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.
Had a buddy in high school that outfitted one with tractor tires in the rear. Much larger than this. Got is stuck mudding in the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Much fun.
I was intrigued by the meaning of the license plate as it applies to this vehicle. Here's what I found:
trip hammer /trĭp′hăm″ər/ noun * A heavy, power-operated hammer that is lifted by a cam or lever and then dropped. * A powered machine used in a forge which repeatedly strikes work placed on an anvil. * A massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity.
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My 71 baja bug looks like that but lot more ratty. Be tooling down the interstate, kids in other vehicles go bonkers seeing it. Don't know exactly why so, makes me smile and wave too.
Why not, if you have the time, money and know how?
ReplyDeleteIn the 80s those or quite similar were NOT uncommon to see on the roads and certainly on the "off roads."
ReplyDeleteHad a buddy in high school that outfitted one with tractor tires in the rear. Much larger than this. Got is stuck mudding in the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Much fun.
ReplyDeleteI was intrigued by the meaning of the license plate as it applies to this vehicle. Here's what I found:
ReplyDeletetrip hammer /trĭp′hăm″ər/
noun
* A heavy, power-operated hammer that is lifted by a cam or lever and then dropped.
* A powered machine used in a forge which repeatedly strikes work placed on an anvil.
* A massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
I knew a guy who said his brother kept a Baja Bug in La Paz back in the 80's and would fly down there and spend a week camping on the beaches.
ReplyDeleteMy 71 baja bug looks like that but lot more ratty. Be tooling down the interstate, kids in other vehicles go bonkers seeing it. Don't know exactly why so, makes me smile and wave too.
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