OT--Snowpocalypse: Round Two

[Joe Flanagan]

With almost two feet of snow on the ground already, we're about to get hit with another foot or two. The entire city is shut down. I haven't gone to work in days and I won't be going for the rest of the week. I love it. I'm practicing for retirement. I think I'll be good at it.

[Jim Yergin]

Joe,

But isn't it frustrating having the time off from work but not being able to work on the car in the driveway?

Jim Yergin

[aero3113]

Looks like we are going to get it this time. We missed the last storm by 10 miles.

[Joe Flanagan]

Jim, I have some items I brought in ahead of the storm that I can tinker with. But I do need to get out there and retrieve some stuff from the garage. That would take quite a bit of shoveling at this point. Don't know if I'm that motivated.

[bobjob55]

i sure do feel for you guys .. you had better just hope that your power and heat stays on ..

not to brag ,,, but its going to be 63 deg. out here today.. . i can't imagine what it's like on the east coast ...

[chopt50wgn]

have a 9 hp snow blower...6 speeds forward, 2 reverse & headlight. been moving feet of global warming for a few days........let it snow........also just filled the shop tank with oil. toasty warm to work in

[Young Ed]

You guys sure make my 5-10 inches we got yesterday look like nothing. Of course we are used to it too. I'm still at work

[mr63inaz]

Sunny with a high of 61 here inth phoenix metro. But supposed to rain tomorrow.

[1940plymouth]

Looks like we may get between 6-10 inches of snow with winds up to 30 mph here in the western Catskills. We missed the last storm thankfully. Being retired and working for the town as a wingman on the Oshkosh plows during the snow storms, looks like a little extra spending money coming my way:)

Cooper and I did get to Ellenville this morning to NAPA to get an oil filter for the old Plymouth, good job done before the snow arrives.

Bob

[41/53dodges]

why do the areas that people that dont go snowmobiling always get the snow?

[thrashingcows]

Another beautiful day on the west coast of Canada. Sunny and clear and temps projected for 12-15 deg C (around 60 F for those below the 49th)

[Roadkingcoupe]

I spoke to an old timer up near Georgian Bay, Canada. He told me of a great story about the first SKI lift up at Blue Mountain that replaced the horse drawn sled the skiers used to take up a service road. So he goes on to say that the motor was taken out of an old Dodge. So anybody out there have a pic of a Chrysler powered flat head L6 ski lift or snowblower?

p.s. Only used the snowblower twice this year!

[pflaming]

The pink apricot orchards are now in bloom, in two weeks it will look like the attached picture. Our color season is coming fast. White is beautiful but pink is warmer.

[TodFitch]

I spoke to an old timer up near Georgian Bay, Canada. He told me of a great story about the first SKI lift up at Blue Mountain that replaced the horse drawn sled the skiers used to take up a service road. So he goes on to say that the motor was taken out of an old Dodge. So anybody out there have a pic of a Chrysler powered flat head L6 ski lift or snowblower?

p.s. Only used the snowblower twice this year!

Wouldn't surprise me if the Chrysler L-6 engines were put to that use. I don't think they are still in business, but about 20 years ago Ski Sunrise in the Wrightwood area of Southern California had a rope tow in use that was powered by a Ford flat head V8. The idler wheels for the rope return looked to be from several Model A Fords.

[Young Ed]

Didnt someone post a story here about a ski lift powered off a drive wheel of a mopar car? I know I've heard a few stories of trucks being used for various things by removing a rear wheel and bolting something else in its place.

[55 Fargo]

The pink apricot orchards are now in bloom, in two weeks it will look like the attached picture. Our color season is coming fast. White is beautiful but pink is warmer.

I love the blooms of fruit trees, we won't see that this far north till May, hope your frost risks are gone by now.....

[55 Fargo]

Wouldn't surprise me if the Chrysler L-6 engines were put to that use. I don't think they are still in business, but about 20 years ago Ski Sunrise in the Wrightwood area of Southern California had a rope tow in use that was powered by a Ford flat head V8. The idler wheels for the rope return looked to be from several Model A Fords.

