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Re: JCB oilburner story on Pistonheads

To: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
Subject: Re: JCB oilburner story on Pistonheads
From: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:56:09 -0600
Banks bought the Hoffman-Markley liner.  I wouldn't be surprised to see 
that back on the salt VERY soon running as a diesel.  Did they spend 
$12 million to do this or 12 million pounds?

Wes


On Aug 23, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Doug Odom wrote:

> Mayf, If I thought for a minute that I could not call 3 or 4 people to 
> help me and for one tenth of the money JCB spent not go out and beat 
> their speed I would burn down my shop and go fishing. I'm sure Gale 
> Banks or someone like that will soon do that very thing.    Doug Odom 
> in big ditch
>
> drmayf wrote:
>
>> Sorry, but I feel a bit like sour graapes about now. Yes, the JCb 
>> vehicle set the world record and did it well. All due to great 
>> "british" engineering....and a boatload of money as we all saw. They 
>> didn't say much about that. What is far more spectacular to me is the 
>> Chassis Engineering C/DS that set the first record over 300. No big 
>> money, certainly no British Engineering triumph. just good old hot 
>> rodding.
>>
>> mayf




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