Kevin Brown stimulated our fantasies:
"I could run it up to 150 mph in fifth (up hill with the AC on) but
as soon as I hit sixth it would start slowing down -- though I recall at 145
mph in sixth I was only turning over 3600 rpm."
Boy, Kevin, I'm just trying to imagine split rims, leaf springs, 50
year old shocks, a beam axle and a screaming 235 in my old 3600 SLOWING DOWN
through 150 mph. The only place I can imagine such a scenario is after the
truck has been rolled off the loading ramp of a C-130 at 20,000 ft AGL . . .
Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com
1951 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Project, See it at:
The Poor Man's Advanced Design Tech Tips Page
http://home.earthlink.net/~conntest47/
Fullerton, California USA
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