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Re: Cylinder count

To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>,
Subject: Re: Cylinder count
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:01:06 -0600
Tom you obviously Married WELL.... or at least far better then I did....
seems to me... I mow the Lawn and get beat when I miss a couple of
cylinders.... Hmmm  Lucky you...

K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Cylinder count


> This all seems kinda of DUMB, but hey it fills the email box. Let's see
> how many cylinders I have.
> '86 Pontiac STE, daily driver................6
> '99 GMC, wife's transport, tow truck, etc....8
> '58 chevy Cameo under restoration since '80..8
> '86 Ford Ranger, shop truck..................4
> 401 cu. in. Buick in a flat bottom Ski Boat..8
> Johnson 40 HP & 7 HP on Kayot Patio Boat......4 (2 each)
> Race Car 2 engines...........................16
> lawn mower....................................1
> leaf blower...................................1
> Troybilt rototiller ..........................1
>     "   mini tiller...........................1
>     "   Shredder..............................1
> ...that comes to 59 cylinders presently owned, actually the lawn mower,
> leaf blower, and Troybilt tools belong to my wife, but she lets me use
> them sometimes.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
>
> Chuck Rothfuss wrote:
> >
> > Henry, List,
> >
> >    If I only counted stuff that I race it'd be ZERO, since the USS
Wankel
> > has no "cylinders" at all.  Include the tow vehicle and it's eight.
It's
> > the non racing stuff that adds up, but still I'm surprised that it's not
a
> > bigger number.  If pieces of Wankel engines counted against me the
number
> > would be a lot higher.  Then there's the three-headed Datsun in far
corner
> > of the property.  No cylinders, but it came with three spare cylinder
heads
> > in the trunk.
> >
> > Wife's car - 6 cylinders
> > Wife's broken car - 4 (not running)
> > "Betsy" daily driver - 4
> > Lawn mowers - 4
> > outboard motors - 2
> >
> >    Looks like I need more toys.  Maybe a Maytag pedal start v-twin
washing
> > machine engine for the '53 Hawk Tool Company motorcycle.  I always
thought
> > this would make a neat pit bike if it wearn't so big.  Just another in a
> > long list of half completed projects around my house.
> >
> > Chuck Rothfuss
> > Pole Cat Hollow, NC
> >
> > At 09:18 AM 1/18/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Okay, stuff that runs: 9 cylinders. That's two little Fords and a Honda
> > >scooter. It'll go up one or two more after I get my genset. Anybody
have
> > >less than 9?
> > >
> > >Henry Deaton
> > >SF, CA
> > >
> > >
> > >At 11:39 AM 1/18/2001 -0500, John Beckett wrote:
> > >>OK, with a rules clarification, I have a revision to my previous
e-mail. I'm
> > >>up to 113 cylinders.
> > >>
> > >>JB
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> > >>To: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>; "Dick J"
<lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > >>Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > >>Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:30 AM
> > >>Subject: Re: Car Sickness

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