I seem to remember another Rube Goldberg project from the 1980's- - - -the Cadillac V8-6-4. A bunch of train drivers thought that was a good idea, too! How about the mid-1970's Vega high-silicon aluminum cylinder block with the acid-etched cylinder walls and the cast iron plated pistons? I made a bunch of money installing flanged cast iron sleeves and conventional pistons in those things!
LOL!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!