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TonyDtorch
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so what was illegal ?
steveblonde said:I was born in the sixties, by the time i was 10 i had traveled to every country in europe 2-3 times with my folks pulling a 1969 sprite muskateer european version travel trailer
Moved to western canada in 1973 may dad was the plant manager for scamper and skipper trailers.
On my 14 th birthday i got my learners permit and 3 months later i pulled our travel trailer with a 1975 ford ltd country squire stationwagon to sandiego andback 5000 mile road trip
I have been in the auto industry in various capacities for almost 40 years selling building designing everything from hot rods to lambos oil trucks to pickers and built the largest aftermarket truck accessories company in western canada
Cheers
TonyDtorch said:so what was illegal ?
Oldgator73 said:I grew up in Daytona Beach, FL. We had to walk 10 miles to school, uphill, in the snow. And that was the summer. In the winter we used to go to the beach and ice skate. Good times.
TonyDtorch said:so what was illegal ?
)Oldgator73 said:I agree with some of what is said about litigation in this article. Wouldn't it be in the auto manufacturers best interest to quell the idea that folks can tow with a passenger car. That way they can sell us a $70,000+ truck.
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/auto-biography/the-great-american-anti-towing-conspiracy/
TonyDtorch said:)
it's an attempt by big business to require us to spend more money.
TonyDtorch said:So back to the original post question..
Should he go buy a new truck ?
steveblonde said:While that may be true in part i also think that because of Americans propensity to file lawsuits at the very notion someone else may be a fault for something therefore mitigating their own liability may be partially at fault - everyone is covering their own butts
TonyDtorch said:So back to the original post question..
Should he go buy a new truck ?
Hey everyone... I really do appreciate the discussion. I am going to go ahead and take the advice and keep my F-150 (Cant give up my baby) however I will be purchasing a used F250/350 to pull the camper.
The things we do to get away...
TonyDtorch said:I don't know about that Wally, According to my research it appears the Continental went unibody in 1961 and didn't get a separate frame again until 1970.
After that it was on the Ford LTD chassis.
I've worked on several 'Kennedy' Continentals (61-69). I was under there for days putting air bags on them, they don't have a full frame.