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Old 11-20-2005, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by 302/Z28
A lot of people think Chrysler invented the hemi head, when in actuality it was the aircraft industry.

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Curtiss-Wright build a water cooled V8 hemi engine for WWI (1917) that was used in many airplanes back then... like the infamous Jenny of WWI. The engine was the Curtiss-Wright OX-5.

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