[SEL] V12 GMC

[FRM8198 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/2006 4:16:51 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
johnculp at chartertn.net writes:

I want  to see pictures of this thing!


John,
I believe these are same GM gasoline engines that the Air  Force used in 
their Minuteman transporters.  They used gasoline engines  instead of diesel 
because of availability of gasoline versus diesel fuel in some  of the remote 
launch sites.  The transporter had  3- 4 MPG  rating.  At some of the sites in the 
mid west had to be fueled in route to  the launch area.  If I remember 
correctly, the transporters had a fuel  capacity of 120 gallons.
I don't remember the cubic inch displacement.  However,  12 cylinder was 
actually two 6 cylinder engines in tandem.  At the  beginning of the program, they 
had many drive line/transmission problems.  

Francis