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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1115021" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I still deal with shoulder and neck pain that I attribute to over a decade of working out of "iron maiden" GMC P-10's and P-8's, as well as the P-6's and 4's that I started my career in.</p><p></p><p>Those GMC P-10's are solid rigs that run forever. With just a few <strong>basic</strong> ergonomic improvements (power steering, a better seat and a wider door/lower step) they could have at least been <em>sort</em> of decent. Power steering in particular would have paid for itself in the first 6 months of the package cars life simply by virtue of the increased productivity. Fighting the equipment all day is fatiguing and it really slows you down.</p><p></p><p>The other thing I hated about those GMC's was the engine governor. It would cut spark to the already underpowered 4.3 liter v-6 engine just as it was <em>starting</em> to get into its powerband. Trying to merge with traffic involved frantically rowing thru the 4 speed gearbox and burying your foot into the throttle in a desperate attempt to make that gutless turd move fast enough to get out of its own way. And it was even worse on steep hills; it couldnt pull them at all in 3rd gear, and 2nd was so low that it topped out at about 18 MPH with your foot to the floor and the motor screaming. Those cars could have really benefitted from a 5 speed gearbox like the Spicers that were installed in the Internationals a few years later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1115021, member: 14668"] I still deal with shoulder and neck pain that I attribute to over a decade of working out of "iron maiden" GMC P-10's and P-8's, as well as the P-6's and 4's that I started my career in. Those GMC P-10's are solid rigs that run forever. With just a few [B]basic[/B] ergonomic improvements (power steering, a better seat and a wider door/lower step) they could have at least been [I]sort[/I] of decent. Power steering in particular would have paid for itself in the first 6 months of the package cars life simply by virtue of the increased productivity. Fighting the equipment all day is fatiguing and it really slows you down. The other thing I hated about those GMC's was the engine governor. It would cut spark to the already underpowered 4.3 liter v-6 engine just as it was [I]starting[/I] to get into its powerband. Trying to merge with traffic involved frantically rowing thru the 4 speed gearbox and burying your foot into the throttle in a desperate attempt to make that gutless turd move fast enough to get out of its own way. And it was even worse on steep hills; it couldnt pull them at all in 3rd gear, and 2nd was so low that it topped out at about 18 MPH with your foot to the floor and the motor screaming. Those cars could have really benefitted from a 5 speed gearbox like the Spicers that were installed in the Internationals a few years later. [/QUOTE]
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