Re: [VERY OT while waiting for Lenny?] reminiscing on old computers
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:17:06AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/09/08 23:14, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > I have a 1965 International Harvester (aka Cornbinder) Metro-Mite
> > delivery truck. It's so cool. Geared so low in first, you could pull
> > stumps with it...
>
> Gee, ya think uber-torque is why they did that?
>
> If you've got any pictures of it, throw them on the web. I'd love
> to see it.
I did pull stumps with our family's old 72 Dodge Dart (225 slant 5).
Did it too with my 1981 volvo (did everything with that beast).
Also with my 79 T-bird: engine and AOD out of an 86 CrownVick but left
the diff alone: mileage like a Honda Civic on the highway (7 L/100 Km),
mileage like a sherman tank in the city.
Doug.
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