Re: [AMC-List] Another Re; E Stick, now Drivers

["RetroRalph" <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Seems like there's somehing to be said for the "old stuff."  Like the 
operator could tune it up on the fly...   He had a manual choke rod and 
could adjust his fuel air mixture as he drove along to get it set right. 
also had spark advance/retard control on his steering column and his 
throttle control was there also.

Some would forget to set the spark back to starting (retard) and try to 
crank it up and maybe get a broken arm from it.  But that only happened once 
or twice as people usually could remember the pain... and they learned to 
not hook their thumb around the crank handle when cranking up, too.   They 
generally needed those thumbs so they could milk their cows...  No 
store-bought milk out in the country.  No money for it, either.
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Ralph Ausmann  -  Hillsboro, OR - > <ralph.ausmann@xxxxxxxxx>


> With old two-speed transmissions, this sort of tuning would be
> necessary. With a closed-loop computer-driven car with an equally
> smart 8-speed transmission there's no comparison possible,
> but as good as that stuff is I really like having my hands,
> butt and ears attached to the old stuff.

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