11-19 6:35 edt
That's 'zactly what "Dan the Flame man" Hostetter is doin' down 'Dago way in
his new (relatively) Black n' Flamed Deuce three 'winder. Runnin' a 27dy
somethin' Dodge HEEMIS I do b'lieve.......Good feller ta boot. Done well
with it too so far. Coolsters.
Doug in NY
>From: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>To: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: ARDUN to FIREPOWER Hemi
>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:10:35 -0800 (PST)
>
>Yuh. I've read that in a few places. If you
>come right down to it, they would have been
>stupid not to look at what had already been done
>rather than just jumping in and trying to
>re-invent the wheel. An Ardun would be neat, no
>doubt about it - but I think I could probably
>pickup half a dozen small Dodge and Desoto hemis
>for the price of those heads.
>
>
>--- ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 11/19/1999 9:37:04 AM
> > Pacific Standard Time,
> > lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > <<
> >
> > if
> > > anyone is crazy enough to tackle a set of
> > these
> > > dinosauers.
> > >
> > Ardun
> > > Doug King in Castro's Valley,
> > > CA.
> > >
> >
> > I'm certain that I fit the "crazy enough"
> > part,
> > but I know my wallet won't. I was just
> > curious.
> > I think I'll have to stick with my old Evans
> > flatheads and the ol' elephant hemi, and leave
> > the Arduns to my dreams.
> >
> > >>
> > Dick,
> > Ironically(sp?) the Ardun is widely
> > believed to be the father of
> > Chrysler's 1951 331 Hemi. Rumor has it that
> > when the MoPar engineers drew up
> > the 331 Hemi in 1950 they had an Ardun head and
> > a 331 Cadillac Kettering V8
> > lower-end on the drawing table, combining the
> > two to make their first
> > OHV.......Ardun Doug in CA.
> >
>
>
>=====
>Dick J in East Texas
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