[Coco] Coco FLEX (well, "degenerated" to cars...

[Richard]

<Snip>
> I let Tom keep his ford, on condition he sthu about it.  I even tried to
> explain why he lost, but he couldn't see past the polish on those 11/1
> heads to see the real problem.  I built a 49 mercury with 8/1 heads & a
> couple of pounds of missing cast iron in the right places about 6 months
> later.  It could turn 6000 rpm all night long.  And stomped all over Toms
> ford again... He was a slow learner at the blackjack table too. :-)
>
> But, that was all 50 years ago now, so I guess I'm showing my age again.

8-)) I hope to tell ya! Not many of us are left that even know what a flathead 
V8 of 6 look like much less have experience running them.