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RE: Unknown car at the Vintage races

To: "'erl@virginia.edu'" <erl@virginia.edu>
Subject: RE: Unknown car at the Vintage races
From: Kurt Oblinger <koblinger@linkline.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:13:14 -0800
Cc: "'triumphs@autox.team.net'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
It may be an old indy racer but all true Offenhauser 4 cylinders were 
double overhead cam designs. They were a continuation of the Miller engines 
that dominated Indy in the 20's and 30s' which were in turn inspired by the 
1913 Peugeot Indy car engine. Offenhauser also made bolt on speed parts for 
flathead Ford V8s as well as Ford A and B engines which were used in a lot 
of dirt trackers through the late 40's. If it was a flat head 4 it was 
probably an A or B powered dirt tracker.

Cheers,

Kurt Oblinger

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