> Nearly 2000 of these care were produced. However, the Govt.
>stepped in to halt the production of these cars fearing that they
>were too fast. There were similar "stock-race-cars", albeit
>6-cylinders, from Holden, a 202 ci triple-Stromberg fed and a 265 ci
>triple-Weber fed hemi from Chrysler. The reason for the 6s rather
>than a V8 was for fuel and brake economy in "The Great Race").
>The Chrysler 6 had the distinction of being the fastest 6 in the
>world (it would smoke Porsches and BMWs) and was for a short time
>used by Aston Martin for the DB6.
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Pardon??? When was that then, as far as I knew it, all DB4,5,6 and DBS's used
Tadek Marek's straight 6!!!!!
> The decendents of these cars provided the adrenaline in the
>Mad Max films.
Not the V8 Interceptor!!!! :-)
Rich
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