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Great pictures. They make miss AZ even more than I already do.
ClemsonCruiser
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Great stuff!! So jealous of your LV adventures 
boozewz
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Glad everybody likes the trip reports. I hope it motivates others to get these trucks back on the road and most importantly enjoy them. It's not the easiest thing to take a 51 year old truck and take it on a 580 road trip in AZ in the summer. The wagon never died but it coughed and choked abit and made me worry I would not make it up the mountain passes. I think the gas is boiling in the carb or fuel line. There were times I was only able to do about 35-40 mph on the steep grades. All in all, it made the trip, but not with out some worrying. But I guess that is part of the whole driving an old truck thing.
Michael B
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Old trucks and road trips, it doesn't get much better than that!
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Since I had new longer ublots, I added the bottom leaf that I had previously removed and upgraded the spring center pin to an ARP stainless steel bolt. I also modified the passenger side mount to sit at the same height as the driver side creating equal amounts of up travel. It really smoothed out the bottom of the axle/spring area.
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Mmmmmmmmm.........more oem goodness thanks to Camelback Toyota and being spoon fed the part #'s by FJ40Jim and wngrog. I originally deleted the front junction blocks and always regretted it. I plan to redo the front wiring when I mount the ac condenser and beef up the headlight wiring.
In the meantime, I swapped out the old sweeping oil pressure sender.
In the meantime, I swapped out the old sweeping oil pressure sender.
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Finally got a weekend to get away. We headed to Blue Ridge Reservoir. The round trip according to the wagon was 238 miles with the scenic extended dirt route on the way home. Weather was awesome with temps between 50-70, some rain, hail, clouds, and sun. The perfect contrast to the oven like heat of Phoenix.
Wagon did great and I was even cruising at about 70-75 mph at times. Of course on the mountain grades I was limited to about 50 mph. It averaged about 11 miles to the gallon.
Wagon did great and I was even cruising at about 70-75 mph at times. Of course on the mountain grades I was limited to about 50 mph. It averaged about 11 miles to the gallon.
Great pictures as always and if you don't mind some off topic, how do you like your back jacks in the canoe? I've got a bad back and thought about those.
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ClemsonCruiser
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So jealous of your LV and the landscape you get to enjoy it in, great pics as always
boozewz
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Awesome!
Especially that you have so many areas to escape from the heat. How do you manage driving in that Phoenix heat with no AC?!
I take out my AC-less Troopy only during the Oct-Mar months, so can totally relate
Especially that you have so many areas to escape from the heat. How do you manage driving in that Phoenix heat with no AC?!
I take out my AC-less Troopy only during the Oct-Mar months, so can totally relate
Michael B
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I think wing vents are the answer to the above question.
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Actually the canoe with the seat backs is my friends. They claim they are very comfortable though. I have been wanting to pick up a set myself as my back is not too good either.
As for driving in the heat in Phoenix, I usually try to head out early so it's not too hot. On the way home this time there was alot of traffic, and I kind of got baked for the last hour of the drive with the slow movement. I bring my camelback and have cold water close by, which helps.
The wing windows can help, but mine won't stay open. Plus they will shoot bugs right into you if not careful.
I'm wondering do you have power steering on your LV ?
Did you do any fishing? Great pics.
