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Originally Posted by Joseph
While I am not old enough to have actually seen this.... 
(I have seen pictures of it in a Santa Fe museum of old cars backing up the big hill on what would be 25 from Albuqurque to Santa Fe...)
I can remember my dad telling me that if I could not go forward up something and had to get to the top to try reverse. That it was the lowest gear in the box.... seems that if one took it very slow and listened to the toad for any " croaking sounds of death " it should at least be worth a try.... |
Heard the same story. 29 model A, You needed reverse to maintain the gravity fed gasoline line to the carburerator. With No fuel pump and the side draft carb, and the gas tank in the cowling below the windshield, a positive flow was obvious but difficult on steep hills. The driver just simply backed up the hill.