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1. 12:30 PM - Re: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 12/28/11 (Richard Girard)
2. 01:57 PM - Re: Re: q (kinne russ)
3. 04:25 PM - Re: Re: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 12/28/11 (Ron @ KFHU)
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| Subject: | Re: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 12/28/11 |
Completely non Kolb, but I can't resist.
Having owned 6 Econoline vans, 1 Econoline pickup (all seven of the 61 to
67 vintage), 1 Mercury Comet, two Falcons, one Beetle, three VW vans, and a
Thing, I'm not sure where Chris gets his 10 to 12 mpg figures.
61 Econoline with 144 ci six. 25 mpg on the highway despite 60 series fat
tires at all four corners.
62 E with 170 six 18 mpg, but I never could find a decent carb for it.
63 E with 221 V8 18 mpg when the spark plug wires weren't inducting into
the dog house. Great fireworks show.
63 E with 170 six 20 to 22 mpg. Dead stock school bus, bought it right
after high school in '69.
65 E with 170 six 18 mpg another automatic
66 E with 240 six 16 mpg even though the engine was worn out.
67 E pickup with 170 six 18 mpg with almost 300K on the engine. Gave it to
my son when I moved back to Kansas
62 Mercury Comet 18 mpg with a Ford o matic
63 Falcon with 144 six, bought it for the ex as part of the divorce. She
did nothing but bitch about it
65 Falcon two door wagon with 170 six, bought it to put a 289 in it. I just
drove it home with the 170, sold project.
62 VW bug w 1200 40 horse 28 to 30 on the road w 1500 bus engine (early H
series) 25 to 26
68 VW van w balanced and blueprinted 1600 25 mpg with three hang gliders
four people and a Yamaha 80
65 VW van w same engine as the 68 21 to 23 mpg. The Westphalia camper
package added weight and drag.
73 VW van w 1700 type 4 motor 18 to 20 mpg
73 VW Thing 22 mpg unless you turned the gas heater on then 18. Had the
decency to immolate itself.
Rick Girard
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Dana Hague <d-m-hague@comcast.net> wrote:
> At 09:36 PM 12/29/2011, chris davis wrote:
>
> Dana ,sounds logical VWs got better mileage because they were lighter but
> a VW bus camper full of camping gear and 4 hippies still got 20 to 25 Mpg
> and was that lighter than a Ford falcon getting 10 to 12 mpg Im not sure
> that ads up but we are talking about Kolbs and my original wish was that
> VW was still building millions of air cooled engines . If they were with
> todays tech and their design genius what a supply of reliable engines we
> would have!
>
> *
> *
> I think with all the aftermarket parts available there's still no problem
> building up a brand new VW engine.
>
> -Dana
> --
> Q. What's the difference between Mechanical and Civil
> Engineers?
> A. Mechanical Engineers build weapons; Civil
> Engineers build targets.
>
> *
>
> *
>
>
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Zulu Delta
Mk IIIC
Thanks, Homer GBYM
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.
- Groucho Marx
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Thanx for the info, Gyrodude. I built a Bensen gyro once. You too? Is that where
Gyrodude came from?
I flew with the Quicksilver guy once. Smoked like a chimney. Apparently he's not
flying here now. Hope he just retired.
Fair winds,
Russ K
do not archive
On Dec 29, 2011, at 10:59 AM, gyrodude wrote:
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> I lived in Key West for 13 years. The skies are busy with private jets, airlines,
and military planes out at the naval air station. There have been Quicksilver
two seaters on floats used to give tourists rides around the island out at
Sigsbee. The nearest airport back up the keys where there will be some ultralight
activity would be Sugarloaf Key.
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=361905#361905
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| From: | "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net> |
| Subject: | Re: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 12/28/11 |
Cool I like the thing about the Falcon. My mother had a Ford Falcon on which I
learned to drive up in Natick Mass, got drunk in it for the first time and basically
explored life as a teen ager in it. finally she took it away from me with
some yelling, and I bought a Chrysler Imperial 300 in which I kept up the mayhem
till I joined the Army. The Falcon was finally rear ended in 1969 it was
a 1963 model,,,, I was not the driver....
Never cared about the milage, I filled up the chrysler at Sports Gas station at
29 cents per gallon in Framingham mass, it was owned by "Rico" Petrocelli played
for the Red Sox.
Those were the days.
Let me scratch my head and see how to make this Kolb relevant,,, I'll get back
on that part.
Ron @ KFHU
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---- Richard Girard <aslsa.rng@gmail.com> wrote:
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Completely non Kolb, but I can't resist.
Having owned 6 Econoline vans, 1 Econoline pickup (all seven of the 61 to
67 vintage), 1 Mercury Comet, two Falcons, one Beetle, three VW vans, and a
Thing, I'm not sure where Chris gets his 10 to 12 mpg figures.
61 Econoline with 144 ci six. 25 mpg on the highway despite 60 series fat
tires at all four corners.
62 E with 170 six 18 mpg, but I never could find a decent carb for it.
63 E with 221 V8 18 mpg when the spark plug wires weren't inducting into
the dog house. Great fireworks show.
63 E with 170 six 20 to 22 mpg. Dead stock school bus, bought it right
after high school in '69.
65 E with 170 six 18 mpg another automatic
66 E with 240 six 16 mpg even though the engine was worn out.
67 E pickup with 170 six 18 mpg with almost 300K on the engine. Gave it to
my son when I moved back to Kansas
62 Mercury Comet 18 mpg with a Ford o matic
63 Falcon with 144 six, bought it for the ex as part of the divorce. She
did nothing but bitch about it
65 Falcon two door wagon with 170 six, bought it to put a 289 in it. I just
drove it home with the 170, sold project.
62 VW bug w 1200 40 horse 28 to 30 on the road w 1500 bus engine (early H
series) 25 to 26
68 VW van w balanced and blueprinted 1600 25 mpg with three hang gliders
four people and a Yamaha 80
65 VW van w same engine as the 68 21 to 23 mpg. The Westphalia camper
package added weight and drag.
73 VW van w 1700 type 4 motor 18 to 20 mpg
73 VW Thing 22 mpg unless you turned the gas heater on then 18. Had the
decency to immolate itself.
Rick Girard
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Dana Hague <d-m-hague@comcast.net> wrote:
> At 09:36 PM 12/29/2011, chris davis wrote:
>
> Dana ,sounds logical VWs got better mileage because they were lighter but
> a VW bus camper full of camping gear and 4 hippies still got 20 to 25 Mpg
> and was that lighter than a Ford falcon getting 10 to 12 mpg Im not sure
> that ads up but we are talking about Kolbs and my original wish was that
> VW was still building millions of air cooled engines . If they were with
> todays tech and their design genius what a supply of reliable engines we
> would have!
>
> *
> *
> I think with all the aftermarket parts available there's still no problem
> building up a brand new VW engine.
>
> -Dana
> --
> Q. What's the difference between Mechanical and Civil
> Engineers?
> A. Mechanical Engineers build weapons; Civil
> Engineers build targets.
>
> *
>
> *
>
>
--
Zulu Delta
Mk IIIC
Thanks, Homer GBYM
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.
- Groucho Marx
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kugelair.com
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