Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

Kaiser Jeep kept the Willys flat head six cylinder through '56:
http://www.cars-on-line.com/16759.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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JeffDeWitt wrote:
>
> That was interesting but obviously in French, which makes me wonder did
> Jeep sell any flat head sixes in the US or were they just for export?
>
> Jeff DeWitt

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

Kaiser Jeep kept the Willys flat head six cylinder through '56:
http://www.cars-on-line.com/16759.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

JeffDeWitt wrote:
>
> That was interesting but obviously in French, which makes me wonder did
> Jeep sell any flat head sixes in the US or were they just for export?
>
> Jeff DeWitt

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

There you go again, the little coward in Vancouver via 24.86.24.251
who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of it's self. By
trying to switch my post to it's alt.usenet.kooks buddies.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> And what makes you think that had anything to do with your vehicle?

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

There you go again, the little coward in Vancouver via 24.86.24.251
who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of it's self. By
trying to switch my post to it's alt.usenet.kooks buddies.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> And what makes you think that had anything to do with your vehicle?

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

There you go again, the little coward in Vancouver via 24.86.24.251
who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of it's self. By
trying to switch my post to it's alt.usenet.kooks buddies.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

c wrote:
>
> And what makes you think that had anything to do with your vehicle?

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

You should mention to the younger readers that 'highway speed' was 35 mph...


"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:44B1BB28.7D16DB3F@cox.net...
> Hi Earle,
> Of course: http://www.----------.com/dana18.jpg tongue in cheek.
> Actually they did care about mileage, gasoline at twenty cents was still
> the most expensive, by volume product they would by. Brochures of the
> time would be around thirty miles to the gallon:
> http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Nash/...52-12_JPG.html
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> Now is that with, or without, the optional overdrive? ;^)
>>
>> I wonder if the USPS would have this information, and if they would share
>> it? Postal Jeeps were a lot like real Jeeps, except for a couple hundred
>> pounds less of running gear. Back in the Day, no one cared about
>> mileage,
>> except for the fleet owners.
>>
>> Earle

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

You should mention to the younger readers that 'highway speed' was 35 mph...


"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:44B1BB28.7D16DB3F@cox.net...
> Hi Earle,
> Of course: http://www.----------.com/dana18.jpg tongue in cheek.
> Actually they did care about mileage, gasoline at twenty cents was still
> the most expensive, by volume product they would by. Brochures of the
> time would be around thirty miles to the gallon:
> http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Nash/...52-12_JPG.html
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> Now is that with, or without, the optional overdrive? ;^)
>>
>> I wonder if the USPS would have this information, and if they would share
>> it? Postal Jeeps were a lot like real Jeeps, except for a couple hundred
>> pounds less of running gear. Back in the Day, no one cared about
>> mileage,
>> except for the fleet owners.
>>
>> Earle

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

You should mention to the younger readers that 'highway speed' was 35 mph...


"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:44B1BB28.7D16DB3F@cox.net...
> Hi Earle,
> Of course: http://www.----------.com/dana18.jpg tongue in cheek.
> Actually they did care about mileage, gasoline at twenty cents was still
> the most expensive, by volume product they would by. Brochures of the
> time would be around thirty miles to the gallon:
> http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Nash/...52-12_JPG.html
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>> Now is that with, or without, the optional overdrive? ;^)
>>
>> I wonder if the USPS would have this information, and if they would share
>> it? Postal Jeeps were a lot like real Jeeps, except for a couple hundred
>> pounds less of running gear. Back in the Day, no one cared about
>> mileage,
>> except for the fleet owners.
>>
>> Earle

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

The Nash he is talking about got good mileage, even by current standards, of
30+ mpg. The later Rambler American, a smaller, stripped down version with,
I believe, the same flat head six, got a little better. I looked down the
bore of number one cylinder on one, with a vertical groove at least two
millimeters deep, and started thinking, how much work I was willing to put
into a fifty year old "economy car". Some fish you just have to throw them
back.

Earle

"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2f930$44b219b8$48311525$15556@FUSE.NET...
> You should mention to the younger readers that 'highway speed' was 35
mph...
>
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:44B1BB28.7D16DB3F@cox.net...
> > Hi Earle,
> > Of course: http://www.----------.com/dana18.jpg tongue in cheek.
> > Actually they did care about mileage, gasoline at twenty cents was still
> > the most expensive, by volume product they would by. Brochures of the
> > time would be around thirty miles to the gallon:
> > http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Nash/...52-12_JPG.html
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
> >
> > Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> Now is that with, or without, the optional overdrive? ;^)
> >>
> >> I wonder if the USPS would have this information, and if they would
share
> >> it? Postal Jeeps were a lot like real Jeeps, except for a couple
hundred
> >> pounds less of running gear. Back in the Day, no one cared about
> >> mileage,
> >> except for the fleet owners.
> >>
> >> Earle
>
>

Re: Q for the old timers (Flat fender fuel mileage)
 

The Nash he is talking about got good mileage, even by current standards, of
30+ mpg. The later Rambler American, a smaller, stripped down version with,
I believe, the same flat head six, got a little better. I looked down the
bore of number one cylinder on one, with a vertical groove at least two
millimeters deep, and started thinking, how much work I was willing to put
into a fifty year old "economy car". Some fish you just have to throw them
back.

Earle

"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2f930$44b219b8$48311525$15556@FUSE.NET...
> You should mention to the younger readers that 'highway speed' was 35
mph...
>
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:44B1BB28.7D16DB3F@cox.net...
> > Hi Earle,
> > Of course: http://www.----------.com/dana18.jpg tongue in cheek.
> > Actually they did care about mileage, gasoline at twenty cents was still
> > the most expensive, by volume product they would by. Brochures of the
> > time would be around thirty miles to the gallon:
> > http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Nash/...52-12_JPG.html
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
> >
> > Earle Horton wrote:
> >>
> >> Now is that with, or without, the optional overdrive? ;^)
> >>
> >> I wonder if the USPS would have this information, and if they would
share
> >> it? Postal Jeeps were a lot like real Jeeps, except for a couple
hundred
> >> pounds less of running gear. Back in the Day, no one cared about
> >> mileage,
> >> except for the fleet owners.
> >>
> >> Earle
>
>