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Jordan Baker 07-02-07 06:11

What to do with a spare Sherman engine
 
Here is what you can do if you just so happen to have a spare Sherman engine sitting at the back of you shed.

http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com...nd-clever.html

mike mckinley 07-02-07 16:20

hi jordan

that is nuts.......and i would love to see what it could do in the 1/4 mile. seems to me that someone tried to wedge a spitfire engine into a datsun 280z......another screamin deamon on the mile i imagine :D :D mike

RHClarke 07-02-07 17:59

Or a M47 Powerpack..
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Jordan Baker
Here is what you can do if you just so happen to have a spare Sherman engine sitting at the back of you shed.

http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com...nd-clever.html

But you have to have deep pockets to run it...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...e/1302941.html

Paul Singleton 07-02-07 23:27

tank engine in Rover !
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbma5VSWA1s

And in the car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIqRiQVmeA

:eek:

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) 08-02-07 00:22

Y'know, there's something special there when a car sounds like a Centurion tank or an aircraft.... I am filled with awe....

Richard Notton 11-02-07 16:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Y'know, there's something special there when a car sounds like a Centurion tank or an aircraft.... I am filled with awe....
Been done before, John Dodd's "RR" of the 70's was probably the first, however he use a RR rad surround complete with mascot and so RR kept taking him to court.

Plenty of web references.

R.


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