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Postby DragonFire » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:59 pm

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It's vintage...it's a 90 Celica GT!! And it can tow 2,000 lbs!

But..it has no hitch, and I can't get the Vespa in the trunk...just wouldn't fit.

So I'll probably get a Ford Ranger extended cab. White. Bug truck. Boring.

But imagine the Celica pulling the Grasshopper... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby doug hodder » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:37 pm

Dragonfire....you left your cooler in the neighbors driveway...don't forget to pick it up....

I tow with a Ranger...it's always been good to me and I haul a lot of crap! Doug
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Postby DragonFire » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:00 pm

i think that's an igloo, so it can't be mine!! Sometimes he leaves his charcoal grill out there too!

They are great neighbors..that guy and the one to the left of him...great guys, but dang, I hate looking out the front window.

Bermuda grass lawns too...totally dead right now...

Looks like hell around here sometimes, but who am I to talk..I have the Aristocrat in the driveway and a 22 year old car out front!!

I've been looking at Rangers a bit..there was one in Fairfield that sounded like a possibility...I want the 6 cyl...I've heard the 4 cyl are junk. I'm bored, it's raining, and I might start the search online again.

Signing up for another vintage rally..so I need to get the TV in order..just wish I could sell the Aristocrat!
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Postby Greg M » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:28 am

Just think of the tiny 5th wheel you could pull with the Smart pickup :)

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Postby Alan Wood » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:54 am

DragonFire wrote:i think that's an igloo, so it can't be mine!! Sometimes he leaves his charcoal grill out there too!

They are great neighbors..that guy and the one to the left of him...great guys, but dang, I hate looking out the front window.

Bermuda grass lawns too...totally dead right now...

Looks like hell around here sometimes, but who am I to talk..I have the Aristocrat in the driveway and a 22 year old car out front!!

I've been looking at Rangers a bit..there was one in Fairfield that sounded like a possibility...I want the 6 cyl...I've heard the 4 cyl are junk. I'm bored, it's raining, and I might start the search online again.

Signing up for another vintage rally..so I need to get the TV in order..just wish I could sell the Aristocrat!

So Dragonfire where in Sacramento do you live. I have something of an impresion that it is in Orangevale or maybe Citrus Heights? Just curios as an Orangevale resident.
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Postby prohandyman » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:44 am

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I was just about to put whitewalls on the Kit when a buyer for a large RV shop in Tucson wanted it real bad for their showroom. It now resides there.
I have whitewalls on my Metz though...
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Postby Lazybones » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:32 pm

Large white walls just don't belong on anything past the thirties to late fourties.

A one inch or so looks ok on the later years up to the sixties.

This is just my opinion.

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Postby DragonFire » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:06 pm

I think the Metz looks great with whitewalls!!

So..the Kit is no longer yours?? I just ordered the Vintage Camper Trailers calendar yesterday...and you and your Kit are on it!

Lazybones..the only thing besides solid black I would put on my 79 would be the same kind of whitewalls I always had on my 72 Merc Comet...the ones with the 1" or smaller white stripe. I'd love to have some of those for the GH. Of course I had them turned with the whitewall in when I had the Comet, but it had been in the family since new, and it previously had the white stripe out.

I wish I had that car now...wouldn't look right with a hitch, got 8 mpg, but that would have been awesome with the GH. It was the right color gold metal flake color and everything...
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Postby prohandyman » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:11 am

Yep the Kit is gone. I wasn't going to sell it but money talks and my inventory needed reduction. I still have another in parts.
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Re: What about Tow Vehicles....let's see them.

Postby TZ » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:55 pm

59 ElCamino and my 46 KIT.
I have the fenders on it now covered in a bit of Washington Blue.

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Postby Weirdnerd » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:37 pm

1991 Toyota 4Runner, with 235,000 miles, It goes up 11,000 feet mountain passes and keeps a decent speed....I love this truck.

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Postby DragonFire » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:08 pm

I'm creeping closer to the Ranger...got the taxreturn today...within a few weeks I'll have a real tv!!! :thumbsup:
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Postby mckenney56 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:24 pm

I'm going to try to build something light enough to pull with a 2012 Hyundai Accent.

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It will look something like this and have a rack on top to carry canoes.

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Postby Sonoma ZR2 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:47 pm

Well my Tow vehicle is in my Avatar along with the trailer frame waiting for a body.
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Postby DragonFire » Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:29 pm

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Just couldn't resist.... :D
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