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To: Wilhelm Tell

“hopefully it won’t run like a tractor.”

That is funny my friend, because the older ones WERE tractors. lol


15 posted on 12/03/2021 12:53:14 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

The big six cylinder engine in the Triumph GT6 was actually a tractor engine with 11.5 to one compression ratio. The engine itself would run forever. The gearbox, rear axle, and electrical, not so much. I miss the sewing machine sound of a British engine.


38 posted on 12/03/2021 2:17:50 PM PST by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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