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Re: How Many Miles?
I've had a couple of Studebakers with Strombergs, never had any trouble
with them. Jeff DeWitt Dave Milne wrote: > I think we agree on Strombergs. Essentially the same design, though. Funny, > that. > Dave > > "Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com... > >>Dave Milne wrote: >> >>>Ouch ! >>> >>>Actually, it ran very smoothly, but it was a regular Saturday morning > > job to > >>>put oil in the twin SU's dash pots :-) >> >> >> Most of the six cylinder Triumphs were swapped out for Buick V6s, >>Mazda rotaries, or fitted with Webers here in the States. I threw at >>least twenty of the old Strombergs used on Jags and such over here in >>the smog years in the aluminum smelt pile a few years ago. No one >>misses 'em. The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once >>you learned how. The Harley guys used to be the big market for them >>used. >> > > > |
Re: How Many Miles?
I've had a couple of Studebakers with Strombergs, never had any trouble
with them. Jeff DeWitt Dave Milne wrote: > I think we agree on Strombergs. Essentially the same design, though. Funny, > that. > Dave > > "Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com... > >>Dave Milne wrote: >> >>>Ouch ! >>> >>>Actually, it ran very smoothly, but it was a regular Saturday morning > > job to > >>>put oil in the twin SU's dash pots :-) >> >> >> Most of the six cylinder Triumphs were swapped out for Buick V6s, >>Mazda rotaries, or fitted with Webers here in the States. I threw at >>least twenty of the old Strombergs used on Jags and such over here in >>the smog years in the aluminum smelt pile a few years ago. No one >>misses 'em. The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once >>you learned how. The Harley guys used to be the big market for them >>used. >> > > > |
Re: How Many Miles?
Read a review recently where they compared a Honda Accord, a Toyota
Camry, a Hyundai Sonata (I think) and a Ford Fusion. All four cars got good reviews, all were more or less comparable, three of the four were made in the US. Guess which one WASN'T made in the US? Yep, you got it, the Ford was made in Mexico, the rest were made in the US. While Ford is downsizing and closing plants they ought to close that one, a lot of us want to buy US cars that are actually US cars! Jeff DeWitt Matt Macchiarolo wrote: > I live in Southeast MI, I don't see nearly as many foreign cars as you do, > or when I lived in the South for 22 years...LOTS of Nissans, Hondas and > Toyotas. The way things are going for the Big Three that's changing fast, > and I have seen a lot more Hondas and Toyotas lately around here. > > Remember the Honda Oddity (Odyssey) my wife lease a while back...we had to > file a lemon law suit to make them buy it back because they couldn't fix the > oil leak. Leaked a quart every 300 miles. Each morning there would be a > puddle under the car. Had to park it over a catch pan. I prefer American > nameplates but the Honda had the features we wanted. Of course by the time > they finally took it back the Fords and Chryslers caught up. > > "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message > news:450E849A.C9BCDB26@cox.net... > >> Those too, along with German cars, seen a Volkswagen Golf, lately? >> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O >>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ >> >>Matt Macchiarolo wrote: >> >>>Nah, he just can't see that those cars going to the crusher aren't >>>Japanese, >>>they're Korean. To him, they all look alike anyway... :-) > > > |
Re: How Many Miles?
Read a review recently where they compared a Honda Accord, a Toyota
Camry, a Hyundai Sonata (I think) and a Ford Fusion. All four cars got good reviews, all were more or less comparable, three of the four were made in the US. Guess which one WASN'T made in the US? Yep, you got it, the Ford was made in Mexico, the rest were made in the US. While Ford is downsizing and closing plants they ought to close that one, a lot of us want to buy US cars that are actually US cars! Jeff DeWitt Matt Macchiarolo wrote: > I live in Southeast MI, I don't see nearly as many foreign cars as you do, > or when I lived in the South for 22 years...LOTS of Nissans, Hondas and > Toyotas. The way things are going for the Big Three that's changing fast, > and I have seen a lot more Hondas and Toyotas lately around here. > > Remember the Honda Oddity (Odyssey) my wife lease a while back...we had to > file a lemon law suit to make them buy it back because they couldn't fix the > oil leak. Leaked a quart every 300 miles. Each morning there would be a > puddle under the car. Had to park it over a catch pan. I prefer American > nameplates but the Honda had the features we wanted. Of course by the time > they finally took it back the Fords and Chryslers caught up. > > "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message > news:450E849A.C9BCDB26@cox.net... > >> Those too, along with German cars, seen a Volkswagen Golf, lately? >> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O >>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ >> >>Matt Macchiarolo wrote: >> >>>Nah, he just can't see that those cars going to the crusher aren't >>>Japanese, >>>they're Korean. To him, they all look alike anyway... :-) > > > |
Re: How Many Miles?
