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.
I remember driving one of those back in the late '70s. They had the tiniest drum brakes at all four corners and if you happened to have been driving at 60 mph for a while in cooler weather....they were sound asleep when you hit the brake pedal. Steve_in_Ottawa
AHEM! I owned a 1965 in light green with white roof and then a 1968 in this color combination. Brakes? Pump when necessary. When I added radial tires, the handling vastly improved. I hade the V-304 (c.i.d.) engine. The dry weight was 4700 pounds. The engine was built for medium-duty trucks up to 24,500 pounds GVW. So, this Travelall needed highway runs to get it to purr. It was a lot of engine for the GVWR. Tough vehicle. In those days when I went into a parking lot, I never concerned myself with finding the Travelall. At 6'2" in height, little was of its ilk. Even the term "SUV" was decades away.
Cal Forestry had some in the same color.
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ReplyDeleteI remember driving one of those back in the late '70s. They had the tiniest drum brakes at all four corners and if you happened to have been driving at 60 mph for a while in cooler weather....they were sound asleep when you hit the brake pedal. Steve_in_Ottawa
ReplyDeleteThat is an ugly beast.
ReplyDeleteVariation of the Mormon Assault Vehicle common to the rural west in the 60s and 70s. Horrible mileage - even for that era.
ReplyDeleteAHEM! I owned a 1965 in light green with white roof and then a 1968 in this color combination. Brakes? Pump when necessary. When I added radial tires, the handling vastly improved. I hade the V-304 (c.i.d.) engine. The dry weight was 4700 pounds. The engine was built for medium-duty trucks up to 24,500 pounds GVW. So, this Travelall needed highway runs to get it to purr. It was a lot of engine for the GVWR. Tough vehicle. In those days when I went into a parking lot, I never concerned myself with finding the Travelall. At 6'2" in height, little was of its ilk. Even the term "SUV" was decades away.
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