Chevys GM products good in the 40's still good

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

the Ford with its V-8 and impossible to downshift 4-speed, the Chevrolet with its inline six and 4-speed.
How accurate is the bit about V-8 with impossible to downshift 4 speed??? How come they kept on being used if they were impossible? They did say Ford were good for convoy work while Chevys were good for heavy loads.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Not really, in fact it's quite easy to do perfect downshifts on a Ford, using the heel toe method. All CMPs are nicely set up for this.
You just have to be good at picking your speed to judge the shift from third to second - it's quite a gap.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Was talking to an older gentleman at a clearing sale a few years back, quite a dry chap, I have always remembered his comment on Ford vs. Chev on the track to Darwin.
"If you wanted to get there quick, you took the Ford. If you wanted to actually get there you took the Chev."
Make of that what you will.
Rich

PS, like the way this thread was Hi-Jacked back to Blits's's'
Rich