LMR Engine (APPCO 1977 ad)

[Terry Bentley]

Hey, maybe I should get me one of these LMR's... but I'd hafta run it with a BDC-16, in order to get the full self-inflicted-wound experience.

When I was still in high school, my first italian engine was an old obsolete Parilla BA-13A. This one had the die cast motor scooter head on it. Ugly! Since I wasnt sponsored by anyone, or funded by my parents, the idea of me owning a Burco carb was still a pipe dream. Those big Mac carbs were plentiful and cheap. So I welded up the stock rotary valve cover for a Delorto and made an adapter to bolt on a big Mac carb. Now I was stepping with the big boys.