Doesn't ddw and Clinton Hammond hang about in those parts too? Windsor?

So Grab...Ford? Want an automotive tie-in? Of course not, but what the hell..........

Do you know that Novi was once Tollbooth #6 (No.=Number, 6=VI....so No.VI became Novi).......damn but I got a ton worthless knowledge huh? WEll back then in the 30's it was also the home of Bud Winfield, perhaps one of the finest engineers of that or any period.....and a tremendous machinist too. So Bud and his brother build themselves a racing engine. It was a V-8 with overhead cams (and this was the thirties) and a supercharger. It had a small displacement of only 167 Cubic Inches and developedabout 650 Horsepower. 20 years later it was up to 860 Horsepower. It had a low bass roar combined with a high pitched whine, once heard, never forgotten. The cars it was installed in were never up to the engine and it's racing career was dismal, although every race fan loved them.......The engine was of course called, the Novi.

End of today's moment in automotive history.

Have a good time.

Spaw