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Re: Tow Vehicle

To: tomph@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Tow Vehicle
From: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 14:50:43 -0400
I've been using Chev full size pickups for the past four years.  First one 
wasn't actually a pickup but was a Tahoe, current one is 1997 C1500.  Both 
are 5.7L automatic trans, and have been pretty much fault free, aside from 
crappy brakes.

 From what I hear, the latest generation of Ford, Chev, etc, are all pretty 
good, and handle much better than earlier versions.  Real downside is the 
price of the things - with all the toys they cost more than a BMW!

What I'm seriously considering when the lease is up on the current truck, 
is going vintage and looking for a nicely restored 1950's/60's truck.  I've 
seen them in the truck trader magazines for $5K to $10K, with disc brake 
front ends and modern V-8 motors.  Given the miles that I put on a truck 
(under 16K miles in 2.5 years) this could be a bit of fun!  Risk is the 
quality of someone else's restoration...

Cheers, Brian


At 02:14 PM 08/09/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I've been lurking ever since I picked up a Datsun 2000 that I hope to run in
>some driving schools, vintage race and/or Solo II events. I have been towing
>it behind an '83 Ford E150 van that has a 4.9 6 cyl and 3 speed auto but
>it's just to much for van to handle. It has a hard time keeping up to speed
>when I hit those steeper grades on the interstates.
>
>I'm starting to look for a used pickup truck and would like to ask for some
>advice, based on your experiences, on what to look for in make, model,
>engine size, manual vs automatic, desiel vs gas, options, etc. Any help
>would be appreciated. Car is about 2K lbs and trailer is a tilt bed single
>axle that is under 1k lbs.
>
>I already know I need AC and want dual gas tanks.  You can send replies
>direct if you don't want to tie up the list.
>
>Thanx
>Tom

Brian Evans
Director, Global Sales
UUNET, An MCI WorldCom Company


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