DeTomaso Mailing List: July 99, Message #253

Yeah, it so happened that I bumped into a Polish guy the other day
here in hot Warsaw, and by some reason we started to talk about cars,
got into the ideal social talks about Pantera and also the ZF. He,
the Polish guy said he had some articles regarding the steam-roller
and the use of ZF, from an old magazine from the 1950's?? Well, when
I checked it up, it show clearly he had misunderstood the whole thing.
Probably the language-barrier. It show up to be a story of the SS that
had steam-rolled Poland during the 2nd WW.;=>
Believe it or not, but it's a good story, if nothing else........
Yours truly ever.......Bo84GT5 (pen-pal);-)))

JDeRyke@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 7/7/99 3:21:58 PM, cfoster@etcconnect.com writes:
> 
> << I'm curious Jack, why does a steam roller need 5 speeds forward? Around
> here, Cal Trans is always in reverse! >>
> 
> Seriously, I know very little about the thing, except that it was front-wheel
> drive & had a remote oil sump for sure-fire gear lubing on really steep
> hills. Maybe Bo Grims or one of the other Swedes knows. I think someone found
> one in a Euro junkyard years back & wanted to know if anything was useable. I
> think we decided the cases & maybe the mainshaft might work.... Cheers- J
> DeRyke