And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Funny you mention the doors. On my '73, only a hint of a budge was required to squarely set the doors into the frame. Quietly too. This after trooping hill ans dale in sand, dirt, sometimes mud.
I had a boss that had one as a hunting vehicle. It had just enough lift to clear 33's. He would break a rear axle every few years. He finally put a 9" Ford axle under it that solved the problem.
I'd love to have one of these old beauties, but alas, the "beautiful people" have discovered them as a bit of dé·clas·sé status symbol, so the prices have gone out of sight for mere plebes like me. Once they became a toy for the rich to show that they had "the common touch" they became mostly untouchable.
A year newer than mine, which was the same color and had the twin saddle tanks also. Doors fit just as badly, too.
ReplyDeleteFunny you mention the doors. On my '73, only a hint of a budge was required to squarely set the doors into the frame. Quietly too. This after trooping hill ans dale in sand, dirt, sometimes mud.
ReplyDeleteI had a boss that had one as a hunting vehicle. It had just enough lift to clear 33's. He would break a rear axle every few years. He finally put a 9" Ford axle under it that solved the problem.
ReplyDeleteI'd take that one anyway.
DeleteI'd love to have one of these old beauties, but alas, the "beautiful people" have discovered them as a bit of dé·clas·sé status symbol, so the prices have gone out of sight for mere plebes like me. Once they became a toy for the rich to show that they had "the common touch" they became mostly untouchable.
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