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Old 01-31-2007, 06:37 PM
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Happy Birthday to the Wankel Rotary engine

1957 - The first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time.

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Happy Birthday!
Old 01-31-2007, 06:52 PM
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Woo Hoo - 50 years of wankeling
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happy bday wankelers all!!
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It's come along way in 50 years.

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Birthday is tomorrow, actually.

Here is the corrected Wiki link (the link above just goes to the main page):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_rotary_engine

Its a double-birthday, really.
The first rotary Cosmo was put in production in 1967.
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Oh well we'll just celebrate again tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
Birthday is tomorrow, actually.

Here is the corrected Wiki link (the link above just goes to the main page):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_rotary_engine

Its a double-birthday, really.
The first rotary Cosmo was put in production in 1967.
HEH HEH HEH. I'm in Australia, where it's already tomorrow

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Its always 5pm somewhere!
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