UKen Prather wayefuna ukwakha intonga eshushu ephakathi kwe-injini. Umbono uye waphila kwaye umphumo waba yile "Pão de Forma" van ene-Chevrolet V8 injini.
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Utshintsho aluzange luphelele apho. UmMelika onobuchule wehlisa uphahla (-18cm), wongeza umoya wokungenisa emacaleni (okuthi, ngokutsho kwakhe, unike inkangeleko yezemidlalo), yomeleza i-chassis ukumelana nobunzima benjini ephakathi kwaye yongeza iijethi zamanzi kunye nabalandeli, ukuze i-injini ayitshisi kakhulu. Ngaphakathi ibonakaliswe ivili lokuqhuba yentsimbi, ideshibhodi egqunywe ngevinyl ebomvu namhlophe kunye nezihlalo zemidlalo. Umnini wale "midlalo" uthi iihambo azikhululekile, zigubungela phantse i-13 lamawaka eekhilomitha kunye nayo. Ngubani obaleka uyolo...
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