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Posted by Clint Dixon [74.206.62.94] on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 19:05:08 :
In Reply to: Re: Junior posted by Mikey Stone the COTM [71.39.211.43] on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 18:34:43 :
.....from a Dodge Carter Carburetor page. It shows 9.00 x 16 tires with 5.83 gearing, 7.50 x 16 tires with 4.89 gearing, and 7.50 x 16 tires with 5.83 gearing. What was that? "7.50 x 16 tires with 5.83 gearing?, no way," you say?
I would be willing to bet if you were to read the literature in 1950 something, and subsequently walk into your dealer and demand to buy a Power-Wagon that would easily drive 65 miles per hour, they would have ordered one up right quick from the SEG (Special Equipment Group) with 9.00 x 16 tires and 4.89 gearing.
65 miles per hour in a Power-Wagon off the showroom floor was a stretch, but definately within the realm of possibility with the abilities that the SEG had in getting customers what they wanted. The statement in the literature was obviously a marketing ploy, but still well on this side of a white lie.
Junior