Itinerant Air-Cooled in New Mexico
- Amskeptic
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Itinerant Air-Cooled in New Mexico
Not really an intermission anymore as I am heading east to get back to work where I left off.
New Mexico abandoned farm:
I love these swoopy fenders surrounding that lump of an engine:
This is a "crash" box (non-synchromesh) where you can see the gears themselves slide across the mainshaft. This here is a three-speed + reverse:
Clutch action was surprisingly heavy:
As were the brakes which are mechanical pull-rods working on expander cams inside the drums. My guess is that this thing would have been a handful on a major downhill with curves:
Here is an exteral contracting band emergency brake lining, working on a drum at the end of the transmission. What made these so delightful that they had to be outlawed was that they would stop the driveshaft but the rotational inertia would split at the differential, giving you one wheel going forward and the other backwards. . . this promoted. . . . . accidents.
Then dammitall, wouldn't you know it, I got stuck again.
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New Mexico abandoned farm:
I love these swoopy fenders surrounding that lump of an engine:
This is a "crash" box (non-synchromesh) where you can see the gears themselves slide across the mainshaft. This here is a three-speed + reverse:
Clutch action was surprisingly heavy:
As were the brakes which are mechanical pull-rods working on expander cams inside the drums. My guess is that this thing would have been a handful on a major downhill with curves:
Here is an exteral contracting band emergency brake lining, working on a drum at the end of the transmission. What made these so delightful that they had to be outlawed was that they would stop the driveshaft but the rotational inertia would split at the differential, giving you one wheel going forward and the other backwards. . . this promoted. . . . . accidents.
Then dammitall, wouldn't you know it, I got stuck again.
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Sylvester
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Re: IAC New Mexico > east
Well, did you get it running again?I bet they didn't have spare parts at the FLAPs.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
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Later in New Mexico, I took an exit down some ranch road to get out and stretch.
Look! Horse!
And then there were two!
The first horse I think was the boss, as he was continually scoping out the situation:
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Then, as I was just taking in the scenery on this beautiful afternoon far from the foibles of humanity, I realized a new twist on the Theory of Relativity. Sometimes you think you are taking in the scenery. . . sometimes, it is the scenery that is taking you in:
Look! Horse!
And then there were two!
The first horse I think was the boss, as he was continually scoping out the situation:
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Then, as I was just taking in the scenery on this beautiful afternoon far from the foibles of humanity, I realized a new twist on the Theory of Relativity. Sometimes you think you are taking in the scenery. . . sometimes, it is the scenery that is taking you in:
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Sluggo
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Nice!Amskeptic wrote:Then, as I was just taking in the scenery on this beautiful afternoon far from the foibles of humanity, I realized a new twist on the Theory of Relativity. Sometimes you think you are taking in the scenery. . . sometimes, it is the scenery that is taking you in:
1977 Bus with Sunroof - "Lucky '77"
2000cc Type IV w/Dual Weber 36s,
Aircooled.net SVDA w/Compufire,
Redline Weber Fuel Pump,
Holley Regulator,
Half Ass Brush & Roller Rustoleum Paint Job,
Incomplete Custom Interior,
Dual Batteries,
Crunched Slider Door.
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Thankee, miss. I am in Amarillo for a couple of hours before heading east still further. Said goodbye to all that open sky over buttes country, now it is flat and grassy. The west has such a pull on me right now.mojo wrote:wonderful pictures!
Colin:
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- vwlover77
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Beautiful!
Ussins here in Ohio have been having absolutely boootiful weather this week! When ya fixin' ta be in these here parts?
Ussins here in Ohio have been having absolutely boootiful weather this week! When ya fixin' ta be in these here parts?
Don
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71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
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78 Westy
71 Super Beetle Convertible Autostick
"When we let our compassion go, we let go of whatever claim we have to the divine." - Bruce Springsteen
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Soon. Like October One-er-so.vwlover77 wrote:Beautiful!
Ussins here in Ohio have been having absolutely boootiful weather this week! When ya fixin' ta be in these here parts?
ColinMcCainIsLosingIT
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Sylvester
- Bad Old Puddy Tat.
- Location: Sylvester, Georgia
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Imagine this photo if you were moving 65 MPH.Amskeptic wrote:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!11
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.