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Posted by Jules on November 3, 2009, 3:22 pm
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:38:42 -0800, Pavel314 wrote:
> "In 1959 a group of engineers from Chrysler Corporation began to
> participate in the nation's new craze; "Drag racing". They started
> with a 1949 Plymouth business coupe, named "The High and Mighty". They
> had extensive experience with the "long-horn" intake manifold that
> powered the early Chrysler 300 series, and began to experiment with
> the technology in drag racing. The name soon evolved from long-horn to
> ram's -horn and eventually the public settled on the nickname Ram-
> Induction. By the 1960 race season this group created the team named,
> RAMCHARGERS."
Obviously my reply was tongue-in-cheek, but that's interesting... I'd
always been under the assumption that the 'ram' terminology came from some
sort of supercharging/racing pedigree, and some marketing department had
decided to slap it onto the trucks. Interesting that the name came from
the intake shape instead...
Having successfully learnt something new today, I think I'll go take a nap ;)
cheers
Jules
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Posted by on November 3, 2009, 7:47 pm
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:22:05 -0600, Jules
>On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:38:42 -0800, Pavel314 wrote:
>> "In 1959 a group of engineers from Chrysler Corporation began to
>> participate in the nation's new craze; "Drag racing". They started
>> with a 1949 Plymouth business coupe, named "The High and Mighty". They
>> had extensive experience with the "long-horn" intake manifold that
>> powered the early Chrysler 300 series, and began to experiment with
>> the technology in drag racing. The name soon evolved from long-horn to
>> ram's -horn and eventually the public settled on the nickname Ram-
>> Induction. By the 1960 race season this group created the team named,
>> RAMCHARGERS."
>Obviously my reply was tongue-in-cheek, but that's interesting... I'd
>always been under the assumption that the 'ram' terminology came from some
>sort of supercharging/racing pedigree, and some marketing department had
>decided to slap it onto the trucks. Interesting that the name came from
>the intake shape instead...
>Having successfully learnt something new today, I think I'll go take a nap ;)
>cheers
>Jules
Interestingly, those "rams horn" manifolds DID have a "Ram tuning"
effect.
However, the explanation given for the "ram" being because of the
ram'a horn manifold design doesn't hold water - as the "RAM TOUGH"
motto and the rams-horns hood ornament were used before the second
world war. It was a prominent feature on the 1933 dodge car as well.
I believe the "ram" was on dadge cars virtually from their beginning
as a Chrysler product (after the "Star of David" emblem of the "Dodge
Brothers" dissapeared)
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Posted by aemeijers on November 3, 2009, 6:55 pm
Jules wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:44:24 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> Old story. If you can't dodge, ram it.
>> My neighbor's truck has a big sign on it that says RAM.
>
> I never quite worked out why you'd name a truck after a sheep, anyway.
>
>
The name is to appeal to people that use them as cars, not trucks.
Makes them feel bigger. The Ram name harkens to what they would do with
what they are compensating for the lack of.
I'd love to own a pickup, even a light duty one. Half a dozen times a
year, it would come in real handy. But no extra parking spots, and
little extra cash, make a third vehicle an impractical indulgence for
me. And I certainly don't want to feed a full-size one for a daily
driver, or deal with a monster like that in city commuting traffic. (Not
to mention a full-size would not fit in my short 2-car garage- I even
had to get a short wheelbase minivan.)
Does anyone make a small pickup any more? Like the rangers or toyotas
from 10-15 years ago? All the stuff on the lots now looks huge, not to
mention looking like a Tonka toy. Big meaningless chrome phallic noses,
pointless huge tires, etc. Does anyone make a truck that looks like a
truck anymore? I'm a form follows function sort of person- I don't need
rolling bling.
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aem sends...
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Posted by Lp1331 1p1331 on November 3, 2009, 7:11 pm
I recall seeing a list that one for nearly every make but offhand, the
only one that I can remember beside the ones already mentioned is HONDA
> Had One Never Did Again
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Posted by Nate Nagel on November 3, 2009, 7:14 pm
aemeijers wrote:
> Does anyone make a small pickup any more? Like the rangers or toyotas
> from 10-15 years ago? All the stuff on the lots now looks huge, not to
> mention looking like a Tonka toy. Big meaningless chrome phallic noses,
> pointless huge tires, etc. Does anyone make a truck that looks like a
> truck anymore? I'm a form follows function sort of person- I don't need
> rolling bling.
I hear that. It seems that even the full size trucks get bigger and
bigger. I've got a 93 F-150 and I feel like the bed sides are really
tall - taller than my dad's '73 Chevy and WAY taller than some old
Studebakers I've worked on. But parked next to a NEW F-150 mine appears
comparatively easy to load.
Why is it that both the bed floor and the top of the bed sides seems to
creep up every revision of a truck chassis? Wouldn't a LOW bed floor be
a selling feature? Some of these new trucks ought to come with a
folding stepstool shoved behind the seat.
nate
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> participate in the nation's new craze; "Drag racing". They started
> with a 1949 Plymouth business coupe, named "The High and Mighty". They
> had extensive experience with the "long-horn" intake manifold that
> powered the early Chrysler 300 series, and began to experiment with
> the technology in drag racing. The name soon evolved from long-horn to
> ram's -horn and eventually the public settled on the nickname Ram-
> Induction. By the 1960 race season this group created the team named,
> RAMCHARGERS."