Everybody should just drive Ford Model A's everywhere again.
Basically a farm implement
Reliable as the sunrise
25 MPG
"65 MPH" top speed
Can repair with a wrench and a hammer
All of them came with "cruise control" (hand throttle on steering column)
It looks good
3.3 liter flathead 4 banger making 40 hp and 128 lb-ft
oh and it sounds good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db2nD9zD5-g
try crashing that shit at 60mph
it has plate glass windows
and this is the whole transmission, the clutch assembly is 2x bigger than this
for example in my town's city limits the highest speed limit is 45 mph, making this perfect
and also, gravity fed carbuerator, so no fuel pump to worry about.
and if your electric starter goes out there's still a porthole in the grille where you can hand crank it.
>>15286671
this would be great in automatic cars.
a manual car can just jump start right?
>>15286682
inertial starter would be better
>>15286671
>still a porthole in the grille
some cars from the 1970s still have that
>V8
>70hp in its lowest form
>smoother idle and operation
>0-50mph in 10 seconds
>>15286671
They should make kick starts for cars
All cars should be standardised around the 1984 Toyota Corolla
>>15286631
>25 MPG
Wrong, doesn't fit injectorfags narrative that carburetors have shit mpg
>>15286631
>ford
No
>>15286834
This makes more sense
>>15286794
>>0-50mph in 10 seconds
Chevrolet and Dusenberg on suicide watch
>>15286682
You're not going to kick an ecu'd car to life
>>15286878
Then get a motorcycle
>>15286884
>he thinks they still make decent motorcycles with manual starters
>>15286905
>>15286794
tfw still more powerful and faster than most modern euro shitboxes. How's it feel to be stuck in the 1930's lads?
America stronk.
>>15286908
It's okay anon, when the happening, only the toughest vehicles will survive, those that don't need a computer running before the engine cranks.
We'll finally be free.
I agree op. And if you need to do highway travel you rent a normal modern car on the city border and take that on the highway for higher speeds and safety. Then when you return from your trip you get back in your model a and go home.
Really it's perfect.
>>15286910
A common misconception is that ancient cars are slow, they are anything but.
A perusal around Jay Leno's Garage will prove that.
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1089032_27-liter-rolls-royce-powered-rover-sd1-hits-160-mph-video
Of course they needed 27 liters to move all that fucking weight.
>>15286863
Carbed engines can get good MPG but they pollute and put out bad emissions when doing so. Also not to mention 20+ seconds to reach top speed if it even can, cruising speed for these cars was more like 25-40mph.
Dodge made a slant 6 with an advertised 30mpg in the 70's
>>15286926
>they pollute and put out bad emissions when doing so.
So glorious, i love when the wind kicks up the smell of exhaust back up to my window. Fuel injection just lacks that character.
>Also not to mention 20+ seconds to reach top speed if it even can
Let's be clear, this has nothing to do with carburetors, they do hesitate hideously if you let them fall out of tune though.
>tfw no slant 6
Mopar family too. One day i aspire to own a 4-speed slant six Valiant.
>>15286910
But there's no need to accelerate quicker. The extra fuel burned by a bigger engine wouldn't be worth the split seconds you save.
>>15287048
I thought even yurop had highways. With on-ramps (slip roads? Verfastenlanen?).
Unless you guys drive like Ohioans and merge at half the speed limit and riding the brake, in which case carry on.
>>15286631
I wish cars were this simple again.
>>15286631
idk but i like the simplicity of old cars. my next vehicle is going to be some old chevy or ford pickup. early 1980s or older.
something so piss simple to work on with plenty of room in the engine compartment to access and work on whatever the fuck i need to.
and easy to look in and see if there is any leaks or whatever
>>15287257
Your entire nation has failed if your on-ramps are too short for any given car to accelerate to right lane speeds (55 mph in Europe because electronic semi truck limiters).
