[SEL] O.T. IHC Truck question

[Jerry Evans]

At 06:00 PM 20/03/2008, you wrote:
>Message: 4
>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:57:11 -0500
>From: "Elden DuRand" <edurand at mchsi.com>
>Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. IHC Truck question
>To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>
>Jerry:
>Wow!  I had a truck almost identical to that one.  Mine was a T100 and had 
>the Silver Diamond 220 engine and the first-year Warner automatic tranny.
>
>The truck was given to me to get it out of the way.  I rebuilt the engine, 
>replaced the king pins and brakes and used it for about ten years to haul 
>firewood.  It was pretty beat-up when I got it and even more beat up when 
>I sold it for $500, still running fine.  I think I cleared about $300 over 
>my cost.
>
>One thing I remember clearly was that since this was the first year for 
>the automatic, there as an instruction decal on the dash.  The decal read: 
>"AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.  To go forward, step on the accelerator.  To 
>stop, step on the brake."
>
>Take care - Elden

Hi Elden,
         Thanks for the reply. Interesting about the decal - but on a new 
(revolutionary) thing like "automatic transmission" in those days it was 
probably very necessary. Imagine "Billy Bob" and his brother "Billy Bob" 
fighting about which pedal to step on !


Keep the revs up (or down)
Jerry Evans
Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
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