Pete’ old red truck has gone to Houston with a fellow Sprouse told him about who rebuilds old power wagons. We are still stuck with Stone’s truck that slid upside down along a hwy in Mexico all those years ago. He lost the title, and neither Pete nor I have been able to get him to get another. Would love someone to haul it off! 🥴
On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 11:40 AM PRESTON FORSYTHE <pns_...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > 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 > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Libre > de virus. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-6764994677773997262_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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