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A HERETIC I AM

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7. There was a lot of that kind of thing back then, apparently.

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 1, 2023, 04:16 PM

Oct 2023

When I was working in Indy Car, I had the chance to talk to a lot of Chevrolet engineers. One related a story about a great idea put forward in a meeting by a young guy and one of the old guys said "That won't work! We tried that back in the 70's!"

The guy telling me the story said he had to bite his tongue cause all he could think of saying was "WELL YOU OBVIOUSLY FUCKED IT UP BACK THEN, DIDN'T YOU?!?"

LOL

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On this day, September 13, 1977, General Motors introduced the Oldsmobile Diesel engine. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP

LOL and it was a bust in the end.... Historic NY Sep 2023 #1

I worked on these as a tech in the 1980s and early 90s Best_man23 Sep 2023 #2

A now departed neighbor had one of those Old Crank Sep 2023 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Old Crank Sep 2023 #4

My dad bought one! A HERETIC I AM Oct 2023 #5

They kept the same bolt patern as the gas engine Old Crank Oct 2023 #6

There was a lot of that kind of thing back then, apparently. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2023 #7