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I disagree. I own nothing but Diesels of many types
averaged 38mpg no matter what. That said I was keeping the speed moderate. I
suspect if I was at 90mph the difference would become apparent.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 02:49:44 -0400
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A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm
highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind
This is the textbook difference between direct and indirect injection isn't it?
-Curt
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:18:34 -0400
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Michael Canfield wrote:
My 6.2 will pull 25 empty @55mph but run 65 with no
OD and it drops dramatically to 15.
Curt wrote:
This is the textbook difference between direct and indirect
injection isn't it?
The GM 6.2L is indirect injection. And that _shouldn't_ make a
difference
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: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:16 PM
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The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other
vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice
shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much
more common
have a
stable full.
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The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other
Gary wrote:
when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a
1960 cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially
thrown away for being worthless
Alex wrote:
Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to
get a nice well-preserved one and do
On 30/08/2013 12:01 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html
If I want to drive a topless car that looks like a Jeep but is less
practical, for
On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote:
The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other
vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice
shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much
more common Jeepster Commando
Well duh, for a daily driver. Of which this is not. It is a toy, not a
tool.
Mike
On Aug 30, 2013 3:20 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 30/08/2013 12:16 PM, Michael Canfield wrote:
The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other
vehicle could you get
That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the
daily driver.
I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem
readily available but my concern is that it will be noticed because it
is different and be targeted by vandals on parking lots etc. Not
A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm
highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol
Would be near bulletproof, hot enough to smoke near anything off the line,
efficient, etc
Mike
On Aug 30, 2013 2:24 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
i agree with that. what makes a car really work long term is cheap and
plentiful parts and ease of service. the reason you buy a ford is not so
much that its the greatest car there is, but there are parts everywhere
cheap and anyone knows how to fix it.
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Randy
A Checker should have enough room to drop in a Cummins from a Dodge
pickup truck.
I remember when I was but a young fellow, I worked a couple of summers
in a grocery store out at the lake. That would have been probably about
1965 and 1966 or maybe 1967.
One of my jobs was to help pack food
On Aug 30, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
the reason you buy a ford is not so
much that its the greatest car there is, but there are parts everywhere
cheap and anyone knows how to fix it.
I would argue the anyone knows how to fix it. Good independent shops are a
The mother of this girl I worked with in Houston lived close to me, she
had a Checker done up like an old taxi -- yellow with some sort of
logo. It was her daily driver. I'd see her tooling around in it quite
often, and see it parked on the street by her condo.
--R
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On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
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Cute, but for $20K+, I think I can find lots of other vehicles I would
prefer.
It is sort of like a Miata. They look nice but I don't want one.
Randy
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: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:28 PM
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give it time.
back in the 80s, minis in england and bugs in CA would sell for a couple of
hundred bucks in usable condition. both are worth real money today
as i mentioned, toyota starlets and even chevettes are worth money
they were perceived as worthless. but they were GREAT cars
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.comwrote:
A Checker worthless? I would love to have one of those ugly old things to
cart my rugrats around in. Those things were Mercedes Diesel reliable and
Chevy
.
-Curt
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give
as well, only
5K made. Yet they are dogs on Craigslist, and for 20K you can have a
stable full.
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You worry too much. Just drive it and hope for the best.
Mike
On Aug 30, 2013 3:33 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the
daily driver.
I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem
That is what I am doing. It is not a show car.
Randy
On 30/08/2013 2:40 PM, Michael Canfield wrote:
You worry too much. Just drive it and hope for the best.
Mike
On Aug 30, 2013 3:33 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The
The Jeepster has quite a cult following due to it's rarity. What other
vehicle could you get for 20 big ones that is as rare and in such nice
shape? There really was less than 9k of them made. This is not the much
more common Jeepster Commando that they made thousands and thousands of.
It is a
On Aug 30, 2013 10:28 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
give it time.
That's the key, isn't it?
