---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 12/30/11: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:30:39 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: RE: Kolb-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 12/28/11 From: Richard Girard 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 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:57:28 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: q From: kinne russ 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: > > 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. > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=361905#361905 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:25:15 PM PST US From: "Ron @ KFHU" Subject: Re: Kolb-List: 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 ================= ---- Richard Girard wrote: ============ 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 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 -- kugelair.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.