Re: 1991 ranger brake problem

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
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 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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