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RE: How many cylinders do you have?

To: <Smokerbros@aol.com>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: How many cylinders do you have?
From: "Richard Atkins" <buzz@indiana.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:28:42 -0500
Ok as of now
X 1/9 DP car = 4
X 1/9 road car = 4
spare x 1/9 motors (3) = 12
2000 spider = 4
spare motor for above = 4
Model A Ford = 4
BMW 2002 (have two) = 8
BMW 320 I FSP car = 4
Ford Ranchero = 6
AH sprite = 4
Fiat 850 = 4
Jeeps (2) = 12
Dodge diesel (my tow vehicle) = 6
Mowers (3) = 3
Weed eater = 1

Total = 80

Life time ?? last time I tried to count (about 10 years ago) I had owened
over 100 cars/truck of different types so its somewhere over 600-700.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
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Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 11:13 PM
To: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: How many cylinders do you have?


Peter Egan's latest column on R & T is about the number of cylinders we
have.
My current count is 17, for instance.  8cyl. Silverado, 8 cyl. Firebird, 1
cyl. Go-Ped.  Meager by some counts.  I think Egan's current count is 58.

Then there is your life's total.  Mine is 110 (including 18 4 bangers, and
17
cars that have been autocrossed).  Egan's is nearly 300, I think.

By the way, Egan says that anything with internal combustion engines counts,
including lawn mowers, weed whackers, etc., and reminds us of something that
we all know, there are levels of quality, too.  12 lawn mowers does NOT
equal
1 Ferrari 275!

For counting purposes, Egan didn't have to count Rotaries, or at least
didn't
mention it.  I figured them as 6 cylinder engines (3 chambers X 2 rotors).

Okay, let's hear your numbers, complete with lies, excuses, stories!

CHD

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