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Re: V8 Conversions (trivia portion)

To: keithw@sand.net
Subject: Re: V8 Conversions (trivia portion)
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 20:47:45 EST
On Tue, 06 Jan 1998 02:13:44 Keith Wheeler <keithw@sand.net> writes:

>>HISTORY

>>The engine in it's various configurations has been used in many 
>vehicles;
>>automobiles, airplanes, and boats.
>
>I know you said "automobiles" but...
>
>...and a formula 1 car and can-am cars.  

A deriviative of the same basic engine (Oldsmobile version) was used by
Sir Jack Brabham in the Repco/Brabham F1 cars.
  Sir Jack made racing history when he became the first (and only) to win
the F1 drivers championship and the manufacturers title in the same year
in a car carrying his name.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
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