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Old 07-02-07, 06:11
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Default 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
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Old 07-02-07, 16:20
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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 mike
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Old 07-02-07, 17:59
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Default Or a M47 Powerpack..

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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
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Old 07-02-07, 23:27
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Default tank engine in Rover !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbma5VSWA1s

And in the car:

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

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Y'know, there's something special there when a car sounds like a Centurion tank or an aircraft.... I am filled with awe....
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Old 11-02-07, 16:35
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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.

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