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Blue Deux Cheveaux panel truck with a local restaurant's ad. On the way up to camp: black and gold, late-model Vega in excellent shape with a molded-in rear spoiler (not a wing). Sounded like a blatty 4 cylinder, but did not have Cosworth livery.

Britain see what I did there?

When is she going to give you your money so you can buy it?

ROGER!!! :AH-HA_wink: FOG, holy $h!e, sir! I had the rain fly, the little "welcome mat" and my under-tarp in the driveway, dried and packed in the house before I had to run back out for some errands. I had the tent hanging over the deck railing. Before I could get home... 50 mph winds and a severe thunderstorm here. Luckily I got here just as it was starting. The tent was in a wild, windblown ball up against my grill. I was able to gather it up, but it almost blew my little butt off the deck with it. So now it's wet again, and in my daylight basement family room-to-be, along with a dehumidifier on high, and a box fan on high. Whew, I am having a hell of a time with tents. Mr. cruiser... a VIEW of nature? Dude, ya gotta get out there with your sunscreen and your bug spray and sample nature at its most primitive! EDIT: yeah Captain, there were some cute guys across the way under their trailer awning, watching me pack my $h! this morning. I had to yell over "hey, don't you wish you had a tent?" One hollered back "uh, no." Good answer... but hey, it's still fun. I will definitely keep going.

uh help i've fallen and i can't get up

There is definitely something cool about shortbox, regular cabs. They can haul, and they can haul.

Everyone bought a Vega, and shamefully, the worst car, imo, was made by GM, based on the European Opel T-body platform.

It's cool, yessir, but shoot, you have an older car now with familiar quirks, and you can haul all your stuff without a weird European roof rack. This would be a style-cramping move until you can get a Patriot (if you're still thinking that way.)

Thanks, guys.

Whoa, almost 4 days away from this place, how times flies when you're having fun, and when you're not. I was on vacation this week, and I needed it, I had been stressing at work and not sleeping well. I had wanted to do something other than sit home for the whole week, which would have been counterproductive to the very definition of the word "vacation", and camping is something I enjoy. The weather forecast wasn't promising, however, for the Poconos Mountains. Checking The Weather Channel site every day yielded a small window of tent-camping opportunity on Thursday/Friday, so I took the chance. And it was beautiful. Everybody I talked to up there said the entire weekend would be gorgeous with an updated, sunny forecast, so I stayed. Wouldn't ya know it, the night before I have to pack up my tent, it pours its tail off last night. And with no promise of an afternoon clearoff, I packed up everything wet and headed home. My brand new, Coleman tent leaked a little bit (none of my other tents ever did, even my first, cheapie Coleman)... guaranteed NOT to leak, blah blah blah. I guess that's why they call it a "rain fly", because the rain flies right in on ya! I laid out everything in the driveway when I got home to dry it out. I hope Kiwi's (the shoe polish ppl) "Camp Dry" sprayed on the rain fly seams works, otherwise, I will not be a happy camper. Otherwise, it was a great stay, very relaxing. I need new hiking shoes though, for the first time wearing them after 5 years, I actually got two blisters on my right foot from all the hiking. And when I got out of my Cobalt to check in at the front desk, I noticed a broken wheel stud and attendant missing lugnut on the left front... somebody overtightened my alloys when they were put on. So I need a wheel stud and lugnut. The campground is built on a slight incline with multiple levels, and I always like to pitch my tent in what they call the "lower field". It is a sunny area out of the woods (which I like, because if it does happen to rain overnight, the tent will dry quicker the next day if the weather clears), but it also has a few low spots. They had a lot of rain last weekend, and ppl with pickups pulling campers had trouble getting out, it was full of muddy ruts to get back to a suitable tenting spot. The Cobalt spun valiantly, and made it through, while getting covered with red mud. It was a sight to see, as I usually keep it pretty spotless. A Jetta wagon, old Sentra and catfish Taurus all nearly got stuck in the same spot, so I was proud of my little Chevy with the 4X4 ground clearance getting through there on the first try. It made me think once again about a small pickup truck, though, for sure. Getting out this morning after the big storm, I didn't even want to try the same route, so I steadily aimed up and over a steep, grassy hill, past several other tents... and spun nary a wheel. Not too bad, little Cobie. Anyhow, that's my blog entry splaining my whereabouts in case anyone cares. I missed you guys a li'l bit, glad to be back and ready to head back into the rat race tomorrow morning.

"I can't put my arms down!" A Christmas Story

That is of course after the customary 50% down payment.

will be

I longed for some things from my youth that were left on the farm. But when I brought them into my house, I didn't know what to do with them.

I'd love to go there to see what the energy is like. My eyeballs would be sooo peeled for any hint of upcoming iron.

Good answer, z.

The headlight area looks weird. Are the bezels missing, or painted over?

Ugh, sorry about the let-down, BP. Seems like you're better off after that, though.

siegen, we still love you.

Well I am sure the '86 is a tiny pile of red dust in the dirt by now, itself.

I always liked those old Airflows. That famous vid of the car running off a cliff, then driving away under its own power is inspiring. Tough like turtle!

Their adult children: I declare them ninnies, based solely on their automotive choice.

I was over to the Barnes & Noble today, looking at magazines of different genres, and the September, 2009 issue of Hot Rod caught my eye. They have a big tribute article to Pontiac, and some really cool artwork involving new ideas for customizing older Chevys. I am primarily thinking of Camino with this thread, but of course I think everyone else here would love it, too. Check it out. Also, for behind-closed-doors Design Center photo hounds like me, the newest issue of Collectible Automobile has a fantastic spread on the '73-'77 Pontiac A-body cars, LeMans, GTO, Can Am and Grand Am. Some of the design proposals are damn scrumptious!

Yeah they're not innovators, they are mimics.