good point. not so far. but single owner. the v6 on those earlier models had head gasket issues & recalls. from there, it's all about never letting engine overheat whatever the cause.
My dad said in New Guinea, the temps were often well over 100F. He's shoot 10 rolls of film. The "dark room" was a couple layers of tents. The chemicals would get so hot that he said he'd quickly dip them in the developer and immediately dip them in the fixer and about 95% of them would be overdeveloped. There was no way to slow down the process in the jungle. They didn't have ice baths. He had a lot of pictures of the local native people, as they were allies agains the Japanese. He didn't have any classified stuff. Some trucks and planes and his buddies. He said he'd blow stuff up (not pictures, explosives, as he was also a demolitions officer) and have to take pictures of it afterwards, go through the remains of things, and people, and send the intelligence back to the higher ups. As a boy, he got into telescopes and cameras, ran a local observatory for Notre Dame with his sister, built his own telescopes, etc. Optics was interesting. We'd build periscopes, pin-hole cameras, telescopes, etc. Fun guy. I miss him.
good points, amazing so much WWII film & footage made it through tropical combat jungle cond. a tribute to the technology & heroics of that dayMy dad said in New Guinea, the temps were often well over 100F. He's shoot 10 rolls of film. The "dark room" was a couple layers of tents. The chemicals would get so hot that he said he'd quickly dip them in the developer and immediately dip them in the fixer and about 95% of them would be overdeveloped. There was no way to slow down the process in the jungle. They didn't have ice baths. He had a lot of pictures of the local native people, as they were allies agains the Japanese. He didn't have any classified stuff. Some trucks and planes and his buddies. He said he'd blow stuff up (not pictures, explosives, as he was also a demolitions officer) and have to take pictures of it afterwards, go through the remains of things, and people, and send the intelligence back to the higher ups. As a boy, he got into telescopes and cameras, ran a local observatory for Notre Dame with his sister, built his own telescopes, etc. Optics was interesting. We'd build periscopes, pin-hole cameras, telescopes, etc. Fun guy. I miss him.
On a related note, while I worked at the newspaper for 30 years, one of my duties was taking care of all the film processors in the photo department and the plate making department. That film was 14" wide by 24" deep. The camera was 8' tall and had a lens about 5" across.
Black Label & Falstaff beer!!!
That's correct! I think all the GM vans were unibody construction until about 1996. So no big thick stout frame under them. For that reason a lot of the conversion companies refused to convert them to 4x4. The 1976 GMC 4wd conversion I had for so many years (pictured some posts back) was unibody but had a lot of heavy gussets added to mount the transfer case and front axle.
When you've owned as many cheap mostly throw away beaters as me you become cheap and reluctant to throw parts in it worth 1/2- 1/5 of what I buy them for Unless it's safety related like brakes etc. I parked an old beat up 5 speed oil burning escort on unobstructed hills purposely for over a month so I could pop the clutch to start it lol. My ideology is not recommended if your in the dating scene or if your married. Honey pop the clutch while I push it. Not a good idea or second date material
.Does that still work with modern vehicles (the few that still have a manual as an option)? I ask because there was a thread a while back about the new Rangers having some sort of interlock where you couldn't unlock the doors if the battery was below a certain level. Didn't know if they similarly disabled the ignition system.
Ford does not offer the manual tranny on there new rangers. We had a 5sp manual in the 2017 tacoma we traded in and will not get another truck with a manual. What a pain! And I grew up with them.
They're fun to drive for nostalgia's sake. I take any opportunity to drive a stick if offered just to see if I can still do it.
Because of the steep hills in your area? Problems with it? As a taco junky I'm intrigued lol.
My 80 something yr old mother hopped in my old tacoma to see if she could still drive manual. She could enjoyed it and never stalled it. More than I can say for my dads attempt. lol.They're fun to drive for nostalgia's sake. I take any opportunity to drive a stick if offered just to see if I can still do it.
My brother in-law put my youngest daughter on a dirt bike several years ago, got her used to the clutch, and off they went.
Couple years later, her future spouse had a jeep with a stick and offered to show her how to drive it. He was surprised how fast she picked it up. Once you learn it, it's just like riding a bike! Well, dirt bike, but the saying still applies.
Hills was pain but not as bad as getting it hooked up to trailers.
I'd get a manual for car, but not a truck again.
