[AT] Oliver 990

[charliehill]

Yep and I think they might have had 8v71's in them.  The US Navy used a lot 
of them too and down this way a lot of commercial fishing boats.


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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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>> You probably have Ralph and didn't know it.  They were common in tractor
>> trailer trucks in the 60's and 70's.  Often called 318 Detroits or 350
>> Detroits which was their HP rating.
>
> Charllie you are probablly right but I guess hearing that type of sound
> coming from a farm tractor was what caught my attention. And thinking back
> even more there were the big Euclid scrapers that were used to build
> municipal roads here when I was a kid. When that rear engine opened up you
> could hear them for miles  and I'm pretty sure they were GM diesel 
> powered.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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