I still have my Dad's 1970 Ford F250 Custom. I rebuilt the motor in the 90's and redid the valves at the same time so I didn't have to mess with the additive after they stopped selling leaded fuel. I don't remember when the manufacturing switched but it was in the 70's. I'm just waiting for the EMP to go off so I can sell it to recoup my 401K losses of the last 2 weeks. Having a distributor and carburetor is going to be a hot commodity!
Neighbor kid that dated my sister for a while in about 1963 had one of these.?ÿ One night he ran out of gas as he was driving past our house.?ÿ We always had a large fuel tank so fuel was no problem.?ÿ We did not have a funnel that would work.?ÿ We ran gas slowly into a pop bottle.?ÿ Dumped it into the tank.?ÿ Then repeated until we knew he had enough to get home to his house where his family had their own gas tank.
You never heard of?ÿ Georgia Credit Card??ÿ aka siphon hose.
Andy
@andy-bruner- I’d always heard it referred to as an Oklahoma credit card- from My late uncle who was an Okie back in the days before credit cards were prevalent. (My parents never had one at the time.)
I remember many cars had the filler behind the rear license plate.
I take exception to the geezer comment. I remember the Charmin commercials and i am only 55.
I must apologize. I was thinking of those who saw the early version of Mr. Whipple and the Charmin prior to the 1967 song highlighted above.. The following explains how this began before you were even born. Did not realize the same theme was used for over two decades.
"Please don't squeeze the Charmin" was an expression said by fictional supermarket manager Mr. George Whipple. The hugely popular, and successful television commercials ran in the US from 1964 to 1985 and showed Mr. Whipple scolding customers who "squeeze the Charmin" while he would secretly squeeze Charmin when he thought no one was watching.
The famous tagline was created by John V. Chervokas, a 28-year old advertising writer at Benton & Bowles in 1964, for Proctor & Gamble's toilet paper brand. British-born actor Dick Wilson who played grocer Mr. Whipple in over 500 Charmin commercials: "I've done thirty-eight pictures and nobody remembers any of them, but they all remember me selling toilet paper."
Even the old generators from the 50's got knocked out during nuclear tests. The alternator might be the weak point in an EMP...
Keep extra electronics in a Faraday cage, if EMP is your worry.
Even the old generators from the 50's got knocked out during nuclear tests. The alternator might be the weak point in an EMP...
That doesn't sound right. What would fail? The old generators were built of iron, copper, graphite brushes, and insulation. The regulator was a set of relays. No semiconductors.?ÿ Alternators have semiconductor diodes and transistor regulators so would be sensitive to voltages induced on the car's wiring.
You're probably right in assuming, in theory, that a mechanical DC low voltage regulator would fare better in an EMP that an AC alternator with solid state regulating.?ÿ But even the old mechanical automotive regulators depended on a variety of switching that could be affected.?ÿ I would think mainly field coils and voltage 'shunts' could be susceptible to a voltage surge.?ÿ And since DC circuitry is notorious for producing heat, no telling what might fry. It all probably depends of the intensity, duration and frequencies of an EMP.
But after an occurrence, I would probably try a '50 Studebaker's 6V generator before attempting to mess with an AC alternator with solid state regulation.?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ?ÿ
edit: Don't you remember the old B&W sci-fi movies??ÿ All the old cars always quit working when the flying saucer was near. 😉
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edit: Don't you remember the old B&W sci-fi movies??ÿ All the old cars always quit working when the flying saucer was near. 😉
But it's well known that the saucers temporarily SUPPRESSED all electromagnetic activity, rather than overloading with high intensity.?ÿ The ignition couldn't make a spark, nor the radio receive the stations.?ÿ Cars usually started after the saucer left.
