There is a website that has automotive magazines and test articles from the distant past. I had forgotten that many used to routinely test their vehicles on dirt roads, even into the 1960s. Amazing to see photos of full size American autos hillclimbing dirt bike trails, sliding tail out through curves and the like.
For those of us like me who grew up in the Mojave Desert, there was hardly any place my grandmother and I didn’t make it in her ‘49 Chevy; or venturing forth with my new bride in our ‘63 and ‘67 VW Beetles. Each having recap snow tires on the rear (lived in Big Bear Lake by then).
And I also remember that changing out flat tires was routine, and that we always carried two spares.
OK. I’ll shut up now, so we can get back to answering WilliamBevan’s questions.
For those of us like me who grew up in the Mojave Desert, there was hardly any place my grandmother and I didn’t make it in her ‘49 Chevy; or venturing forth with my new bride in our ‘63 and ‘67 VW Beetles. Each having recap snow tires on the rear (lived in Big Bear Lake by then).
And I also remember that changing out flat tires was routine, and that we always carried two spares.
OK. I’ll shut up now, so we can get back to answering WilliamBevan’s questions.
DAW
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.