Charles Culver wrote:
>
> Kevin-
>
> Yours is a familiar story. My '50 model 3/4 ton is a daily driver, and I
> don't spend a lot of time on the freeway, although I can do 55 comfortably.
> That doesn't help much when everyone else is going 80!
>
> I put some BIG 16" tires on her, and not only smoothed out the ride
> considerably, but can now cruise at higher speeds at a low rpm-For example,
> when the speedometer says 50, I'm actually going 63. Works for me.
>
> Smokey
> '50 3600 5-window
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin D. Pennell <pennellkd@f-a-s-t.net>
> To: Schorn, Tim <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>;
> oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>; 'Jeremy
> Eastman' <jeastman@appliedtheory.com>
> Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] NAPCO's as Daily Drivers
>
> >Mine made the commute 35 miles to, and 35 miles from, starting a month
> after
> >I dug her out of the field. Over a year with nary a burp. Never left me
> >hangin'. I'll admit that I worked on her at the house religiously, getting
> >bugs out. (I always carried tools, parts and duct tape, but never needed
> >them on the road!) I've since moved from Texas to Virginia, and now I
> don't
> >have access roads or back roads to drive on. Poor thing's top end won't
> >allow any interstate cruising, so she's become a weekend rambler/project.
> >She's un-restored and very rough, but mechanically sound. These beasts
> are
> >like the energizer bunny. They keep going, and going, and going... Has
> her
> >own drums too, just like the bunny-(Rod's knocking'!) Don't abuse em', or
> >wind them up tight for extended periods. Do your preventive maintenance,
> >and... enjoy them backroads!! (Better include this--- Gas mileage?
> What's
> >that???)
> >
> >Kevin
> >59' Apache 38/NAPCO (5.14's in the axles)
> >(I still can't drive 55!!!)
> >
> >Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 3:57 PM
> >Subject: RE: [oletrucks] NAPCO's as Daily Drivers
> >
> >
> >>All of us REAL men drive our NAPCO's on extra -long commutes every
> day!!!!!
> >>
> >>> Subject: [oletrucks] NAPCO's as Daily Drivers
> >>>
> >>> Just wondering if any of the NAPCO folks out there use their rigs as
> >daily
> >>> drivers, and what their thoughts are on relying on a NAPCO for daily
> >>> transportation for 30-mile commute.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Hey guys-
With 3:90's and 32 inch tires on my 56 panel I'm turning 2458 RPM @ 60
MPH. Check out the rpm calculator at
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/procrastination/rear.html
Gary Stutz
56 Panel
57 GMC 1ton panel (Elmer)
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