RW> If I had a quick-release tow chain, I'd do it differently. :o)
 
A tow bar would be safer.  (-:
 
RW> Even on a good day, you can't see the mountains to the east of L.A..but
RW> you can see them east of San Diego. I believe they're not as tall as
RW> those east of L.A. too.
 
I've always wanted to go to Anaheim and then down to SD, where my youngest
son had boot camp in the Corps.  Might even be able to get used to the 0
humidity I heard CA had which is the exact opposite of the oppresive
humidity we have here.  Beautiful day today as well as yesterday.  Slept
with the windows open the last two nights.  I bet it was nearly the same
where you are.  Good times.
 
RW> I never owned one that ran. I bought a 57 and had it for about a week,
RW> then got rid of it.
 
I was lucky, then.  I went on vacation for two weeks and left my VW at the
body shop where I worked and when I returned, the painter had painted it
white.  He told me he was tired of looking at that faded blue color it had
been.
 
RW> I'm also talking about cars that weigh a lot more than the VW...we need
RW> to talk HP:Weight...
 
Okay.
 
RW> Depends on the Spyder. Some of them had 4.3L V8s and some had 5.0L V8s,
RW> and some of them had the Buick 3.8L V6...I used to own a 76 Oldsmobile
RW> Starfire with the Buick V6...that had a lot of energy. I never cared for
RW> the Monza...
 
I don't remember the Monza coming from the factory with a V-8, but it's
been a long time and we can all thank Ralph Nader for the demise of that
car line.
 
RW> They had the same suspension as my 56, which doesn't have a tendency to
RW> do that. It could be that the 283 engine was spinning those tiny 14"
RW> tires when it lifted the weight off the inside wheel. My 56 has 15"
RW> wheels and modern day radial tires near as I can get to the factory
RW> size. 225/75-15
 
That could be one reason and another is the engine I put in it.  That thing
ran like a Cheetah!
 
RW> The above was only a 525 mile trip one way, about 9 to 10 hours with one
RW> stop for gas.
 
I get tired after 300 miles.
 
RW> It's always good to be home after a long trip like that.
 
I got to go deep-sea fishing with my bil and saw the Gulf Stream for the
first time.  We didn't catch what we wanted, but the half-day trip was
enjoyable and the color of the water in the Gulf Stream is beautiful.  Then
he kept me up till the wee hours of the morning shooting pool.  I found
that I didn't need as much rest while in Coral Gables as I would have here.
 Must have been the longitude.
 
RW> That would remind me of Missouri and Illinois smokies during the 55mph
RW> speed limit...not one mile over.
 
I had one of the LA Smokies jump out in front of me on the Interstate to
flag me down.  That was one dumb trooper.  I think I may have been going 70
or higher in my '77 Monte Carlo at that time.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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