[MrFixr55]

Had dealt with more than a few Franken-Fords in my life, especially my 70 Falcon wagon (302, AC, etc., sold it in '82 with 150K Mi on the original engine, saw it 5 years later, still running!) which was actually built in Aug 1969. Some parts were 69, some were 70. To make matters worse, when the Maverick was introduced in 1970, the Falcon was discontinued. What did they do with all the Falcon insignias? they stuck them on stripped down Torinos. I still love Fords though.

GM took a lot of heat for putting Chevy engines in Oldsmobiles (and the Chevy SB V8 was much better than the Olds SB V8). My wife's best friend had an '83 Chevy caprice wagon with an Olds engine.

Looking at the tube layout of that 655 with the RF amp, 6F6 (triode wired) driver and the 2 6F6 triode connected Push Pull output should be a great performer! However, I just reviewed the specs for the 6F6 in the 1937 RCA receiving tube manual, and I don't understand the advantage of triode- connecting the Push Pull 6F6s. The specs for Pentode P-P 6F6s for AB2 show 19 W at 5% THD, and 14W at 7% for triode connected P-P 6F6s. Shame that they did not have ultra-linear transformers and the Williamson circuit in the mid 1930s.