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Well, it would be a step up from what I used to use:
1958 Ford Thames van. Not mine but very similar. It had 34 HP and was very poopie on the hills. Windshield wipers stopped when accelerating but, it was mine and got me and my stuff to gigs.
Vacuum-powered wipers?Well, it would be a step up from what I used to use:
1958 Ford Thames van. Not mine but very similar. It had 34 HP and was very poopie on the hills. Windshield wipers stopped when accelerating but, it was mine and got me and my stuff to gigs
. There was no AAA/CAA back then.
. Fun times...a sense of humor was as necessary then as it is now.
The M35 Duce and a half and the M15 Jeep had vacuum actuated wipers. When you first turned them on, you heard the hiss and eventually they would start wiping. They would slow down when you accelerated and would speed up if you engine brake.
A friend bought a used late '40s or early '50s Ford Woody Wagon similar to this one for $300. He got no further than 2 blocks from the dealer he bought it from when it went up in flames. The dealer had replaced the battery, putting a 12 volt one in a car wired for 6 volts. The dealer refused to do anything, claiming that it was purchased "as is" and he'd driven it off the lot. It cost my friend another $400 to replace all of the wiring. That story got out, and that dealer was out of business in less than a year. Good riddance.Well, it would be a step up from what I used to use:
1958 Ford Thames van. Not mine but very similar. It had 34 HP and was very poopie on the hills. Windshield wipers stopped when accelerating but, it was mine and got me and my stuff to gigs
Ah. The ol' deuce and a half. I drove a specialized one in Germany, a command center on wheels. The sides would crank out, making space on both sides of the long table mounted in it. There was a tall board at the end of the table closest to the cab, used for mounting maps and such. Boy, did the Germans hate it when I had to take it out on the Autobahn. It would back up traffic for kilometers. One time, in a convoy during a Reforager exercise, a German started tailgating another deuce that was towing a tank. On a steep hill, the tank trailer popped out of the connecting "hinge" and backed over the car, killing its driver instantly. That went over poorly in the press.
I've been waiting for someone to correct my error. The Slinky's are Cobalt flats, not Chrome flats. That's what I'm going to install on my new Wattplower Mk II, scheduled for delivery Tuesday!
Well, never having to do it is an "age thing"!
The hand crank bypasses the starter and turns the whole motor. The first autos had hand cranks as the only means to start the engine. One thing to remember is to let go of the crank quickly. If you didn't, you risked a broken wrist or arm. AAA fixed all of that although popping the clutch on a standard transmission could get you going.
Of course, hand cranks were used on old telephones to signal the operator.
History lesson over...
Oh, I know. Just surprised I never did that on a vehicle. I have used a hand crank on a field telephone.Well, never having to do it is an "age thing"!
The hand crank bypasses the starter and turns the whole motor. The first autos had hand cranks as the only means to start the engine. One thing to remember is to let go of the crank quickly. If you didn't, you risked a broken wrist or arm. AAA fixed all of that although popping the clutch on a standard transmission could get you going.
Of course, hand cranks were used on old telephones to signal the operator.
History lesson over...
