Bill, Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Ford build quite a few Willy's during WWII? I thought I saw something on the History Channel about Willy's Overland couldn't keep up with WWII production needs and subcontracted some of the production to Ford.
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Dave Milne
Wait to see what Ford does with LandRover. Given what they did with Jaguar, it isn't looking promising.
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God, you really can't think at all. Progressive Linkage or any other kind doesn't change the airflow pattern except to complicate the issue-6 don't go into 8 evenly. Look at all the Weber setups. They all have one throttle bore for ONE or TWO or VERY RARELY FOUR (and then equidistant) cylinders. Four two barrels or two four barrels suits a V-8 fine. One four barrel can be made to work ok but never with the top end response of a Weber setup, but definitely better than three deuces.
For Automotive Performance,if you don't mind the expense and the inability of Generation P to learn something grandpa didn't raise them that way for, Eduardo Weber SpA was the king of float bowl carburetion. Three generations of American and European road racers proved that. Holleys do okay on V-8s, even giving arguably better part throttle economy, but you want an even number of venturis to cylinders to feed. Always. A single four barrel on a six doesn't hack it unless you have a turbo (in a draw through setup) to agitate the mixture.
Fortunately, no one has ever put a radial engine in a Jeep, so we don't even have to think about it.
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Matt Macchiarolo
Maybe not, but think about it...a Jeep with a Wankel rotary, as in Mazda RX7....How do the Wankels do in low end torque?
Fortunately, no one has ever put a radial engine in a Jeep, so we don't even have to think about it.
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Bill who are you kidding, you don't expect anyone to belive you actually have any real friends..
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Bill, I was reading this website..
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it was talking about the "F" markings.. According to the site, the "F" (Ford Motor Company) was stamped on everything that Ford made for the Jeep... and that the Willy's Overland was a MB and the Ford was known as a GPW.. But other sites I read.. The Army wanted to make sure that both models were interchangeable... So knowing how the military works (I work for a Military Contract company) by the end of the war.. Most of the Jeeps were probably a bastard child of both.. Ford GPW left fender with a Willy's Overland right fender and so on.. Ben
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I would share a beer with Bill Anytime, Anyone devoting and giving time like him and many here are consider my friend.
Let's do the countdown..... L.W. (ßill) Hughes III vs THE UNKNOWN BILL
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