[AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a MackCaboverfor Ralph

[Ralph Goff]

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From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a 
MackCaboverfor Ralph


> Carl they were probably either 348's or 409's.  Were the valve covers kind
> of sculpted out on the lower side?
>
> Charlie

Sounds more like the rare and remarkable GM "twin six" offered back in the 
fifties. IT was a V12 engine with 702 cubic inches. I hear a restored one 
showed up in a truck at a local show last year. Would have been worth seeing 
(and hearing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_V6_engine

Ralph in Sask.