That 300 six showed up in a lot of things, we used to have one as an irrigation motor.
Dad swore by them but Chevy used to make a pretty good one also.
I guess the EPA killed off a lot of the good engines or it was the computerized thing.
A Mopar mechanic told us it was the fuel economy thing more than anything else.
I'm jokeing around, big three car talk is like fishing stories it sturs up a big laugh, but I can still
remember the old AMC cars from when I was a kid.
Jeep saved Chryslers rear end just like it did with AMC. And Dodge did do the right thing by
introducing Cummins into a real diesel truck. Before that I can remember all the complaints about
that 350 convertion that Chevy tried to pass off as a diesel. Which made no sence because GM
owned Detroit and the EMD division. Fords 6.0 was ok but it was a fuel hog. I know all this because
my family tried them all before settling on the Dodge which I have to admit was a winner for its time.
Anyone who has ever tried to get around on WV dirt roads when they are rain soaked knows
that the Dodge 4x4 3/4 ton diesel is a real go getter for that.
In my familys neck of the woods some of the farmers ( moonshiners ) used to buy those surplus
deuce and a half trucks before the Dodge came around. I think some of them still do when they can
find one. And Mopar was always thier car of choise for the transportation and distribution of thier
so called commodity.
But its like my uncle used to tell me with them " Anna don't you think its
funny that those farmers don't own a single bit of livestock but live in some real fancy houses"?
Its the same thing out here with some ranchers there is no telling what they are growing out there
in the desert somewhere. One of them was busted back in 02 with 10 tons of that stuff that just
happened to crop up in a wooded draw on his property. Imagine that and I guess Mother Nature
rigged up that irrigation system and put up that chain link fence to keep the critters out also!
Airplane caught him what a duffus.
