Surplus aircraft V engine. Liberty engine perhaps? (Quick, someone Google it.) Bet that sounded and looked great roaring down the road.

EDIT: Perhaps a Hispano-Suiza: http://www.airpowerworld.info/aircraft-engine-manufacturers/hispano-suiza-8.htm

Random:

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ury will you be at daytona 24 ?

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From this past weekend--I really liked it:

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Something one doesn't see everyday--a supercharged KZ.

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Owner is a drag bike guy who works for Lockheed. Made the majority of the parts himself--very trick set-up.

VW/356 engine, but that's all I can make out.

Jolly - did you take those shots? They're great.

I saw 3985 come over the Cajon grade down into So Cal in the early 90's as well. What an amazing piece of machinery!

I was usually riding behind it so did not get the opportunity to photograph it working. These were taken by a good friend of mine David M. See. He passed away about 16 years ago. Here is a photo that I took in 1995 when they let everyone off that wanted to take a photo at a remote location, backed up, came roaring by and then backed up again to pick up all the photographers. The engineer, Steve Lee, ruined the photo by propping a cardboard cutout of Bartles and James in the cab window.


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Morocco

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Were you part of the crew or a passenger in the vintage cars it used to haul? Either way, what an awesome opportunity!

ps Great Photo BTW

Built like a 5th wheel - but it's wasn't :)

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A central coast DOUBLE DECKER bus. City bought it without thinking of the limited places it could go due to power lines, signs, lights etc. So it takes a circuitous route around town and to the local university, and stays off of all the routes that would serve its riders best.

Either a new driver or a confused driver must have been navigating today:

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The bus was blessedly empty of passengers!

Ouch. I saw those around campus but never thought about how restricted the routes would be. I had a car. :)