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Gov’s Drake Engine Start-Up and Former Drake Race Car Driver, Buzz Rose, Interview

Posted by Highway Classics on February 5, 2018
Posted in: Cool Stuff, Engine Shop. Tagged: Drake Engine, Engine Rebuild, Random, run-stand.

We have been working on Gov’s Drake Engine for about a year now.  It is finally complete.  You can see the initial run-stand video below.  As an added bonus we were fortunate enough to be able to interview Buzz Rose.  He is a former Drake engine-powered race car driver from the 50’s.  Enjoy!

To see the rest of Gov’s Drake engine rebuild story, click here.

 

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