-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/10/08 11:32, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > 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? > > I don't know why frankly. It was obviously a local delivery vehicle > and intended to carry some weight. This particular one was originally > purchased by the USAF and used as a flight-line ambulance. They may > have had special gearing requirements for it. It has a top end around
*Really* smooth acceleration for critically-wounded patients? Or really, really, really fat pilots? > 45 mph, which is fairly in line with flight-line speed limits. I don't even > bother with first gear because it's just ridiculous. Nothing quite > like revving that engine all the way and having the little old > pedestrian lady still beat you around the corner. > >> If you've got any pictures of it, throw them on the web. I'd love >> to see it. > > I think I've got some around here. If not I'll snap some and put them > up. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH/kQzS9HxQb37XmcRAvRVAJ4tR4Ez3PKbWZ5/tv/8SFbx9FeEmQCgt9nH /yoo24AHoDxmbGvN2x93oyE= =4yni -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
