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AN ENGINE RESUME

I’m old enough to know how to spell “carburetor” and in my youth I pumped gasoline at 9.9 cents per gallon!

I had a Chevy with a 292ci inline. Also had an Austin-Healey 3000 and a Toyota Land Cruiser, both with inline six-cylinder engines. Had a Porsche 911 with an “opposed” six-cylinder (does that count?). Also had a Mazda RX3 (rotary) that would leave a Corvette in its dust! Nasty little two-rotor engine!

Now I have two Dodge trucks with inline six-cylinder Cummins diesel engines: ’00 with a six-speed manual and ’05 “flatbed” with an Allison six-speed auto conversion.

The only truck I have with an eight-cylinder engine is

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