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1951 Mercury-Cold Crank.wav

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lonemonk

November 7th, 2008

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines
Automobiles

Friday, October 31, 2008: 1951 Mercury with 255 cubic-inch Flathead V-8. Cold turnovers. This car was previously owned by Polydor Records to advertise the Canadian release of the Grease movie soundtrack. Recording gear: Zoom H2 @ 44.1K/16bit using 90 degree stereo mode.

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1950s
1951
automobile
car
car-start
classic-car
engine
engine-start
flathead
ford
glass-packs
hotrod
leadsled
mercury
not
not-starting
ratrod
smithys-mufflers
start
starting
v8
wont-start

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:31.279

File size

5.3 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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exsanquis

6 years, 3 months ago

Used the file here at the very end of the video! Thank you!
https://youtu.be/80VIEIFTXLk

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se2001

6 years, 5 months ago

Thanks!

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Supernatural...

7 years ago

THanks for this, couldn't find an engine not starting so I'll edit this and use it on Supernatural Stories.

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soundPles

7 years, 9 months ago

Thanks for this! I've used it on my video, at around 7min30sec mark. Please feel free to check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=strk-tVHy9g

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RS_Audio_Cre...

8 years, 1 month ago

Used for a placeholder, thank you!

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