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I wouldn't take a brand new car 1300 miles across several states with no tools or fluids.
I have just as much "sense of adventure" as the next guy, been on several. Thats why I wouln't do it again. Being broke down alongside the highway is not an adventure, its a pain in the keester.
Yes, bobbers are fine with those tires and even bigger.
Distance between the centers of the rear axles is 48 inches, distance from the center of a 49 inch tire to the edge is 49/2 = 24 1/2 inches. Distance from the center of the other tire to its edge is also 24 1/2 inches. Add them together...
A CUCV is like a horse : The animal , even if the aquisition cost is FREE, will cost you over time. Shoes, vet bills, medicine, feeders, waterers, corral maintenance. You can see the analogy.
Oh, the thermal image of the M35A2 in my avatar is taken in the 3-5 micron band. See how it shows that the bearing on the center axle is too tight (white = hot)
Look at the data sheet, guys, this camera operates in the 7-14 micron IR band. Its not the near IR band that a simple cheapo silicon sensor can see, nor is it the 3-5 micron band that many FLIR systems use. The 7-14 band is longwave, that is, it senses objects that are just warm, dont have to be...
I run 100 % mineral oil recovered from electrical transformers. As is, no filtering. Since transformer oil serves as a heat-transfer fluid and does not lubricate anything, it has no ground up particles in it. FDC is bypassed.
I wish I had got a deuce at your age rather than wasting time , effort, and cash on jeeps, land rovers, and modified jacked up 2WD vehicles. Imagine you are not crazy, just an average guy looking for a truck , like maybe a 1 ton dually : what features would you like?
1. turbo diesel. Yep deuce...
yes, Jack's.
No, he hasn't a web site. Advertises by word-of-mouth. I assume its for sale, but I dont know. I have wandered around through the 2000 or so vehicles he has going back to Korea n War vintage and on several occasions found something very unusual / interesting and asked the price. "...