On Jul 19, 2006, at 3:43 AM, Gudguyham@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/18/2006 4:51:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kdutson@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> In the 40's and 50's we used speed of the wiper blades to
> determine fuel
> efficiency. <grin> Those days if you wanted to run mobile power
> you needed
> a dynamotor in the trunk. :)
In them good ol' days, serious mobiles had a Leece-Neville 3Ø AC
alternator, 3Ø HV xfmr, 6, 3B28 rectifiers, C-filter HVPS. An I-6-
cylinder engine was preferred because it afforded more room for
accomodating the above. Also, a manual throttle control was popular
so that one could transmit while at rest without killing the engine.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
>
>
>
> Keith, My first car was a 1956 Ford, you never wanted to pass a car
> in a
> heavy rain storm, if you did, you couldn't see where you were going
> when you put
> the peddle to the metal. The windshield wipers would stop dead.
> ahhh, those
> were the days.
For black humor, I liked the Ford Pinto, the car with the exploding
gas tank, a.k.a., the family crematorium on wheels -- one of "Ford's
better ideas".
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