May I Nit-Pick?

[Fred Schneider]

You're right.  I should have remembered that Dad's 1939 Chevy had
overhead valves.  And I'll pick at myself too.  I see I said 4.75 mphps
when I think it was 4.25 mphps.  Regardless, either is damn fast out of
the gate for a rail car.  Especially when a Model A Ford probably did
somewhere around 2. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth and Tracie Josephson [mailto:kjosephson at sprintmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 2:26 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: May I Nit-Pick?


Fred Schneider wrote:

> The 1936 car would accelerate at peak rate of 4.75 miles per hour per
> second until in reached approximately 15 miles per hour ... enough to
> get through the intersection ahead of a Chevy with a flathead six.

Just a minor technical point: No Chevrolet ever had a flathead six. The
Chevrolet six introduced during the late 1920's always had overhead
valves. My 1959 Plymouth, however, has a flathead six. And I do believe
a PCC could definitely beat it off the line from a stop sign! :-) Ken J.