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The Jeep Tornado engine was the first post-World War II U.S.-designed mass-produced overhead cam (OHC) automobile engine. [1] The 230.5 cu in (3.78 L) hemi-headed straight-six was introduced in mid-year 1962, and replaced the flathead "6-226" Willys Super Hurricane that was in use since 1954.
The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for its transaxle version of GM's Turbo-Hydramatic transmission, making it the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since the demise of the Cord 810/812 in 1937.
F3 tornado damage on January 12. Between January 9 and 12, 1975 a panhandle hook cyclone produced tornadoes in the Southeast, including an F4 tornado that hit McComb, Mississippi killing 9 people. It is one of the largest January tornado outbreaks. [3] Aside the tornadoes, the cyclone dumped at least 27" of snow in Riverton, Minnesota. [4]
This 108 cu in (1,767 cc; 1.8 L) unit is an AMC designed air-cooled V4 engine that was only used in AMC's lightweight aluminium-bodied M422 'Mighty Mite' military vehicle, built from January 1960 to January 1963 as an air transportable (by the helicopters of the time) Jeep for the U.S. Marine Corps. [1]
A new overhead cam Jeep Tornado engine 230 cu in (3.8 L) straight-six producing 140 hp (104 kW; 142 PS) was standard. It was the first production overhead cam engine in an American light truck or SUV and one of the first OHC engines offered by an American manufacturer. [7]
It's been 47 years since the May 6, 1975 tornado struck the middle of Omaha during the afternoon. It was a devastating event for the city and killed three people.
Part of the 1974–75 North American winter and tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1975 The Great Storm of 1975 (also known as the Super Bowl Blizzard , Minnesota's Storm of the Century , or the Tornado Outbreak of January, 1975 ) was an intense winter storm system that impacted a large portion of the Central and Southeast United States from ...
747cc Straight-six engine, Four-stroke engine 1975-1980 125 2C: ... Engine Years Notes Image Tornado Tre 900: 898cc, Inline-triple engine, Four-stroke engine, ...