Re: [ihc] Need to debunk something, fast!

["Steven Stegmann" <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh my God!  Yet another variation on the famous magical carburetor story.
That is pure rural legend.  No truth there at all.

BTW there actually was a Fish Carburetor.  Didn't get 150 mpg though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Cunningham" <kd7jnw@domain.elided>
To: "IHC Digest submissions" <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: [ihc] Need to debunk something, fast!


> Found this on another maillist that I'm subscribed to; it was written
> by a "know it all" whose stories are often suspect:
>
> >BUT I do know that Int. Harvester used to produce Model H tractors with
> >gasoline vapor carburators, that could plow for 2 full days on a tank of
> >gas. AND that their parts suppliers still cary repair parts for them!
>
>
> So, any of our resident tractor enthusiasts care to comment?
> --
>
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>
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>   ==
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>   butcher an animal, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
>   balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take
>   orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a
new
>   problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
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