ctechbob
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A while back I took on the task of scanning a boatload of my grandparent's photos and ran across some pictures of their numerous trips 'Out West' as grandad liked to say. Lots of Grand Canyon photos and some places that I can't identify.
Some things I recall about the truck were that it had a massive aux fuel tank in the bed. Probably 50 gallons at least. I remember playing with the trailer brake controller as a kid with its big sliding lever. I believe it was 318 powered. It certainly wasn't a diesel or anything like that. I won't ever forget that unique Mopar starter noise.
135hp and 232lb/ft out of that small block monster, if it was the 318. I remember that truck being geared super low. 1st at idle was about walking speed.
I also know that 5 adults were staying in the camper for this trip, as my aunt was one of them and I've talked to her about it. She just doesn't remember the locations offhand.
Somewhere in AZ perhaps. Haven't worked on finding the location.
Grandparents standing facing the direction of the previous photo. This is some land they bought in AZ (As memory serves), no one in the family remembers where and of course we can't find any of the documents and consider it just a lost purchase. We have no idea what he did with anything relating to the property.
Unidentified town, just thought this was a cool picture.
Jerome AZ. Never noticed the big "J" on the hill. Took all of 20 seconds to figure out where it was once I saw it.
Their first camper. I think the tow vehicle for this was an International Travelall, but any trace of it was long gone before I came around.
Something I did just notice, grandad was using weight distribution. I never remember seeing any of the hardware kicking around at his house, but then again, I wouldn't have known what it was if I tripped over it back then.
Some things I recall about the truck were that it had a massive aux fuel tank in the bed. Probably 50 gallons at least. I remember playing with the trailer brake controller as a kid with its big sliding lever. I believe it was 318 powered. It certainly wasn't a diesel or anything like that. I won't ever forget that unique Mopar starter noise.
135hp and 232lb/ft out of that small block monster, if it was the 318. I remember that truck being geared super low. 1st at idle was about walking speed.
I also know that 5 adults were staying in the camper for this trip, as my aunt was one of them and I've talked to her about it. She just doesn't remember the locations offhand.
Somewhere in AZ perhaps. Haven't worked on finding the location.
Grandparents standing facing the direction of the previous photo. This is some land they bought in AZ (As memory serves), no one in the family remembers where and of course we can't find any of the documents and consider it just a lost purchase. We have no idea what he did with anything relating to the property.
Jerome AZ. Never noticed the big "J" on the hill. Took all of 20 seconds to figure out where it was once I saw it.
Their first camper. I think the tow vehicle for this was an International Travelall, but any trace of it was long gone before I came around.
Something I did just notice, grandad was using weight distribution. I never remember seeing any of the hardware kicking around at his house, but then again, I wouldn't have known what it was if I tripped over it back then.
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