As I recall the one I worked on had the 170 cid I6 with a single barrel carb. You couldn’t get much more basic that that car. It was easy to drive with that massive steering wheel as I recall. I just remember it being so large in diameter that there wasn’t a lot of room between the bottom of the steering wheel and the (bench) seat.
-D > On Aug 14, 2021, at 2:32 PM, Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> nothing more than a heater and three on the tree. Massive steering wheel, no >> PS. > > Note that even the heater was an option, back then. My '60 Falcon doesn't > have PS, nor > does it need it. My joke was the it didn't have power anything, not even the > motor! > (144cid I6, not very powerful. 1-barrel Holley carb.) > > Lots of ground clearance, drove it into some pretty sketchy places. Never > got stuck. > (Not mud.) I retract that, got stuck once on the beach in the drier sand. > > Very simple to work on. IIRC it took me 20 minutes to remove the head once to > dig a screw out of the piston. Maybe another 20 minutes to be back running > again. > > -- Jim > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
