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[History]Who pioneered the use of 2 magnetos?

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Old 08-30-2006, 04:43 PM
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If you are reaching that far you need to go back to Tommy Ivo. Heck, he had four on one car!

I forgot about Ivo. He had the the twin in the early 60's. That would be two mags.

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I forgot about Ivo. He had the the twin in the early 60's. That would be two mags.

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Twin? Hah!
He had a dragster with four engines!
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Old 08-30-2006, 09:27 PM
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Twin? Hah!
He had a dragster with four engines!
After the twin.

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Old 08-31-2006, 10:55 AM
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If I remember correctly I think Dave Benjamin was tinkering with this stuff during the 80's also....
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I forgot about Ivo. He had the the twin in the early 60's. That would be two mags.

Jay
I think "Quad Al" had eight!
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Old 08-31-2006, 12:13 PM
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I think "Quad Al" had eight!
I saw Quad Al, and I don't think it ever ran.

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I saw Quad Al, and I don't think it ever ran.

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It ran, nobody wanted it at their track as it tended to roll the pavement up like a tube of toothpaste.
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It ran, nobody wanted it at their track as it tended to roll the pavement up like a tube of toothpaste.

When Texd Collins bought it from Jim Lytle, it was just a trailer queen dragged from one car show to another.

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Old 09-03-2006, 06:27 PM
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The saga of Big Al
http://www.dragracingonline.com/nowthen/viii_8-1.html

Anyone know the story behind what happened to Tex Collins?

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Old 09-03-2006, 06:31 PM
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That should be Quad Al.
Howcome the edit feature doesn't work.
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