A neat write up by Hagerty Insurance on the beginnings and evolution of the Buick aluminum V-8. A few of these motors ended up in the modified class hydroplanes. I had heard from a couple of former drivers that those Buick V8s could became almost a grenade motor when used in the highly-stressed situation encountered in a hydroplane race. [shrapnel def – fragments of a bomb, shell, casings and/or other objects thrown out by an explosion]
