"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:32:41 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:06:38 GMT, Tom Francis penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:53:14 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


wrote in message
m...

US cars are routinely getting over 100K miles now, many over 200K
miles.
Keep up with the oil changes and you can almost run them forever.
Nothing
like the cars of the past...........


I still have a 1985 F150 straight 6 that runs fine at 170k miles

Those 300 ci Ford engines were excellent.

There was nothing to compare to the old Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth in
line 220 cui slant six.

It is my belief that certain engines are timeless. Whether it's
because of design, confluence of engineering ideas or just plain old
design luck, certain engines are always good, efficient and bullet
proof.

220 cui slant six
383 cui V8
283 cui V8
220 cui International straight six

etc., etc., etc.

The slant six was a 225 cu in...

yeah - my fingers got all bollixed up.

don't forget the Chevy 250/292 engines.

Here's hoping that you, in time, will add the 5 cylinder GM's to this
discussion....

heh - er...huh?

Now I remember them. They were the straight 6 engines that burned up
valves.

Eisboch