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[cobram at juno.com]

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This is one of those things that depends on where you get your
information.  Alloy doesn't necessarily mean aluminum.  Alloy cast-iron
is as old as the "brass" era.
The first American production all aluminum cast block was the 196 AMC
straight six, back in 1961.  It did have an iron head.  Masserati had the
V12 all aluminum alloy back in the mid 1950's.  Mercedes had the all
aluminum bodied 300SL's in the 50's, etc. etc. etc.   There was a thread
on this a while back.

It seems to be very dependent on where you get the information as to who
was "first" with anything.

There is a late 1980's Ford Taurus at the Henry Ford Museum with the
usual claims about being the first "aerodynamic" unibody or whatever
car....which was made (copied) years after the Audi 5KS had come out.

It all depends on the source, want a good argument....sit at a table with
a Russian and a Frenchman and discuss who flew first. BTDT

BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/


Tom Nas <tnas at euronet.nl> writes:
> "luke" <maytagasm at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >and august horch was the first automobile engineer to ever
> specifically
> >try to lighten
> >his cars... by using alloys for the blocks...
>
> Not quite. There might be others, but I distinctly remember the
> ill-fated
> Hillman Imp of the mid-1960s as having an all-alloy engine. Audi
> might have
> been one of the first to actually do it successfully...
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