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Educational Time. I am the teacher but may not be right. Our buddy Dave is remarkable about pointing out oddities in pictures and he is usually right. The "Teenage Hot Rodders" and train posted below he noticed that the artist did not know much about cars. V8 in appearance but only three exhaust pipes like a V6.

It took some time to find a real pic to show why. The car on the far side is powered by a "Nailhead" Buick with its tell tale vertical valve covers. The closest car, I think it sports a vintage 1950's Oldsmobile engine, a V8 for certain but only 3 exhaust pipes! They used a cylinder head referred to as a "Siamese" design where two cylinders share a common exhaust port. Ford Flatheads were similar. While the Olds was a heavy engine lots of drag racers used them because they were so strong, even in supercharged classes.

So Dave keep looking, you see stuff I never do! Somebody please correct me if I am wrong.

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<blockquote data-quote="Black 03 Z06" data-source="post: 312475" data-attributes="member: 1852">Educational Time.&nbsp; I am the teacher but may not be right.&nbsp; <img src="/styles/smilies-extra/vette-smileys/biggrin5.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Biggrin:" title="Biggrin5&nbsp; &nbsp; :Biggrin:" data-shortname=":Biggrin:" /> Our buddy Dave is remarkable about pointing out oddities in pictures and he is usually right.&nbsp; The &quot;Teenage Hot Rodders&quot; and train posted below he noticed that the artist did not know much about cars.&nbsp; V8 in appearance but only three exhaust pipes like a V6.It took some time to find a real pic to show why.&nbsp; The car on the far side is powered by a &quot;Nailhead&quot; Buick with its tell tale vertical valve covers.&nbsp; The closest car, I think it sports a vintage 1950&#039;s Oldsmobile engine, a V8 for certain but only 3 exhaust pipes!&nbsp; They used a cylinder head referred to as a &quot;Siamese&quot; design where two cylinders share a common exhaust port.&nbsp; Ford Flatheads were similar.&nbsp; While the Olds was a heavy engine lots of drag racers used them because they were so strong, even in supercharged classes.So Dave keep looking, you see stuff I never do! <img src="/styles/smilies-extra/vette-smileys/thumbsup.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbsup&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" />&nbsp; Somebody please correct me if I am wrong.[ATTACH=full]112874[/ATTACH]T buckets having a go[ATTACH=full]112875[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Black 03 Z06, post: 312475, member: 1852"] Educational Time. I am the teacher but may not be right. :Biggrin: Our buddy Dave is remarkable about pointing out oddities in pictures and he is usually right. The "Teenage Hot Rodders" and train posted below he noticed that the artist did not know much about cars. V8 in appearance but only three exhaust pipes like a V6. It took some time to find a real pic to show why. The car on the far side is powered by a "Nailhead" Buick with its tell tale vertical valve covers. The closest car, I think it sports a vintage 1950's Oldsmobile engine, a V8 for certain but only 3 exhaust pipes! They used a cylinder head referred to as a "Siamese" design where two cylinders share a common exhaust port. Ford Flatheads were similar. While the Olds was a heavy engine lots of drag racers used them because they were so strong, even in supercharged classes. So Dave keep looking, you see stuff I never do! :thumbs: Somebody please correct me if I am wrong. [ATTACH type="full" alt="40C54F90-7A07-4D21-BD5B-7A3789D67513.jpeg"]112874[/ATTACH] T buckets having a go [ATTACH type="full" alt="3 2 1.jpg"]112875[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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