CFM Frodo Posted May 10 CFM Report Posted May 10 3 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said: Chuck, the problem with the extra stiff suspension is the car would 'float' when going over washboards! And since we had a lot of relatives that lived on farms, where there were gravel roads, that was a bit scary, especially since my brother liked to drive fast! I had a. 72 Catalina that I would drive fast on dirt roads. One day I came around a curve sliding sideways and ran into the front tire of a road grader I jumped out and told the guy I had not seen another car all day long He laughed and said me neither!! Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
CFM Frodo Posted May 10 CFM Report Posted May 10 Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
CFM chuck123wapati Posted May 10 CFM Report Posted May 10 1 hour ago, Frodo said: Georgeous!!! but the first thing I noticed was the bottle sitting on a new paint job, LOL I hope it was the owner's and not the mechanic's. My dad would have killed me for doing that in the shop. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
CFM Frodo Posted May 12 CFM Report Posted May 12 On 5/10/2025 at 5:38 PM, chuck123wapati said: Georgeous!!! but the first thing I noticed was the bottle sitting on a new paint job, LOL I hope it was the owner's and not the mechanic's. My dad would have killed me for doing that in the shop. Lol. I see your concern, and you are right!! I know the mechanic only drinks DP. So that must belong to the owner Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
CFM chuck123wapati Posted May 17 CFM Report Posted May 17 the Burb Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
CFM Frodo Posted May 18 CFM Report Posted May 18 Looks like it will go anywhere IMG_1184.mov Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
Members Sheilajeanne Posted May 18 Members Report Posted May 18 When my husband was alive, this was our go-anywhere-mobile. A bit of creative doctoring was done to make it look like we had 2 German shepherds! We were actually x-country skiing at a place north of Toronto, but the guy who made our canoe lived nearby, and Roger wanted him to do some work on the canoe, so we took it along on our ski trip. No doubt it raised a few eyebrows! Quote
CFM Frodo Posted May 18 CFM Report Posted May 18 2 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said: When my husband was alive, this was our go-anywhere-mobile. A bit of creative doctoring was done to make it look like we had 2 German shepherds! We were actually x-country skiing at a place north of Toronto, but the guy who made our canoe lived nearby, and Roger wanted him to do some work on the canoe, so we took it along on our ski trip. No doubt it raised a few eyebrows! I know people who use a canoe towed behind there snowmobile to haul supplies to there cabin which is only accessible by car 6 months of the year. Quote Singer 66, Chi Chi Patcher, Rex 26-188, singer 29k62 , 2-needles D.C.F.M
Members Sheilajeanne Posted May 18 Members Report Posted May 18 Frodo, I'm assuming it was a aluminum canoe, which would have stood up to hitting any obstacles in the road better than fiberglass? I'm cringing at the thought of doing that to an old canvas and cedar strip canoe, or even a fiberglass canoe! I've seen too many busted canoes! I remember this one long-ago canoe trip where our trip leader had a beautiful brand spanking new 17 ft. Grumman aluminum canoe. This one set of rapids required that you pull hard to the left after going down a small chute/waterfall, to avoid the right channel, which was a rock garden. They hit the chute at an angle, and the canoe flipped. It think they must have hit nearly every darn rock on their way down that right-hand channel. The beautiful Grumman was considerably less new and less beautiful by the time they got through the rapids! One nice thing about aluminum canoes, though - you can generally bash the dings out of it with a rubber hammer or a boot! Oh, the things I did in my younger days...I LOVED canoeing! Don't get me started on stories, or I'll hijack this thread! Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted May 25 CFM Report Posted May 25 I tested Darwin's theory in kayaks. Man, I love those little boats in a class four rapid. Then, I bought an old town when the wife and kids got tired of sitting on the bank, lol. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
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