From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "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 .   
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   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.   
      
   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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