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.
Everywhere in N. Arizona in the 70's - aka MAV's - "Mormon Assault Vehicles" because so many of the largish LDS families drove them. Did OK in the hot to very cold weather in the mountainous regions.
The college I went to had one, the ignition lock was worn out and you could start it with the screwdriver that was kept in the glove box, we borrowed it once for a road trip and it broke down in Oxnard in the middle of the night, cops showed up, we talked our way out of that and had them call AAA for us, had it towed to the Greyhound station and took the bus home. It showed up on campus a week later. That was 45 years ago. The End.
We had a '72 Travelall. It had two gas tanks, front and rear, with a knob on the dash that switched the gauge when you twisted it, so you could see how much was in both tanks, and switched the fuel pump when you pulled it. ~30 gallons total, 350 highway miles with a tailwind. It was 'totalled' in a front end collision, but it was all body damage (the frame was invincible), so my dad fixed it. The best he could find for the front end was from a '71, which didn't have the hole for the front gas tank, so he cut that, put it on, and never bothered to repaint, so it was two-tone white/blue until we sold it. That beast went all over the US with 4 people, 2 big dogs, pulling a trailer.
If I could find one that wasn't rusted to hell and gone, I'd buy it in a heartbeat
ReplyDeletei used to have one of those in the early 70's. i have no recollection of the en gine size but i do remember it ran like a raped ape.
ReplyDeleteIs that a Travel-All?
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly is that?
ReplyDeleteInternational Harvester Travelall
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Competition for the Suburban.
ReplyDeleteCurb weight just under 4300 pounds. That surprises me. I would have guessed that sucker weighed closer to 5K empty.
ReplyDeleteIf I owned that beautiful machine, it'd be my everyday driver.
ReplyDeleteEverywhere in N. Arizona in the 70's - aka MAV's - "Mormon Assault Vehicles" because so many of the largish LDS families drove them. Did OK in the hot to very cold weather in the mountainous regions.
ReplyDeleteThe college I went to had one, the ignition lock was worn out and you could start it with the screwdriver that was kept in the glove box, we borrowed it once for a road trip and it broke down in Oxnard in the middle of the night, cops showed up, we talked our way out of that and had them call AAA for us, had it towed to the Greyhound station and took the bus home. It showed up on campus a week later.
ReplyDeleteThat was 45 years ago. The End.
We had a '72 Travelall. It had two gas tanks, front and rear, with a knob on the dash that switched the gauge when you twisted it, so you could see how much was in both tanks, and switched the fuel pump when you pulled it. ~30 gallons total, 350 highway miles with a tailwind. It was 'totalled' in a front end collision, but it was all body damage (the frame was invincible), so my dad fixed it. The best he could find for the front end was from a '71, which didn't have the hole for the front gas tank, so he cut that, put it on, and never bothered to repaint, so it was two-tone white/blue until we sold it. That beast went all over the US with 4 people, 2 big dogs, pulling a trailer.
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