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ddgonzal wrote:
Back then my papa was still driving his (by then used) 1904 Mercedes Twin-Cam four-cylinder.
There's nothing new is there? Except maybe 4-bolt mains.
Even that is relative since the 426 Hemi had cross bolt caps in 1964. That's 43 years ago.
You're right of course about those things we think of as being new technology actually being old.
The 1914 Duesenburg indy car [an American make] had OHC with 'walking beam' valve operation, same as our L series engines.
Their 1922 passenger model was SOHC with 3 valves per cyl & by 1929 they came standard as DOHC with a 4 valve layout.
Supercharging was optional.
The only thing truly new is solid state electronics as even in 1958 you could buy a new Chrysler, DeSoto, or Dodge performance model with Bendix EFI, but it wasn't solid state electronics, which is what killed it in the end.
Oh, & I suspect that your papa was driving a 'Benz' as the Mercedes name didn't come along till later.
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