My first outing in the Chevy van was a trip from Northern Mississippi to
Joplin, MO. The Ozarks are pretty country, and my wife and her Dad wanted
to revisit Eureka Springs, AR. I ended up squeezing that whale through
narrow streets with cars parked everywhere. It was quite an introduction to
a van at its worst advantage. ;~)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "DZDub" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Cars
> Haha. I replaced the compressor on old Sasquatch (mine's an '87 GMC, but
> it's the same as the Chevy, except it's an import -- from Canada) and it
> still wouldn't hold freon. However, the guy who did the work had
> previously converted the system to R-134(?), so it is easy for me to
> service.
>
> Before my trip to join up with Ken in the UP last September, I had the
> seal
> replaced on the final drive and the mechanic left his trouble light
> hanging
> so that Ken said he thought I had a broken shock after he was following
> behind me for a ways. Until I crawled under to look around, I thought it
> was strange that one could drive around with a shock hanging down and not
> really notice it, but I didn't doubt that it was so until I discovered
> otherwise. That van is kind of like driving a whale.
>
> Joel W.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Jim Nichols
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I had a 94 Chevy conversion van for a few years, when my late
>> father-in-law
>> lived with us. I towed a load of furniture to Northern Kansas in a large
>> U-Haul trailer. They will work well as prime movers. I might still have
>> it, except that the AC system wouldn't hold its Freon.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "DZDub" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Cars
>>
>>
>> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2/14/13 18:06 : , DZDub wrote:
>> >> > You may be one of the few who would appreciate this sight:
>> >> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1319 Joel W.
>> >> Wow. I haven't seen one of those in like forever. Nice.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I know! Here was my ride at the time:
>> >
>> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1253
>> >
>> > That Corvair incited some envy. But it passed fairly quickly. My van
>> > will
>> > pull an Airstream trailer at 75 MPH.
>> >
>> > Joel (not recommending it unless trying to get through Nebraska) W.
>>
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