- 1. New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 14:58:48 -0500
- I'm looking for advice about what kind of tow vehicle to get next. I've been very happily using a 1997 Chev C1500 pickup for the past few years, but it's coming off lease next month and I think I wan
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00079.html (9,139 bytes)
- 2. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: MHKitchen@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 15:06:58 EST
- << and is a pre-91 Suburban with the old '80's style chassis and body. >> Brian: Been there, done that!! Can't recommend it!!! The previous generation (now 2 generations old with the introduction thi
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00080.html (8,257 bytes)
- 3. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 16:57:00 -0500
- No brainer - Dodge Ram Wagon SLT 1500 109" wb - 318 [5.2L] 4ATX. Not Ford, Not Chevy - and that's not just misplaced loyalty. Comfortable daily driver - great tow vehicle - ideal race-weekend crew/c
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00081.html (10,203 bytes)
- 4. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 18:26:47 -0500
- Don't tell me - I know - tell the list - [I've copied them on this reply]. 109 vs 127 wb is personal. I like the 109 because its my daily driver as well and its sooo easy to park etc - shorter than a
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00082.html (8,718 bytes)
- 5. Fwd: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: DGreimel@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 19:51:25 EST
- --part1_6b.18206ea.25d3658d_boundary Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: DGreimel@aol.com From: DGreimel@aol.com Full-name: DGreimel Message-ID: <c7.1e05453.25d36432@aol.com> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00083.html (9,335 bytes)
- 6. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: RodsINTOMG@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:13:15 EST
- << PLEASE somebody explain to me why so many luddites swear by pickups. >> Okay, am I the only one who's stupid? So what's a luddite? Rod Schweiger '64 MGB Sebring Coupe with stupid driver
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00084.html (7,769 bytes)
- 7. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 19:01:31 -0800
- The Luddites were a group of people who opposed the Industrial Revolution by throwing things into the machinery to break it. Ever heard of throwing a monkey wrench in the machinery? In the UK, that w
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00085.html (8,562 bytes)
- 8. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: RodsINTOMG@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:50:32 EST
- << The Luddites were a group of people who opposed the Industrial Revolution by throwing things into the machinery to break it. Ever heard of throwing a monkey wrench in the machinery? In the UK, tha
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00086.html (8,273 bytes)
- 9. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:20:01 -0500
- - someone who resists technological improvement - Luddington, England, 1811, cottage weavers raided the new factories and smashed the new machines - I suppose I actually answered my own question - ob
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00087.html (8,289 bytes)
- 10. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:35:51 -0500
- Not to prolong the off-topic discussion too long but my understanding is - - cottage weavers from Luddington smashed the new machines - the term Luddites came into use somewhat later to describe peop
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00088.html (9,406 bytes)
- 11. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: DGreimel@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 04:53:31 EST
- Neat, we are all learning about Luddites and I think I qualify. Perhaps it came from teaching modern automotive technology for thirty years and learning to appreciate things that one can actually get
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00092.html (7,799 bytes)
- 12. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: mike & Jaye Rosen <mra@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 09:56:47 -0500
- Actually to be correct: The followers of Ludd were fighting a part of the industrial revolution...but not as a fear of technology but rather that they were working in the woolen mills in England and
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00095.html (8,616 bytes)
- 13. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 09:52:04 -0500
- I'll buy that. I love working on my vintage formula car. How anyone can enjoy working on a showroom stock race car beats me - all those wires and hoses and electronics . . . . Derek
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00096.html (7,810 bytes)
- 14. Re: New tow vehicle help (score: 1)
- Author: DGreimel@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 20:06:29 EST
- Hi Derek, I think the kicker for me was when a freind who works at a BMW shop told me thay had to replace the radio to correct a problem with the power steering. Long live Luddites! Don
- /html/vintage-race/2000-02/msg00111.html (7,510 bytes)
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