24dodge
One of the Dodge brothers
Ransom Eli Olds (oldsmobile) sold all his stock in the Olds company in 1904 , shortly afterward he started a new car company REO , his initials , a little bit of car history for you
I never knew.....
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REOooooooohhhhhh!!!
Wow... that is kool!
Ransom Eli Olds (oldsmobile) sold all his stock in the Olds company in 1904 , shortly afterward he started a new car company REO , his initials , a little bit of car history for you
Wow... that is kool!
24dodge
One of the Dodge brothers
Here`s another one for you , did you know that the dodge brothers produced the first half million model t`s for ford ?
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Great tidbits 24. I'll throw in here too,
Did you know that the Chevy bowtie was patterned after a graphic that one of the Chevrolet brothers saw in wallpaper while staying in a hotel room in France?
Did you know that the Chevy bowtie was patterned after a graphic that one of the Chevrolet brothers saw in wallpaper while staying in a hotel room in France?
cycledog
A really rusty biker
As did others Studebaker bros manufactured Covered wagons and buggy's.
The Chevy bowtie came from a French brothel??? Er...hotel
The Chevy bowtie came from a French brothel??? Er...hotel
joehalford01
'Vette brake specialist!
FlatBroke
Hostage Negotiator
Capt.,
That is a cool website.
That is a cool website.
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
The site says Olds made the first monoblock v8 in '29, but
Chevy had a 287ci overhead v8 in '25 ? Was it not a monoblock?
Chevy had a 287ci overhead v8 in '25 ? Was it not a monoblock?
24dodge
One of the Dodge brothers
motomech
Mr. Willys
that thing looks way cool and easy to build too needs a 454 thoe
Lakota
Rides a rusted horse
Nice site. I can't believe I spent close to two hours looking at old photos of the factories, the cars, and reading the stories.
maddog
Here he comes to save the day!
I think they called it a "double 4" or something like that. First time (only time) I heard that I pictured two 4 cylinder blocks somehow merged together. Dont really know though.
motomech
Mr. Willys
it would looke like this
http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1210
look towards the bottom of page 2
http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1210
look towards the bottom of page 2
joehalford01
'Vette brake specialist!
Nothing beats the auto industry for research & developement / trials & tribulations ...
Imagine what a GMC Twin 6 would look like , cleaned up & hopped up , in a rod ...
702 CID TORQUE MONSTER ! ! !
http://www.6066gmcguy.org/TwinSix.htm
so if you know of someone that has one, let me know
