Mayf
What's a rail gun? I tried to look it up on "How stuff works" but couldn't
get any info on it.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: Hemi-Kaiser...
> The rest of the story....
> As ya'll are aware, I am a bit of a Maverick. I went to high school 1956 -
> 1969 at Oxnard Union High School in well Oxnard, Calif. Most of my buds
had
> spiffy cars, but boys and girls, I came from the other side of the tracks
> and was poor most of my life. So My very first car was a 1053 Henry J.
Yep,
> flathead six banger. Drove it nearly to death. The I spotted a 1954 Kaiser
> Manhattan Deluxe on the car lot. Iffn you havent seen one of these, it
> is/was sorta spacey looking. Big thing. 3750 pounds or so. 231 cubic
inches
> of SUPERCHARGED flathead Contenential 6. Wow, all of 140 hp or so. GM
> hydramatic three speed. 2.88 to 1 rear end (same as my tiger, Dana 44).
That
> car was not quick by any stretch of the imagination but could get to a
> fairly righteous top speed and was safe and comfortable. However, my
friends
> all had cool hot rods (50 Olds with Lasalle tranny, 3 carbs plus the
inside
> stuff, a 40 Ford with a hemi and the stock tranny (wow, I made a million
> trips to ford obsolete in LA for parts - cluster gears), a 46 ford coupe
> with Columbia 2 speed rear end and hotted up motor) so I needed something.
I
> keep looking at that engine bay and imagining a hemi in there. So one day
I
> decided to do it. Went to the "yarde" and got a hemi. From then on, pain
and
> agony. I had to make a bell housing, throw out system for the clutch, and
> any number of odd things to make it go. And go it did. Had fun with it
till
> it broke. It was about this time I started thinking of science related
> things and even thought up a rail gun of all things ( I think of weird
> things at odd times). Then I reversed all the engineering and reinstalled
> the original motor and tranny. Drove the car for a long while after that.
> Finally sold it. Bought a 59 Ford four door sedan. I bought a second
Kaiser
> with blower just after I got married, used it as my tow car for my Tiger
> when I moved to Seattle in '75. Whole 'nother story here! Rebuilt that one
> and then sold it when we headed to Oak Ridge, Tn. I will not own another
> Kaiser...
>
> mayf
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