Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 30 Mar 2026 07:26:40 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <1rspefm.1yoofvr1xiiol1N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qc65n$1silm$23@dont-email.me> <10qco0u$23knf$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Sg4yA8wFLIQHoYOhKEzgPApwoaS8Cjo+e2PDe1b2pIIouPJ/Wz Cancel-Lock: sha1:0ItQboz4IlHiaPx89Ufll7ya76o= sha256:0smRkbUTRIG27YA7GduqZ2Mp2EIC7YrF6d3DbK5J2Vg= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84597 alt.usage.english:1141555 On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:43:42 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > When MGs of any vintage showed up a drag strips they were likely > to have a big V8 that had been enhanced, shoehorned into the space where > a 4 cylinder engine had been intended. Maybe the bonnet would be left > off. Shelby worked wonders with the AC. It was more Frankenstein than Shoehorn but I recall one rail job with an Allison V-12 and a Fiat 500 Topolino body. https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-allison-powered-monsters-of-jim-lytle/ That one was just a show car. There were a lot of Topos powered by more conventional engines, and other cars with Allisons stuffed into them.