From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 11/12/2024 3:02 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 11/11/2024 8:51 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Clare Snyder"  wrote in message   
   >> news:d5j5jjh9l75v95jofkrde2b2r8o7lr2bfr@4ax.com...   
   >>   
   >> toobad that willys is so far away!!   
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   >>> Bob La Londe   
   >>> CNC Molds N Stuff   
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   >> The M151 Jeeps we had in Germany were not good on the roads there.   
   >> They couldn't keep up on the Autobahn and the winding back roads that   
   >> BMWs were built for tempted drivers to exceed their cornering limits.   
   >> My VW could easily handle the unpaved forest fire trails where we set   
   >> up field exercise sites.   
   >>   
   >   
   > When my dad first got that old Willys ready to go for a first off road   
   > adventure we headed off across the sand dunes.  I thought it was going   
   > just fine, but he said he didn't feel like it was performing properly.   
   > When we got back to the store and pulled around to the back to the shop   
   > he hopped out to take a look.  Then he realized he hadn't engaged the   
   > hubs.  LOL.   
   >   
   > Probably, its biggest real world use for us was tracking people lost in   
   > the desert.  Now I can track (to a limited extent) looking at the window   
   > of my truck, but I've always been better able to track on the ground.   
   > Back then I hadn't really learned to track.  Not well anyway.  We'd put   
   > that old GPV in first gear and hop out.  As long as the terrain wasn't   
   > extremely off camber or a crazy grade it would easily keep going in the   
   > direction it was last pointed.  We could spread out, cut sign, walk back   
   > to the Jeep for lunch or a drink of water, or to change course as   
   > needed.  Seems like a little thing but it made a several hour to all day   
   > rescue tolerable.   
   >   
   > The short wheel base and front and rear end clearance was fantastic for   
   > crossing all but the worst washouts, and it would climb some pretty   
   > incredible grades just idling along with somebody at the wheel.  Sand   
   > was not even an issue.   
   >   
   > High speed cornering?  Um-no.  Lots of high clearance vehicles struggle   
   > with that.  Even some you might not think.  Flat out on the Autobahn?   
   > You are kidding right?  How much do you expect out of a flat head four?   
   > Were you guys raiding the clinic and feeding it nitrous?  Even then...   
   > Um-no.  LOL   
   >   
   > FYI:  That old '42 had a top speed in the high 50s.  Maybe low 60s (but   
   > I doubt it), but its got a torque ratio at idle that's insane.  Its a   
   > utility vehicle.  By today's standards just a basic 4x4 side by side   
   > with a bed to haul some stuff.   
   >   
   > P.S.  I should say I can track in the desert.  Not so much in the woods.   
   >   It depends.   
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     Dad had a '57 Jeep pickup , he swapped out the original flathead six   
   for a Tornado 230 overhead cam six . Weren't much for top end but it   
   sure could climb ! Used to really piss of the guys with their hopped up   
   big tire hot rod Chevy's and Fords . Dad would set the throttle at about   
   1500-1600 RPM and drop it in low/low/4 and just walk up the hills those   
   boys just spun out on . My brother "gave it away to a friend" after Dad   
   died .   
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