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unusual facts about Perkins Engines Company Limited



Daimler Roadliner

From 1966 Daimler began to fit an alternative engine from Perkins of Peterborough, England, this was their V8-510 unit, a 90-degree V8 of 8.36 litres with a conventional injection layout and a maximum output of 170 bhp at 2,800 rpm, so fitted the model code was SRP8.

Dodge LCF Series

A range of Dodge and International Harvester gasoline engines were available, as were diesels from Perkins (for lighter variants), Cummins, Caterpillar, and Detroit Diesel for the heaviest duty versions, both six-cylinder and V8 versions.

Marcelino Camacho

In 1957, he returned to Spain with his family and started working in the Madrid factory of Perkins Engines.


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