Many snow blower, and Bombardiers in this part of Canada were , and still are all powered by the Chrysler L head 6s, I still wonder how Hemmings did not include these engines in the 12 all time best, but critically put them down, as under performers to the slant 6, which was 1 of the all time best engines...

[Roadkingcoupe]

"A single lift consisted of two sleds pulled up the hill by a cable running on the ground and powered by a truck engine, serving three runs, "Schuss", "Granny" and "Kandahar'."

Sounds like the truck engine must have been the flathead 6 Dodge:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mountain_%28ski_resort%29#History

[41/53dodges]

I still wonder how Hemmings did not include these engines in the 12 all time best, but critically put them down, as under performers to the slant 6, which was 1 of the all time best engines...

sounds to me like they dont know their history!

[55 Fargo]

sounds to me like they dont know their history!

Exactly, I could not believe this engine was skipped, it was used for military,domestic, farm, indutrial use, trucks, cars, you name it.

I would think this may have been 1 of the most widely gasoline engine ever used in so many applications for so many years.

There were 2 huge engine rebuilers in the City near by, they were mass production rebuilding the Chrysler flat head 6 till the mid to late 80s. My Uncle used to haul cores to this place for years, was getting about a $100 dollars for each engine no questions asked.

These engines are 1 of the greatest in my books, don't know how Richard Lentinello's Hemmings Classic Car mag could dispute that.....Fred From Hemmings Classic Cars Decemebr 2006, this is what they wrote about the lasnt 6, but at the same time knocking down the L head 6, it was included in the 12 best engines ever manufactuered in North America.

The following is from Hemmings Classic Car magazine December 2006.

1960 Chrysler Slant Six

When Chrysler decided to replace its woefully inefficient L-head straight-sixes with a higher-compression, more compact engine, the company created a modern OHV six that was no taller than a Chrysler V-8. Engineers leaned the prototype engine 30 degrees to the right, while at the same time leaning its transmission 30 degrees to the left, for even weight balance. That also allowed designers to adopt an intake manifold with elongated runners, which in turn made high-turbulence "wedge" combustion chambers make sense.

The final design approved for production also had enormous main bearings and, right from the start, the Slant Six set a benchmark for durability and performance among small American engines. At 170 cubic inches when introduced in the 1960 Plymouth Valiant, it produced 101hp. Later Plymouth and Dodge versions were upped to 225 cubic inches and 145hp, although a factory Hyper-Pak boosted output all the way to 196hp.

Edited February 10, 2010 by Rockwood

[Captain Neon]

Not dissimilar to how the SKS gets overlooked for the AK-47.

[Joe Flanagan]

I love the SKS!!! My brother has one.

[greg g]

Jeez we had a 225 slant 6 in my father's bought new 1960 Dodge Dart. Went through 3 sets of rings in less than 2 years, Then the dealer finally swapped the motor out from a car that had been totaled for just the labor charge. That finally fixed it. I drove it after my father and when I got rid of it it had 140K on it. But the term setting a Benchmark right from the start is a bit of an overstatement.

And how can a compact engine be three inches longer and effectively 5 inches wider than the one it replaced. Not saying it wasn't a good engine but the descriptions used are a little miss leading.

[hkestes41]

Snowpocalypse South

You guys on the east coast have nothing on us folks here in Texas

We have 3 inches in Dallas and still snowing. Luckly it was warm enough yesterday and the temperature has remained high enough today that the snow is not sticking to the streets. However they are covered with slush and they are calling for temps in the 20's tonight so it will be a mess tomorrow morning.

I know it is nothing compared to what the east coast and upper midwest are going through, but folks here just don't do well in the snow. Half of them think that just because their All Wheel Drive Megamobile SUV can accelerate to the speed limit they can stop like normal too. The others half are driving like white knuckled blue hairs doing 20 on the turnpike.

Makes for an interesting commute.

Edited February 12, 2010 by hkestes41

[Joe Flanagan]

That sounds just like the DC area.