[Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 43, Issue 70

[R L Measures]

On Jul 19, 2006, at 3:43 AM, Gudguyham at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 7/18/2006 4:51:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kdutson at 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".