IF its what I have been thinking is a high speed action, bullet flying
weapon. These type of guns could put out high amounts of ammo in a very
very short period of time. Kinda like the machine guns. Not sure what
caliper ammo they use?
Jon
landspeedracer wrote:
>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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