Read a review recently where they compared a Honda Accord, a Toyota
Camry, a Hyundai Sonata (I think) and a Ford Fusion. All four cars got good reviews, all were more or less comparable, three of the four were made in the US. Guess which one WASN'T made in the US? Yep, you got it, the Ford was made in Mexico, the rest were made in the US. While Ford is downsizing and closing plants they ought to close that one, a lot of us want to buy US cars that are actually US cars! Jeff DeWitt Matt Macchiarolo wrote: > I live in Southeast MI, I don't see nearly as many foreign cars as you do, > or when I lived in the South for 22 years...LOTS of Nissans, Hondas and > Toyotas. The way things are going for the Big Three that's changing fast, > and I have seen a lot more Hondas and Toyotas lately around here. > > Remember the Honda Oddity (Odyssey) my wife lease a while back...we had to > file a lemon law suit to make them buy it back because they couldn't fix the > oil leak. Leaked a quart every 300 miles. Each morning there would be a > puddle under the car. Had to park it over a catch pan. I prefer American > nameplates but the Honda had the features we wanted. Of course by the time > they finally took it back the Fords and Chryslers caught up. > > "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message > news:450E849A.C9BCDB26@cox.net... > >> Those too, along with German cars, seen a Volkswagen Golf, lately? >> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O >>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ >> >>Matt Macchiarolo wrote: >> >>>Nah, he just can't see that those cars going to the crusher aren't >>>Japanese, >>>they're Korean. To him, they all look alike anyway... :-) > > > |
Re: How Many Miles?
Before the Holley came along, the Stromberg 97 like came off the
Fords of the thirties was the carburetor the Hot Rodders used: http://www.vintagespeed.com/6x2%2097%20setup.JPG I used eight on an Hemi powered '27 T Altered back in the fifties: http://www.----------.com/27T.mpg God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:-------------------- Jeffrey DeWitt wrote: > > I've had a couple of Studebakers with Strombergs, never had any trouble > with them. > > Jeff DeWitt |
Re: How Many Miles?
Before the Holley came along, the Stromberg 97 like came off the
Fords of the thirties was the carburetor the Hot Rodders used: http://www.vintagespeed.com/6x2%2097%20setup.JPG I used eight on an Hemi powered '27 T Altered back in the fifties: http://www.----------.com/27T.mpg God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:-------------------- Jeffrey DeWitt wrote: > > I've had a couple of Studebakers with Strombergs, never had any trouble > with them. > > Jeff DeWitt |
Re: How Many Miles?
Before the Holley came along, the Stromberg 97 like came off the
Fords of the thirties was the carburetor the Hot Rodders used: http://www.vintagespeed.com/6x2%2097%20setup.JPG I used eight on an Hemi powered '27 T Altered back in the fifties: http://www.----------.com/27T.mpg God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:-------------------- Jeffrey DeWitt wrote: > > I've had a couple of Studebakers with Strombergs, never had any trouble > with them. > > Jeff DeWitt |
Re: How Many Miles?
L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote: > Before the Holley came along, the Stromberg 97 like came off the > Fords of the thirties was the carburetor the Hot Rodders used: > http://www.vintagespeed.com/6x2%2097%20setup.JPG I used eight on an Hemi > powered '27 T Altered back in the fifties: These are two very different carburetors we are talking about here, though neither was very good. The Stromberg on Jags is a CV deal like a SU, but not as good even after depollutionizing. The hot rodders used the old 97s because junkyards had them in profusion, not because they were any good. Like anything off a flathead V8 Ford. |
Re: How Many Miles?
L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote: > Before the Holley came along, the Stromberg 97 like came off the > Fords of the thirties was the carburetor the Hot Rodders used: > http://www.vintagespeed.com/6x2%2097%20setup.JPG I used eight on an Hemi > powered '27 T Altered back in the fifties: These are two very different carburetors we are talking about here, though neither was very good. The Stromberg on Jags is a CV deal like a SU, but not as good even after depollutionizing. The hot rodders used the old 97s because junkyards had them in profusion, not because they were any good. Like anything off a flathead V8 Ford. |
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