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Old 11-27-2015, 10:43 PM   #1
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Green Bank, WV Suburbans?

I was at the radio observatory in Green Bank, WV last July and saw 3 or 4 '71-2 Burbs in the back lot. All C10's painted blue, with "8-350" badges on the fender but a cord hanging out of the grille as to indicate a block heater. All vehicles at the observatory are diesel because spark ignition creates interference with the telescope, so I'm wondering what's under the hood. Anybody know more about them?
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Old 11-29-2015, 06:06 PM   #2
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I was at the radio observatory in Green Bank, WV last July and saw 3 or 4 '71-2 Burbs in the back lot. All C10's painted blue, with "8-350" badges on the fender but a cord hanging out of the grille as to indicate a block heater. All vehicles at the observatory are diesel because spark ignition creates interference with the telescope, so I'm wondering what's under the hood. Anybody know more about them?

Not me, but that certainly sounds interesting.....

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Old 11-29-2015, 11:27 PM   #3
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Re: Green Bank, WV Suburbans?

Did a little surfing and came up with this.


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Old 11-30-2015, 01:28 AM   #4
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Re: Green Bank, WV Suburbans?

I can't say what's in them but I have driven a couple of those Green Bank (NRAO) 'burbs before. I took a couple of grad classes there in astronomy and being one of the few students that could drive a manual, I was the driver for a couple of our trips around the place.

Anyway, the burbs I drove were 3 speed in the floor manuals with almost ZERO power for acceleration! As I recall, they have a manual throttle you use to kill the engine.
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I can't say what's in them but I have driven a couple of those Green Bank (NRAO) 'burbs before. I took a couple of grad classes there in astronomy and being one of the few students that could drive a manual, I was the driver for a couple of our trips around the place.

Anyway, the burbs I drove were 3 speed in the floor manuals with almost ZERO power for acceleration! As I recall, they have a manual throttle you use to kill the engine.
Hmmmm - poor acceleration and manual shutoff valve seem to point to non-turbo diesel.
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Re: Green Bank, WV Suburbans?

Diesels make sense, they make less electrical noise than an HEI would, particularly near a VERY VERY sensitive radio telescope, and I remember reading somewhere about using diesels as often as possible.
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