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Re: survey: best sounding engine

To: WSpohn4@aol.com
Subject: Re: survey: best sounding engine
From: LMR356@aol.com
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:01:38 EST
In a message dated 12/3/2001 10:04:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
WSpohn4@aol.com writes:


> Wasn't it Leon Mandel or someone that described a bathtub Porsche as having 
> an exhaust note like ducks farting in long grass?
> 
> 

You bet...especially a 356 with a 4 Cam (or a 550/RSK)  Porsche with a well 
tuned exhaust "farting" the wonderful scent of Castol Oil!

Hey...don't forget the distinctive rap of an Arnolt-Bristol ( Just listen to 
any of the Riverside Sebring Records (1956-1961) with its Fiedler-designed 
1930s BMW two litre 6 cylinder engine.

Lee Raskin
Brooklandville, MD

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