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07IC_20Elring50.qxp 6/25/20 3:58 PM Page 1the mid-‘50s when the Hemi came out. That was at the time that Ford was
dealing with the Model A at 40 horsepower. In ‘32, Ford came out with his V8
and it had 60 horsepower in comparison.
“According to Jay Leno, they have a three-speed trans, and in second
gear, you could get them up to about 90-95 mph. I don’t know if I’d want to
run at that speed in a ‘29 car, but they’re incredibly innovative. There’s a
little lever on the side of the motor that opened the drain plug in the bottom,
so you didn’t have to crawl underneath there and take a plug out. You just
slide your waste oil can underneath it and flip the lever and the oil drained
out of the motor.”
With this ’29 Duesenberg engine given a clean bill of health, the short
block was returned to the customer’s mechanic to finish the restoration
from there. EB
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