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Jun/Jul 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
GAS-POWERED ELEPHANTBy Gerry LestzIf you see an elephant walking down the street in Waterford, Michigan, don't be alarmed-it is probably the gas-propelled pachyderm of Larry C. Gavette, and one of the most unusual mechanisms ever to cross your path. The elephant, named Jumbo, is heading for England this summer for a reunion with one of its mates, which is in a museum there. The whole story is delightful. Jumbo is powered by a 1939 Model 948 Anglia 8 HP engine. Gavette, who shows Jumbo in parades and at other public events, tells the whole story in a fascinating letter which we quote for this article. Peter Sellers, the late movie actor, was shown in a recent Life magazine atop Jumbo-a 30-year old photo. And Jumbo appeared at last year's GOP convention in Detroit, making the tail end of a TV report. Here is Gavette's information: "Jumbo was built in England 30 year... 810 of 7432 characters shown.
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