Jaime keeps telling us to buy up 116s because they're becoming
collectible. Living in the biohipster capital of the world I see lots of
clapped-out 300SDs, so it's hard to take him
another example of a simple and direct car that has become valuable. hell,
even starlets and chevettes have become valuable!
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Alex Chamberlain
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On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 30/08/2013
checker had a wagon version back when they were still making passenger
cars. i've always wanted one but never even seen one
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Rich Thomas
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My buddy in high school had a Checker cab his dad bought at a charity
auction
On Aug 30, 2013 10:49 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960
cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for
being worthless
Argh! I love Checkers. Haven't seen one in years. I'd like to get a
when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2 vehicle: a 1960
cadillac and a 70s checker cab. both were essentially thrown away for
being worthless
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Alex Chamberlain
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On Aug 30, 2013 10:28 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com
I tried to find a Checker when I was in high school, mainly for the interior
size and significant number of bodies it could carry. I could never seem to
find one when I was in the market, though.
My second choice was a beautiful 1965 Cadillac hearse that my buddy's dad
(local funeral
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On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html
If I
i have the opposite outlook. i'd want one with the ancient continental
truck engine
they were worthless. i think the going rate for an ex NYC cab was 300
dollars. you'd buy one. drive it until something broke that cost over 50
bucks. then throw it away
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Alex
My buddy in high school had a Checker cab his dad bought at a charity
auction for $500. It had been cleaned up and painted baby blue. He
gave everyone rides home in it, could get at least 8 or 10 kids in there
with the jump seats that folded down in the back. He drove it for a
coupla years
once you become a collector car, the cheap simple things goes away. at a
certain point in history, though, this would be a car to buy and use.
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
On Aug 30, 2013 9:16 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
On 30/08/2013 2:04 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/ctd/3990826426.html
If I want to drive a topless car that looks like a Jeep but is less
practical, for $20K I bet I could find an absolutely mint VW
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That is what I have the 76 115 300D for. It is the toy. The truck is the
daily driver.
I am already getting concerned that the 300D is too rare. Parts seem
readily available but my concern
A Checker worthless? I would love to have one of those ugly old things to
cart my rugrats around in. Those things were Mercedes Diesel reliable and
Chevy truck tough.
Mike
On Aug 30, 2013 1:49 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
when i was a kid, i had an ownership interest in 2
The local VW dealer has one in the show room, mostly restored. It's not for
sale, and I don't think they drive it.
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
We saw some of those Things when we were in Hawaii last winter. A good
vehicle for that climate.
No problem piling the grocery bags in the back seat of that [Checker].
You can get 27 paper boxes (cases) into the trunk and back
seat of the 126 long body. Front seats unimpeded.
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yeah, well, certainly you don't have to seek out a ford specialist at
$125 an hour to throw 10 grand worth of parts at it hoping something sticks
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Aug 30, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
A twin turbo 1000hp 6bt with a triple overdrive for ridiculous low rpm
highway cruising and 50mpg or better is what I had in mind..lol
Why 50 mpg? It's a diesel, they're not quite as sensitive to
RPM as a gasser. You can get a solid 25MPG in the truck if you
keep it under 1800 RPM, which
Do you not have the option to get it insured as a classic? That way you can
set a good payout that would keep the vandals from killing it, as you will be
able to fund a rebuild. The parts are shared with the R107, so you should have
a reasonable source of parts for a long while. Not so lucky
I disagree. I own nothing but Diesels of many types and every one but the
Mercedes is very sensitive to RPM when efficiency is in mind. Only the
Benz seems to like to rev and still get great figures. My Powerstroke will
pull near 22 mpg if you never let it over 2000rpm while towing a 6500
Randy wrote:
A Checker should have enough room to drop in a Cummins from a
Dodge pickup truck.
Minor point, the Cummins B-series, 6 cylinder, turbo (6BT) is used
in Dodge pickups, but that's not the only place to find them. They
were used in truck chassis up to class 6 at least.
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