Beach Speed Tournament near Daytona USA. It was driven by Louis Chevrolet who set a flying kilometer speed of 117.65 mph, but was beaten by the Stanley Rocket which went 121.570 mph.
     

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