OT- Something for Gearheads

I had that 62 impala Coupe with the rubber bumpers once. White with red interior.--gabsolutely utless 327 vacuum retrard dist. Finally gave it up after the steering locked one day almost ended up nosediving off I-205 onramp onto the sr-14 underpass below, oh well..Still got the red puke.

I'm so glad it's GONE! My furnace is acting up, and the guy I know who does furnaces for a living is in no big hurry to pick up his custom machined part and pay back a favor.

Later,

Charlie

Something a little older, and a bit of manufacturing history.

We had a 1 ton, extended frame '22 or '23 C cab flat bed truck. The frame was added to the rear of the normal one and had a second rear axle that was chain driven from the original axle. Ours had sprockets arranged to produce a 3 to 1 reduction. We used ours to pick up hay from the field and carry it to the barn. Set the trottle at one notch and the spark at 3 notches, tie the steering wheel down, and you could walk faster than it moved, throwing bales on it the whole time. It would hold about 50 bales.

Jon