I think the counterpart to that for me was in South Dakota when I was
trying to drive through past the Needles in the Black Hills. The road was
so narrow that one wheel was on the center line and the other on the edge
of the pavement.
The good thing about it is that it is always associated with vacations and
playtime.
Joel W.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> My first outing in the Chevy van was a trip from Northern Mississippi to
> Joplin, MO. The Ozarks are pretty country, and my wife and her Dad wanted
> to revisit Eureka Springs, AR. I ended up squeezing that whale through
> narrow streets with cars parked everywhere. It was quite an introduction
> to
> a van at its worst advantage. ;~)
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DZDub" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Cars
>
>
> > Haha. I replaced the compressor on old Sasquatch (mine's an '87 GMC, but
> > it's the same as the Chevy, except it's an import -- from Canada) and it
> > still wouldn't hold freon. However, the guy who did the work had
> > previously converted the system to R-134(?), so it is easy for me to
> > service.
> >
> > Before my trip to join up with Ken in the UP last September, I had the
> > seal
> > replaced on the final drive and the mechanic left his trouble light
> > hanging
> > so that Ken said he thought I had a broken shock after he was following
> > behind me for a ways. Until I crawled under to look around, I thought it
> > was strange that one could drive around with a shock hanging down and not
> > really notice it, but I didn't doubt that it was so until I discovered
> > otherwise. That van is kind of like driving a whale.
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Jim Nichols
> > <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> >> I had a 94 Chevy conversion van for a few years, when my late
> >> father-in-law
> >> lived with us. I towed a load of furniture to Northern Kansas in a
> large
> >> U-Haul trailer. They will work well as prime movers. I might still
> have
> >> it, except that the AC system wouldn't hold its Freon.
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "DZDub" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:14 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [OM] Cars
> >>
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 2/14/13 18:06 : , DZDub wrote:
> >> >> > You may be one of the few who would appreciate this sight:
> >> >> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1319 Joel W.
> >> >> Wow. I haven't seen one of those in like forever. Nice.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I know! Here was my ride at the time:
> >> >
> >> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1253
> >> >
> >> > That Corvair incited some envy. But it passed fairly quickly. My van
> >> > will
> >> > pull an Airstream trailer at 75 MPH.
> >> >
> >> > Joel (not recommending it unless trying to get through Nebraska) W.
> >>
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