To the person who said ducati is a part of fiat, learn about Italian
Motorsports. Ferrari is a division of fiat, not ducati.

Well,.... you might want to check that before jumping in, it's not that
simple. Ducati Motorcycles, who also make small industrial engines is
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. They are a significant part of the Aprilia
Group, which includes Aprilla, Moto Guzzi, etc.
The Aprilia group until very recently where majority owned by Agnelli.
Agnelli also owns 30% of Fiat. Fiat own Alfa Romeo, Maserati, and
Ferrari.

Fiat are linked to Ducati as much as Ford is to Aston Martin,Jaguar,
Volvo, Mazda and Hertz etc.

Not to be picky, but if I read your description correctly, it sounds like
the Fiat/Ducati link is (or was?) more akin to the Aston/Jag link.
But thanks for the info; I hadn't been keeping up with these builders of
interesting automobiles.

"Jeff" wrote in message
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To the person who said ducati is a part of fiat, learn about Italian
Motorsports. Ferrari is a division of fiat, not ducati.

Well,.... you might want to check that before jumping in, it's not that
simple. Ducati Motorcycles, who also make small industrial engines is
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. They are a significant part of the Aprilia
Group, which includes Aprilla, Moto Guzzi, etc.
The Aprilia group until very recently where majority owned by Agnelli.
Agnelli also owns 30% of Fiat. Fiat own Alfa Romeo, Maserati, and
Ferrari.

Fiat are linked to Ducati as much as Ford is to Aston Martin,Jaguar,
Volvo, Mazda and Hertz etc.

As the originator of this thread, when it was actually about Ducati
single cylinder air-cooled diesel engines - allow me to thank the many
contributors, especially the one (the only one) who mentioned Ducati
single cylinder air cooled diesels (like the one in my shed at this
very moment)- apparently there is no such beast, and never was.
Thanks all - Mike P

you are free to treat it as a ducati, and throw it in the river. That is what
people who buy Faryman engines -- marinized ducati's -- do. Something about
trying against hope to keep head gaskets from blowing, for one thing.



Ducatti air-cooled diesel
From: (Mike P)
Date: 9/15/2004 10:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

As the originator of this thread, when it was actually about Ducati
single cylinder air-cooled diesel engines - allow me to thank the many
contributors, especially the one (the only one) who mentioned Ducati
single cylinder air cooled diesels (like the one in my shed at this
very moment)- apparently there is no such beast, and never was.
Thanks all - Mike P

As the originator of this thread, when it was actually about Ducati
single cylinder air-cooled diesel engines - allow me to thank the many
contributors, especially the one (the only one) who mentioned Ducati
single cylinder air cooled diesels (like the one in my shed at this
very moment)- apparently there is no such beast, and never was.

I have made a ceck, directly at Ducati factory, and effectively Ducati as
built small diesel engines around 1970, the production as been terminated
few year after...
If I understand correctly the engine was designed for ground uses,
agricultural and similar...


Paolo



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