Twin Engine Stockcar

["John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>]

In 1959 Firestone needed a car for testing NASCAR tires that could run a lot
of very fast laps at Daytona - Indy driver Jim Rathman who was a Chevy dealer
in Florida put together a 59 Chevy with a 348 engine in the normal location
and a stock 283 FI engine behind the driver - Jim mounted a Hallibrand V-drive
behind the transmission with the 348 driving straight through the lower shaft
- The 283 drove through the V-drive like a boat with no clutch or trans.