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"JR1" (type35bugatti) 05/10/2017 at 08:00 • Filed to: None

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Here is one of the last mass produced V12 American made cars.

boredalways > JR1 05/10/2017 at 08:40

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If only the new Conntential would offer a factory produced convertible.

I’m sure some custom car shop is working on one

JR1 > boredalways 05/10/2017 at 08:41

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That would be outstanding. We have not had a big cruising convertible from one of the American luxury companies in sometime.

kanadanmajava1 > JR1 05/10/2017 at 08:43

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That’s a quite sad fact.

In 60's V12 was quite close to make a comeback. The FWD Eldorado got a longitudinal mounted engine as the powertrain engineers wanted have enough room for a possible V12.

The surviving prototype engines look pretty much production ready, but it had some reliability and cost issues that finally shelved the project.

But the cylinder head design with a separate camshaft carrier section did appear in 80's 4-cylinder Opel engines.

Solitaire and Cien concepts also had prototype V12s, but they way a lot further from being production ready.

JR1 > kanadanmajava1 05/10/2017 at 08:50

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It is a sad fact. I knew Cadillac had floated the idea around in the 60s. It doesn’t surprise me though that they went with a V8. Americans have been drunk with V8 power ever since the Rocket 88 and we haven’t looked back since.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > JR1 05/10/2017 at 09:19

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One of the last V12 trucks:

JR1 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 05/10/2017 at 09:38

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If I remember right it was a 60s GM product right?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > JR1 05/10/2017 at 09:59

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12V71TT that made it into a wide number of trucks in the 60s and 70s. The 8V92 started it’s decline and emissions finished it.

kanadanmajava1 > JR1 05/10/2017 at 10:28

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I wish they would have ofeered some alternatives for V8 in the end. I guess the demise of Corvair didn’t do much good for innovation in 60's.

Cadillac even toyed with an idea about a flagship model powered by a V16 engine in 60's. To my knowledge no engines were build, but many drawings, several scale models and one full scale mock up were still done.

JR1 > kanadanmajava1 05/10/2017 at 10:37

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That I was unaware of. How interesting that would have been and likely it would have been easier to engineer than a V12. Just stick too small blocks together and it would have been job done.