Leave us not forget the three, stock, 1100 cubic inch, all alloy, 4 cam 4
valve Ford V8s I have. Certainly for sale to someone who wants big inches.
Rich Fox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wester Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>
To: "list LSR" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 08:11 AM
Subject: Big displacement cars on the salt
> When Teddy Tetzlaff ran on the salt in 1914 in the "Blitzen Benz" he
> was part of a traveling automotive "circus".
> He was stop watch timed at 147 plus mph for the flying mile. Almost
> the same time the car had turned at Ormond
> Beach, Florida (now Daytona) in 1908. Think of that today with a chain
> drive!
>
> Another car in that group was a Fiat that had a HUGE 4 cylinder motor.
> I've been trying to find a reference that
> tells what the displacement was and as yet have not found it. I think
> I remember it was over 1200 cubic inches.
> Apparently that was not uncommon. Check the displacement on some of
> the cars that raced across Europe in
> the early days.
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