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Originally Posted by Charlie Cheap
I built it in a 2-car house garage while a TV repairman as my day job.
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And nowadays most people discard a TV when there is some malfunction instead of taking it to a repairman. I actually tried to take my last CRT to a repair shop in my neighborhood, but the repairman told me replacement parts for it are unobtainium by now and he could only try some makeshift fix, which would have costed me almost the same I paid for that TV 7 years before.
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If you truly want to build an economy car, FIRST make up your mind you are willing to put in the effort.
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Most people nowadays want all the bells and whistles to show-off, yet expect the vehicles to be miraculously as fuel-efficient as a Honda Super Cub and as nearly indestructible as a 40-series Toyota Land Cruiser...
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When new cars were getting 15 mpg I got 20 mpg highway with 200 HP and a C4 automatic...with aerodynamics of a brick.
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What engine did it have? On a sidenote, even though the aerodynamics were not that great, the relatively small size and light weight of those old Fords still seem to make them a quite interesting base for an efficiency-oriented project. I like the low-revving nature of those old engines.
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I am familiar with todays computer-controlled engines, but prefer mechanical controls.
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Even though I don't take an extreme approach such as some Argentinians who replace the EFI and electronic ignition on modern cars with a carburettor and a distributor (or some makeshift static electronic ignitions), I still used to consider some carburettor-fed gassers (or even makeshift flexfuel setups) and mechanically-governed Diesels good enough as they could eventually be mantained with lower-tech and even makeshift tools if need arises.