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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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11-29-2015, 06:06 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Green Bank, WV Suburbans?
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11-29-2015, 11:27 PM | #3 |
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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. |
12-01-2015, 12:26 AM | #5 | |
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05-02-2016, 10:56 PM | #6 |
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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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