FrankTheDog

Still flying military airplanes that were designed in the 1950’s.

I looked them up, it says aluminum housing which is nice. These are my current splinter diggers, probably have had them on my key chain and in my wallet for well over ten years.

Looks like a most excellent splinter removing tool. Is it metal or something else?

The aluminum overcast.

$4.799 for regular in nwct. $48 to drive 230 miles

How far north? New England?

2 maybe 3 inches and l think the tires are 235/70/16.

Other than color it’s a dead ringer for the 92 l had. But mine was nowheres near that good of shape. Throw a set of 3.73’s in the back and it would be a quick truck.

Yeah it is, no doubt about it in this picture. Although in the first picture you can just about make out the 4 twin engine pods.

B-52?

Gone

https://nh.craigslist.org/cto/d/rye-1974-vw-bus-camper/7478674844.html Here’s one that’s a bit cheaper.

Good luck finding one. Can’t imagine there being many left.

Towing capacity on a manual XJ is 3500 lbs. The Uhaul center across from where the bus was stored wouldn’t rent me the dolly l had reserved, that’s when l learned how heavy it was. I had just gotten my first iPhone just a few months before and that’s when I learned just how useful they could be on a trip. I found a music store that also rented Uhaul’s and when the music guy asked me what l was hauling I said an 81 VW Rabbit and when I said a Cherokee as a tow vehicle he put down Grand Cherokee and I didn’t correct him and we were on our way.

I hauled a 1981 VW camper bus from Knoxville TN to Winsted CT with my 98 XJ. Interstate the whole way. 4.0 5 speed 4.10 gears 8.5 rear and 32” load range E tires. l didn’t realize how heavy they were when I signed on for the “adventure” It pulled it ok because of the gearing but I never went over 50 mph. It was a bit nerve wracking but I didn’t feel unsafe, most of the time. So if you do it, drive slow and allow plenty of room in front of you.

There’s no driveline in that jeep he’s going to be towing. Without the driveline it’ll probably be under 4,000 lbs. Take your time and you should be ok.

Thanks for sharing. My wander lust is getting strong, I haven’t been out west since 2014. Definitely going to take at least two weeks in the next couple years to hit western Montana and Utah. I have family in SD MT and UT I can stay with so that’ll help.

I haven’t seen one since the start of this thread. I don’t know how long before that when I saw my last one.

We used to rough out rotor hubs for those. Also learned at an air show that pilots don’t care that you made the parts for their flying machine but the crew chiefs were always very interested in that and would show you around their machine. ” I own this machine, I just let them fly it.” Learned a lot that day.

They sure would’ve been better than the Chevy 2.8 V6 that came in them. A late supercharged narrow angle 3800 gen 3 would be nice in a XJ or MJ.

If Jeep didn’t sell the Buick V6 back to GM Chrysler would’ve been using them.

My Mazda 6 sportwagon has fold flat seats. It even has levers by the back hatch so you don’t even have to open the back doors.

Yeah, I forgot about these. My mom had a couple. Used to drive her down to Florida in them. Avoid the ones with automatic wipers. Her 2001 Lesabre’s wipers would do all kinds of funky things with them. No other problems with that car though.

Almost any vehicle they made millions a year of. There is a reason they were so popular. Camry, Accord, Corolla, Civic, Elantra, Accent Mazda 3 and 6 and any “suv” that is based on those platforms. You might throw Ford Focus in there but I have no experience with them.