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<blockquote data-quote="Graham Smith" data-source="post: 139014"><p>Received this via e-mail:</p><p></p><p><em>Yes, these are Allison aircraft engines. The easiest way to distinguish them from the Merlin is that the valve covers taper at one end. I recall this 4-wheel drive beast from coverage in car magazines back in the early '60s. I found some more photos on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest.com</a>, a couple of which referred to it as "Quad Al," and another identifying the builder as Jim Lytle.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Fiat Topolino body was a popular basis for drag cars competing in the Altered class back in the '50s/'early 60s. I don't know whether the rules for the Altered class actually allowed unlimited displacement or length, but I believe the car was mostly intended as a promotional attraction, performing demonstration runs and as a showpiece at various dragstrips and car shows. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I came across these ads for surplus Alison engines, which helps explain how building a car with four exotic engines could ever be economically possible. The first one was from the Feb '47 issue of Popular mechanics.</em></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]41981[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]41982[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Graham Smith, post: 139014"] Received this via e-mail: [I]Yes, these are Allison aircraft engines. The easiest way to distinguish them from the Merlin is that the valve covers taper at one end. I recall this 4-wheel drive beast from coverage in car magazines back in the early '60s. I found some more photos on [URL='http://pinterest.com/']Pinterest.com[/URL], a couple of which referred to it as "Quad Al," and another identifying the builder as Jim Lytle. The Fiat Topolino body was a popular basis for drag cars competing in the Altered class back in the '50s/'early 60s. I don't know whether the rules for the Altered class actually allowed unlimited displacement or length, but I believe the car was mostly intended as a promotional attraction, performing demonstration runs and as a showpiece at various dragstrips and car shows. I came across these ads for surplus Alison engines, which helps explain how building a car with four exotic engines could ever be economically possible. The first one was from the Feb '47 issue of Popular mechanics.[/I] [ATTACH type="full"]41981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]41982[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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