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Ol' Unreliable
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Norsemans, maybe. Maybe even Desert Dogs. They weren't easy to find, though. |
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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cpt logger
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Have you ever been to Nebraska? That week spent in Nebraska one day is doable! I know that you lived through the 70s. So did I. |
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Bruce W
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When the 70s started, I didn't really believe I would live to see the 80s. But here I am! BW
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It is NOT a Jeep Willys! It is a Willys jeep.
Happy Trails! Good-bye, Good Luck, and May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You! We Have Miles to Jeep, Before We Sleep. |
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Mike S
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In 1972 I had a brand new Toyota Lancruiser FJ40. With 8" wheels and Gates XT Commandos. Learned to 4 wheel in that rig.
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'47 CJ2A -- #114542
Warn FF D41 rear Lock-Right locker 11" drum brakes Dual master cylinder T90C Transmission 16 X 6 Jeep truck wheels Cooper STT Pro tires |
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Ol' Unreliable
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I never liked those, either.
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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Greaser007
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floatation tires work in spring-snowpack travel at 4-psi yep.
First off, when I was in Jr college I had traded a VW bug to a woman for a '57 Willys wagon. The wagon had a 327 Chev with powerglide and Armstrong farm implement ribbed tires. 10-15 on 10-inch wheels on front and 11-15 on 10-inch wheels on the rear. That thing would run up the freeway like a normal vehicle. I think the tire had a 35-mph top speed warning label. I ran them at 75-mph down the freeway with no problems, and never took them out to the sand. I was 20-years old at the time, and wound up dead-centering a power pole on the way home from a barn-party one night. Those were great tires ! While we are kicking around old favorite tires, does anyone remember the Monaco which looked like the mud terrain. The Monaco tires had heavy lugs and I had bought a used set to run my my '73 power-wagon back in '74. Now, after those Monaco's wore out I installed a set of Armstrong Tru Trac's on the power-wagon and after having them shaved with the tire truing machine they ran down the highway fairly well with Gobs of weights on the wheels. On my 4x4 Ford van, I have worn out 2-sets of Mickey Thompson 34-inch bias ply tires, and those are the Truest tires I have run on my larger rigs, whereas the BF Goodrich TA's have almost always required lots more weights than you would expect for a well-known brand. After the mickey's I installed BF ta's in 315-16 size and was disappointed with the roundness of the tires, as no comparison to how true those mickeys were. I just took my jeep trailer to the lake behind my old '71 Winnebago motorhome full of camping gear and ran the Tru-Tracs at 9-psi on the highway for a soft ride. Hard to believe this pair of tires has not come apart yet. 30-years ago, I would buy the Armstrong Tru Tracs at the Price-Club store in Sacramento, California until the tires were discontinued. Len |
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flatfender47
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Top - Pismo Beach, Devils Slide, 1983, Armstrong Hi Way Flotation, 11.00 x 15, on 15" wide wheels
Middle - 1977, California desert wash near Glamis, LF is flat, same tires/wheels as above. Bottom - 1978, So Cal desert Jeep trip, same tires (different set) on 10" wide wheels.
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1947 CJ2A 225V6 SM420 D30 PLok/D44 D/Locker Warn OD 5:38s
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Unkamonkey
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I don't know if I should even get into this talk. I spent many years in a tire shop and none of those tires are not around anymore.
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Unkamonkey
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Sorry, my computer got hacked sometime in the last 24 hours so I am still trying to get it back to where I want it. It decides to send off things before I want them to go out or it goes to places I don't want it to go to. I talked to the guy from India that got a bit cranky with me, I was nice but he hung up on me after I told him that I wasn't going to send him $200.00 to fix the problem they started. I called my friend who is formally a head computer guru foe the state.
We got it figured out and it was just a 30 sec fix. I felt that I owed him something so I said that I would head down to fix his LC. Nope, he is like me and he is going to do it himself. He is going to head out to CA to pick up his 13th motor bike. I thought I pushed the limit when I had 3. |
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jeepcj559
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I never did much sand. but my "Desert Dog" tires sure added lots floatation for WV mud back in the 70s
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