Over compensating, or more money than brains?
I'm gonna start with poor engineering, aside from the obvious packaging issues. To me it looks like someone doing something because they can with little other consideration. To each their own, I suppose.
And just like that, I fixed one of my six-fo's...
I wish I had one in this shape. This was a new guy at my local cruise in a few weeks ago. It was one of those mid 90s evenings where everyone was in a hurry, so I didn't meet the owner, but it looks like a stock car with bags. I like it. Hopefully he comes back and I can talk to him for a minute, maybe steal some parts or teach him how to clean white walls.
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Nice '56 Ford behind him, too.
I'll stand by the Poncho OHC and collect cool points.
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Thinking about it, a certain Studebaker engine seems to be locked-up. I've already been thinking of things I could do with a Poncho 350 I have sitting around. I wonder what my odds are of finding a decent OHV. And this is how I open yet another can of worms.
I'm sure it's all show, little go.
That's probably $10,000-15,000 of blowers.
Here's one of those OHC engines:
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FWIW (probably nothing), 30 or so yrs ago when I thought I would/could someday build a hot rod I planned to make a Sopwith Camel using a Leaning Tower of Power as the engine.
For the record, I'm big fan of the squeeze boxes