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From: mliggett@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (matthew liggett)
Subject: Re: V4 engines
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In <pwe.735571191@slipknot.mit.edu> pwe@slipknot.mit.edu (Paul W. Emery) writes:

>On the subject of the V4,Ford in the UK used V4 engines exstensively in
>their Ford Transit vans.This brings back a memory from the seventies.I
>played in a band at the time and for something like 180 pounds four of
>us bought a 1967 "tranny" to cart the gear around in.It was in terrible
>shape (cosmetically) because it's last owner was a pig farmer.We spent
>days cleaning it up and putting in a partition and more seating but 'til
>the day it died everytime you turned on the fan to the defroster dried
>pig shit came flying out the vents!!!.
>    Back to the engine if I remember right it was a 1600cc V4 and that
>thing could haul,we could fill it with equipment and up to 8 people and
>it went like a bat out of hell,of course there were no pollution controls
>on the engine and the gas was leaded and higher octane than we get now.
>    When the mechanical fuel pump quit we put in an electric one from a 
>Morris Minor that worked great. Ah fond memories.

Saab Sonnet III too I believe.


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