Considering who owned that vehicle and what she accomplished using, I assume,
that vehicle, the Chevy Tomato should go in a Caver Vehicle Museum in NM, TX or
Huntsville. I mean in NM the humidity is so low the museum would not even have
to be under roof.
However, Nico is correct I am sure about the maintenance history of such
vehicle. Having rebuilt an old caving vehicle decades ago, I have no desire to
do another one. For one, the safety features on newer vehicles are worth it,
and reliability counts as well. Cost? Fairly new vehicles to me are worth it
because I no longer have unlimited time or necessarily want to make unlimited
time, yet, to get there, with multiple tire problems, overheating, wheels
flying off, drive shafts slinging off down the interstate or country dirt
caving roads, carb. clogging up from dirty fuel tanks, and more. Does anyone
really get off road these days. Are there still caves to be found?
I would be happy to see the Old School Bus in a museum. I would pay for having
Strickland's old '68 Red Dodge Power Wagon pulled out of the weeds and hauled
to Huntsville. There is space behind the hdqtrs in Huntsville for several
vehicles. Terry R. do you still have an old vehicle or two to donate to the
cause? We could park them in Huntsville, with Geary's permission, and put a
couple of drip pans underneath, maybe a half dozen drip pans. Are any of
Frank's old Toyotas still stuck back in the weeds? I know Blake has one two.
By the way George can do whatever he wants in my book. That TX convention was
tops and those things are not easy to put on. Volunteer and help at TN.
Nico, we will never get tired of your Giant Caves of Northern Mexico.
Preston Forsythe, Browder, KY
On Saturday, June 8, 2019, 11:04:43 AM CDT, Nico Escamilla
<pitboun...@gmail.com> wrote:
Vw saveiro as well as the Chevrolet tornado are gutless, Ive driven both,
they're good for running errands and have decent fuel economy but thats it,
neither could ever be considered a caving vehicle unless your idea of caving
involves paved roads to the entrance like Palmito or Grutas de Garcia. They're
nothing but a small carr disguised as a pickup, in the case of the Chevy its
the Aveo platform with a pickup bed and the VW I believe its the Polo/vento
turned into a pick'em up truck or I could be wrong and it could be the Gol
platform... in any case, they both have tiny engines aimed at fuel economy and
thats it, the Chevy is geared lower which helps with you put 500 kilos worth
cattle feed or such in the bed, the tradeoff is higher rpms at highway speeds..
Ground clearance is nothing to write home about either.. I could go on and on,
but that'd be as pointless as most of Locklear's posts on this listserve since
neither of them vehicles is offered in the states cause they're little death
boxes without airbags or any such safety features.
Nico
Nico
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El vie., 7 de jun. de 2019 7:37 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> escribió:
I saw the Volkwagen in the link below on the highway in Houston today, or
something very similar to it.
http://an-review.weebly.com/uploads/7/8/3/9/78391004/new-saveiro-2018-2_orig.jpg
I think it had Mexican plates.
Somebody should get one for Walt.
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