Sparky;
After WW II, cotton farmers in southern AZ bought V-12 Allison aircraft
engines to run their irrigation pumps. I've heard that some new engines
were purchased for as little as $50-- still in their original crates.
I'm sure they're all long gone by now, though.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Sparky
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:51 AM
To: Dale H. Pulju; Doug Odom
Cc: land speed
Subject: Re: Re: Interesting Car
>> where do you find a 702 v-12 chev or gmc? what truck?
> dale
> dark and 65 in pahrump
In truck wrecking yard or Tx Ok or western Kansas---they were used by
the hundreds as irigtion engines---
>
> > Check out this car. It looks like a very nice recreation of a
vintage
> > indy car...until you look closely and realize this sucker is over 21
> > feet long and has a tank engine for power...
"Sparky"
Lakester 2211
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