From: none@none.com99   
      
   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 .   
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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.   
      
   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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