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Originally Posted by 68Gold/white
Smokey Yunick wrote about these engines, maybe in Circle Track magazine. He was a GMC dealer until 1970 or so. He said those engines were great... for short periods of time. Had problems w/ fuel distribution, burned pistons, cracked exh manifolds. Seems like he spoke of them being in mostly fire trucks...He said when they ran, they ran great, just too many problems...
I'd like to see one!!!
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I see your from Ark City, I used to live there and still have many relatives there. A guy I used to work with said he used to drive a 10 wheel milk truck with the V-12 Jimmy. He said it was slow and drank fuel. I think he ran out of Wichita possibly AMPI.