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1951 Mercury-Warm start and idle.wav

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lonemonk

November 7th, 2008

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances
Automobiles

Friday, October 31, 2008: 1951 Mercury with 255 cubic-inch Flathead V-8. Warm start and idle. 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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50s
automobile
car
classic-car
engine
flathead
ford
glass-packs
hotrod
idle
leadsled
mercury
ratrod
smithys-mufflers
start
v8

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:32.674

File size

5.5 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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M
mikiep

13 years, 5 months ago

Great stuff. I used it.

G
gcdonner

14 years, 10 months ago

Awesome sounding flathead. There just isn't any sweeter sounding engine on this earth.

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