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Re: too many tow vehicles

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Subject: Re: too many tow vehicles
From: Buddy Ahlers <buddy_ahlers@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
Too many tow vehicles?!?!?!?

More like Not enough race cars!

Buddy.
:-)

--- Eric W Clements <ewc4@juno.com> wrote:
> No, I'm not Eric (he's out crewing for vintage
> races), but he can answer
> any questions you might have far better than I
> (Mari) could.
> 
> We have too many tow vehicles, so one or both of
> these are for sale (to
> the same or different people):
> 
> 1981 Ford F250
> Manual transmission
> Four wheel drive
> 300ci engine
> 75K
> Cruise
> with rear gas tank (as well as standard one)
> Hitch
> Shell
> Bed liner
> Power steering
> Running boards
> AM/FM stereo
> Green, inside and out
> Pretty basic work truck made in the days when 5'1"
> women didn't drive
> truck much.  (I can't reach the pedals.)  Towed the
> van back from Philly
> when the alternator died with no problems.
> Blue book--$3415
> 
> 1991 GMC Safari XT SLE
> Automatic transmission with tranny cooler and tranny
> temp guage
> Tach 
> 4.3 liter V-6
> All wheel drive
> Rated to tow 5000 pounds
> Front and Rear Air (separate controls)
> ABS
> Larger (27 gallon) fuel tank
> Cruise
> New Bilsteins
> New Kumhos (yes, Kumhos.  Even before they made
> durable, strong, and
> heavy race tires, they made durable, strong, and
> heavy truck tires)
> The longer version, with enough room to carry eight
> stacks of cones
> behind the farthest back seat 
> Power steering
> Power windows and locks
> Tilit wheel
> Seats 8
> New alternator ( :
> 150K
> Checkered flag removable window shades
> AM/FM cassette
> Foglights
> Cassette stereo
> More cupholders and seat pockets than in every
> German car ever made
> Lighter silver/darker silver exterior
> Wine interior
> Towed the MR2 all over the east and out to Kansas
> all year with no
> problems
> Blue book--$7155 (and the blue book value does not
> reflect the tranny
> cooler, temp guage, tach, and Bilsteins)
> 


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