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Originally Posted by nota
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but the warehouses full of spare allisons merlins and griffons are GONE
SURE SURPLUS MOTORS WERE CHEAP AND SOUND GREAT
BUT TODAY THEY ARE RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER [for war birds and air racers]
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This is how I remember the transition to the hair dryers, too. The big Allisons were becoming scarce therefore expensive. Trying to keep up with the Miss Budweiser took pallets of folding money in large denominations. Spending it on vintage parts was soon not an option.
Best name
ever for
any racer, but
especially an UH racer - Tom D'Eath.