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From: Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
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Subject: Re: 1991 ranger brake problem
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:38:19 -0700
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On 11/12/2024 4:02 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Snag"  wrote in message news:vh0ini$1q13r$1@dont-email.me...
> 
>   Dad had a '57 Jeep pickup , he swapped out the original flathead six
> for a Tornado 230 overhead cam six . Weren't much for top end but it
> sure could climb ! Used to really piss of the guys with their hopped up
> big tire hot rod Chevy's and Fords . Dad would set the throttle at about
> 1500-1600 RPM and drop it in low/low/4 and just walk up the hills those
> boys just spun out on . My brother "gave it away to a friend" after Dad
> died .
> -- 
> Snag
> --------------------------------------
> 
> When I was of that age for some reason Jeeps weren't common off-road in 
> NH. VW dune buggies and older foreign cars were more popular with those 
> who couldn't afford a Land Rover, pickups with many who could. Dirt 
> bikes were the main choice before trikes and quads appeared, street- 
> legal ones like mine could get themselves to / from distant trails, 
> though I had to go around the most challenging obstacles. My buddy had a 
> Land Rover which proved the adage that the better you have, the further 
> in you get stuck. Usually I could get close enough to help dig out in my 
> Beetle.

A Bulgarian designer I have worked with perhaps said it best.  "The more 
off road capable is your truck the further you must walk to find a 
tractor."


> 
> In Germany I had a bicycle and an inflatable boat, either of which could 
> carry me plus the other, and fences didn't block me. I could bicycle 
> upstream, float down the river, then bicycle home. The grid of fire 
> trails in forests let me go anywhere cross-country. Shell road maps were 
> almost as detailed as topo maps and showed various ancient ruins to 
> explore.




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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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