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On 11/12/2024 3:02 PM, Bob La Londe 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.
> 
> 
> 

  Dad had a '57 Jeep pickup , he swapped out the original flathead six 
for a Tornado 230 overhead cam six . Weren't much for top end but it 
sure could climb ! Used to really piss of the guys with their hopped up 
big tire hot rod Chevy's and Fords . Dad would set the throttle at about 
1500-1600 RPM and drop it in low/low/4 and just walk up the hills those 
boys just spun out on . My brother "gave it away to a friend" after Dad 
died .
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