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Re: Vintage engine

To: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Vintage engine
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:47:30 -0500
Guys.... I may have to satisfy my older urges with First generation
Weedeater Motors.... ahhh hmmm bet I can find three others that would Jump
in and make it a Class.... now to sort out what Body style.... Maybe a Pinto
eh? Now would that be vintage Semi Muscle car?

Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: Vintage engine


> In a message dated 07/27/2000 7:02:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
V4GR@aol.com
> writes:
>
> << Actually in XO and XXO you could start with a Cad V8 and have an 8 port
> motor
>  much like Ron Main's mega buck flathead. 346 inches to start with. I
still
>  think a GMC makes the most sense, but if you are looking at XXO you could
>  think about a REO Gold Comet 6 or various Intl. Harvester 6s much like
> larger
>  GMC motors. I liked the REO in Duce and a half trucks compared to GMC's.
> Rich
>  Fox
>   >>
> Rich,
>     Good idea. I hadn't thought about the REO and "Corn-Binder" engines.
> International Harvester made a RD-501, but it would be much too big
> considering the 375ci limit in XXO.............Ardun Doug King
>


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