From: l51940@aol.com
Date: Tue May 24 2005 - 14:08:32 PDT
I have used 87 octane unleaded as a supplement to diesel in my
multifuel. I was doing about 20% gas and I thought it ran really good.
It would be interesting to see how gas would work with cooking oil.
To the chemically challenged it sounds like it would work allright.
Spent the weekend at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base airshow
showing off truck. The Great Lakes MVPA chapter had a pretty good
turnout (for around here). The real guys brought in some neat
equipment also. Spent alot of time checking out an HET. They are
really big and would look really good in my driveway.
Dave McConnell
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron <rojoha@adelphia.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:57:33 -0400
Subject: [MV] Mmmmmm..... MULTIFUEL????
We have folks going to great lengths to use fry-o-lator oils etc.,
but is anyone with a deuce that isn't pegged for diesel only using
regular gas, either as a supplement or straight, during these periods
of petroleum duress in the states? ( I Know Nigel, you'd give your left
man raisin to pay as little in England as we Yanks pay for gas here,
but that's for another OT thread...)
If you are and are using self serve, is it ok to wear a Texaco shirt
at a Mobil station while pumping? How prissy do gas station attendant
reenactors get if you don't follow the proper uniform type and colors.
Are there gas station 'stitch nazis'?
I was a Gulf man in the late sixties- early seventies myself, 4 tours
in a preppy hell hole in Massachusetts that had the school that both
Bushs attended. Summer uniform was a blue pin stripped short sleeve
shirt, dark blue shorts, blue knee socks and a pith helmet. The shirt,
socks and pith helmet all had full color Gulf embroidery, (don't
remember seeing any subdued stuff).The shirt and socks also had a blue
racing stripe running down them. The crap I took from class mates was
brutal, but tires and parts at cost and unlimited use of lifts, tools
and 'high test spillage' made the care and feeding of a '64 Impala with
a 327 and a Powerslide doable for a kid in high school/ community
college.
The pumps had 3 wheels for Dollars and 3 wheels for gallons. And
Gulftane, a no lead fuel, (colloquially referred to as Weasel Piss or
Ping Juice, used only in Bugs, Corvairs, 2 stroke Saabs and
occasionally '64 Impalas on Wednesdays and Thursdays) was around 24
cents a gallon, about 6 cents a gallon cheaper than regular. So why is
No Lead so expensive now?
Had a Medal of Honor winner from WWII that used to come in every
Sunday morning at 0800 and occasionally he'd clean up the Men's Room
while we filled his car..... I sheet you not. Said Captain on his
credit card, but I worked there for almost a year before my boss told
me the story of this quiet, polite guy with glasses who had a pair made
out of stainless steel. Wonder how he would have weighed in on folks
portraying 'warriors' or wearing uniforms and ranks they never earned
while acting out battles or impressions they 'read' about? Probably
would have thought it a hoot to see an MB or M38A1 painted Navy gray.
But the make believe swabby better be squared away. If not, it would
probably be as much an insult to him as a flag sewn on the seat of a
hippie's ass. Think about it......
Anyways, regarding the Petrol, Inquiring minds want to know.....
Regards,
Ronzo in NH
PS And as I handed you your change, I'd chant the Gulf mantra " Thank
you very much. Come again, Drive carefully and always look to the
Orange Disc for the highest quality motoring products....." Ahhhhh, the
(simple?) good old days......
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