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

Heh. Ex's mom let her date me because I showed up in an MGB and mom
presumed her daughter couldn't get in trouble in a small brit sports
car. Daughter took that as a personal challenge.

L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:

> Hi Earle,
> I drove for a year a Woody, parents would meet me at the door,
> telling me I wasn't taking their daughter out:
> http://www.----------.com/woody.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
> Earle Horton wrote:
>
>>Bill,
>>
>>You could get into a lot of trouble with those "Nash Airliner Reclining
>>Seats that adjust to four positions". ;^)
>>
>>Earle

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

Heh. Ex's mom let her date me because I showed up in an MGB and mom
presumed her daughter couldn't get in trouble in a small brit sports
car. Daughter took that as a personal challenge.

L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:

> Hi Earle,
> I drove for a year a Woody, parents would meet me at the door,
> telling me I wasn't taking their daughter out:
> http://www.----------.com/woody.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
> Earle Horton wrote:
>
>>Bill,
>>
>>You could get into a lot of trouble with those "Nash Airliner Reclining
>>Seats that adjust to four positions". ;^)
>>
>>Earle

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

Heh. Ex's mom let her date me because I showed up in an MGB and mom
presumed her daughter couldn't get in trouble in a small brit sports
car. Daughter took that as a personal challenge.

L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:

> Hi Earle,
> I drove for a year a Woody, parents would meet me at the door,
> telling me I wasn't taking their daughter out:
> http://www.----------.com/woody.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
> Earle Horton wrote:
>
>>Bill,
>>
>>You could get into a lot of trouble with those "Nash Airliner Reclining
>>Seats that adjust to four positions". ;^)
>>
>>Earle

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

The even older Nash's, before they went on the 6 banger kick got pretty
good mileage as well. Straight 8, twin ignition, standard overdrive...
and the same reclining seats.


Earle Horton proclaimed:

> 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 even older Nash's, before they went on the 6 banger kick got pretty
good mileage as well. Straight 8, twin ignition, standard overdrive...
and the same reclining seats.


Earle Horton proclaimed:

> 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 even older Nash's, before they went on the 6 banger kick got pretty
good mileage as well. Straight 8, twin ignition, standard overdrive...
and the same reclining seats.


Earle Horton proclaimed:

> 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)
 

Too bad they didn't keep the old sleeve valves, then Bill could always
just reply: "real jeeps have sleeve valves" heh heh.

L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:

> 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)
 

Too bad they didn't keep the old sleeve valves, then Bill could always
just reply: "real jeeps have sleeve valves" heh heh.

L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:

> 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)
 

Too bad they didn't keep the old sleeve valves, then Bill could always
just reply: "real jeeps have sleeve valves" heh heh.

L.W.(Bill) ------ III proclaimed:

> 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)
 

It was sixty miles an hour like all cars of the forties, at least
until we put in an overdrive: http://www.----------.com/DashPlate.gif
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

billy ray wrote:
>
> You should mention to the younger readers that 'highway speed' was 35 mph...