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'''Tadeusz «Tadek» Marek''' was a Polish automobile engineer, known for his [[Aston Martin]] engines. | |||
Marek was from Krakow.<ref>[http://www.tricykl.com/index.php?goto=arts:6/art:12 Złote czasy arystokracji] from tricykl.com (last accessed May 7, 2007)</ref> | |||
He raced and won with a [[Chevrolet]] Master sedan in the XII [[Rally of Poland]] (1939)<ref>[http://rallyofpoland.pl/newspl//fullnews.php?id=42 Zwycięzcy Rajdu Polski (1921 - 2005)] from rallyofpoland.pl (last accessed April 16, 2007)</ref> before moving to Great Britain | |||
where he joined the Centurion tank engine development (1944),<ref>[http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2007/03/put_the_dash_back_into_aston_m.html Put the dash back into Aston Martin] from blogs.guardian.co.uk.</ref> | |||
and eventually joined [[Aston Martin]] (1954).<ref>[http://philthefox.canalblog.com/archives/voitures_anciennes/index.html Aston Martin DB4 Superleggera] from canalblog.com.</ref> | |||
He developed the alloy 6-cylinder engine (forerunner of the DB4 engine) of the [[Aston Martin DBR2]] racing car (1956), and redesigned the [[Lagonda Straight-6 engine|Lagonda engine]] with a new cast iron block using top seating liners, used in the [[Aston Martin DB Mark III|DB Mark III]]. The DBR2 engine (after changes) was subsequently used in the [[Aston Martin DB4|DB4]],<ref>[http://www.designmuseum.org/design/aston-martin "Aston Martin - Great British Design Quest", Design Museum, undated], retrieved on January 12, 2009.</ref> [[Aston Martin DB5|DB5]], [[Aston Martin DB6|DB6]] and [[Aston Martin DBS|DBS]]. Marek also developed the [[Aston Martin V8]] engine (1968), which was in use until the year 2000. It was first equipped to a [[Aston Martin DB5|DB5]] driven by Marek personally (1965),<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2004/10/22/emfdb523.xml Going one better than James Bond] from telegraph.co.uk</ref> and two [[Aston Martin DB7]] were also equipped with this V8 (1995).<ref>[http://www.beanoboys.com/db7/db7_v8.htm Aston Martin DB7 V8 (1995)] from astonmartins.com]</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:19, 6 July 2010
Tadeusz «Tadek» Marek was a Polish automobile engineer, known for his Aston Martin engines.
Marek was from Krakow.<ref>Złote czasy arystokracji from tricykl.com (last accessed May 7, 2007)</ref> He raced and won with a Chevrolet Master sedan in the XII Rally of Poland (1939)<ref>Zwycięzcy Rajdu Polski (1921 - 2005) from rallyofpoland.pl (last accessed April 16, 2007)</ref> before moving to Great Britain where he joined the Centurion tank engine development (1944),<ref>Put the dash back into Aston Martin from blogs.guardian.co.uk.</ref> and eventually joined Aston Martin (1954).<ref>Aston Martin DB4 Superleggera from canalblog.com.</ref>
He developed the alloy 6-cylinder engine (forerunner of the DB4 engine) of the Aston Martin DBR2 racing car (1956), and redesigned the Lagonda engine with a new cast iron block using top seating liners, used in the DB Mark III. The DBR2 engine (after changes) was subsequently used in the DB4,<ref>"Aston Martin - Great British Design Quest", Design Museum, undated, retrieved on January 12, 2009.</ref> DB5, DB6 and DBS. Marek also developed the Aston Martin V8 engine (1968), which was in use until the year 2000. It was first equipped to a DB5 driven by Marek personally (1965),<ref>Going one better than James Bond from telegraph.co.uk</ref> and two Aston Martin DB7 were also equipped with this V8 (1995).<ref>Aston Martin DB7 V8 (1995) from astonmartins.com]</ref>
