Cars back then were designed to have airflow, the wings plus they had fresh air vents. My dad had a 64 Ford wagon, no air, we drove it to Florida in the summer and I being the youngest rode in the very back. Packed a picnic lunch and ate at a roadside rest area.
Picked this up with the left front tire today. Went straight to my local dealer, Northside Ford and they got me right in, fixed it while I waited. By the way, that why I do business locally. While I was waiting and having nothing better to do, I ordered new shoes for the Ranger, was going to...
The way my purchase transpired was I had just retired, went looking for a used low mileage F150, brought 3 different trucks home for the majority stock holders approval and she found something wrong with all 3. Drove the HPR Ranger home and it was all over after the first look. Must be a reason...
As fast as a Kawasaki 900 will go, speedo said 150+ but I doubt that, it was the late 70,s I was a 10ft tall and bulletproof dummy, now my Allstate app tells on me if I go over 80.
No pics but took the Ranger in for a service, 37500 miles, the left front tire was showing more wear on the inside so had them check and fix the alignment. Threw a drive train malfunction code twice early in February but they could not find anything wrong. Also had them update Sync and that took...
Our wrecker was a GMC 396 5 speed with dual cherry bomb stacks, supposedly was an INDY 500 wrecker originally. My boss was pretty cool and did not give me much training, just sink or swim. Taught myself how to fix whatever came in the bay room. Can't imagine putting studs in tires, are studded...
When I was 16-18, I worked for a service station that had a wrecker and we would chain up in the winter. Winters in 1975 Effingham, IL were different then today, as they started in early in December and lasted a while. Snow, ice and mostly rear wheel drive land yachts meant the wrecker business...