TRY THIS LINK: http://www.toad.net/~koloski/peoplescar.html Tatra was building rear-engine automobiles powered by an air-cooled overhead cam V-8 before WWII. The engine in Porche's KdF wagen (the Volkswagen bug) used pushrods operated by a camshaft located under the crankshaft to lift the valves. Quoting Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>: > >Then he went on to tell me how the Germans stole ALL > >aircooled technology from the Czech's during WW2. > >Said Porsche, VW both stole designs from the Czech's > > Really? Funny, the Beetle and its engines date back to 1936... > > If I remember rightly the Tatra V8 is DOHC 16V, and has been around > since > at least the 60s. > > Andrew Grebneff > 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand > fax 64 (3) 479-7527 > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut > Macintosh 7500/200/64, 6116/60/24, LCIII, LC, Classic, Plus > *Even though Mac Users may be only 10% of the market, > always remember that we are the TOP 10% > *Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy and > millions of others are by far the most popular with about 70 million > machines in use worldwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note > that > cockroaches are far more numerous than humans and that numbers alone do > not > denote a higher life form - New York Times, November 26, 1991 >
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