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From: Clare Snyder <clare@snyder.on.ca>
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Subject: Re: 1991 ranger brake problem
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:40:19 -0500
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:02:49 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
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!!
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Bob La Londe
>>> CNC Molds N Stuff
>> --------------------------------------
>> 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.
>
>
>
>-- 
>Bob La Londe
>CNC Molds N Stuff
 I used to run an ex-military Dodge PowerWagon (1946?) as a tow truck.
About 48MPH wide open downhill with a tailwind - slightly faster if
you dropped it over a cliff