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Old 17-06-19, 22:52
maple_leaf_eh maple_leaf_eh is offline
Terry Warner
 
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Originally Posted by DenisLutman View Post
....."From 1939-1945 Corbitt designed and built over 3,200 50SD6 6-ton, 6x6 prime movers for the US Army. These trucks were equipped with either the 779 or the 855 cubic-inch Hercules 6-cylinder gasoline engine. They were used in every theater of operation during World War II..."

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I did some conversions of the engine displacement - just about one half a cubic foot (.49cu3), or 14 litres. Sheesh! My VW diesel comes in at 1/7th the WW2 engine, or all of one cylinder for my four cylinders.
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