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Re: [GMCnet] I'm thinking about a Jeep CJ-5 as a towd [message #324484 is a reply to message #324481] Sat, 30 September 2017 17:23 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Richard Denney is currently offline  Richard Denney   United States
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You mentioned two difficult Volkswagens (Thing and dune buggy) but not the
easy one: something like a 1971 Super Beetle. These are relatively easy to
rebuild even now.

Rick "old memories" Denney

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 5:49 PM Tim Taylor wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've read many of the towd threads and have been pondering it for a
> while. My desires for a towd are..
> lightweight can be towed 4 down (no room for a dolly) can fit a baby and
> a dog in the back seat Fun -- and looks, if not sexy, at least appropriate
> being towed behind a GMC Can double as second car for grocery getting and
> light runs around town
>
> After a lot of thought and research the only vehicles that I was really
> interested in were...
>
> Tracker
> Checks a lot of the boxes, but I think as a vehicle it falls into the
> class of often loved, but seldom respected.
>
> Samurai
> Tempting, but I'd really like to be able to keep up with traffic on the
> interstate. I remember these things barely being able to hit 55 when new.
> Trucks blowing by would freak out the dog.
>
> VW Thing
> Love the look and period correctness. But sometimes these things look
> California cool and sometimes they just look like something Hitler would be
> driving. Also just too much of a classic (side curtains, no heat,
> unobtainium parts).
>
> Dune Buggy
> It looked cool when Barbie did it. I think cartoons in the seventies made
> Dune Buggies seem like a sensible life choice. I really shouldn't do this.
> I live in Texas, we have no Dunes.
>
> Which leaves my thinking about a 80's ish CJ5. I have had no experience
> with them but I like the look a lot better than the CJ7. They are 10"
> shorter so I feel they may tuck in back there better and take up less room
> at the site. Curb weight of ~2600 lbs puts them in the range of a tracker.
> I like the 4wd and general toughness for national forest type camping.
>
> Outfitted with some of the 80's graphic packages I one will look good back
> there.
> http://www.phoenixgraphix.com/amc/1985jss.php
>
>
> Should anyone be talking me out of this?
>
> thanks
>
> --tim
> --
> Tim Taylor
> Austin TX
> 76 Birchaven (SB)
> 76 Triumph TR6
>
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