How much Truck..??

[strick]

No offense taken The Tundra is real comfortable, but nothing as plush as the roadmaster with AirBags

You still have the roadmaster? I loved that car..we had one when I was a kid... it was luxury back in those days..

strick

[bumpdraft]

Who needs a truck when towing.

[Bigshrimpin]

[Fr. Frank]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

With what looks like either a '64 or '69 Dade County Florida License plate on the front. Which is strange, because Florida has never required front license plates.

[bumpdraft]

Yeah, delivering a boat to the 69 Miami boat show. (Don’t know) Looks like a 64 era Volvo, with possibly a car dealer plate “M” or “W”, which would be the wrong weight class for that car and as was said,on the front of car. Strange that the guy is apparently checking his rear view , looking at front of boat? Not even a passenger side mirror. I was trying to see what the name was on that cafeteria sign on building . Interesting photo, with all the people and things. Gee I have too much time on my hands. It’s cold outside.

[uncleboo]

Vintage Photoshopped?

[bmajvi]

Looks legit to me, although of course these days anything's possible. I'd guess it's a Bertram on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, perhaps on the way to the Convention Center. They built them over by the airport, and looks to have been placed on the trailer with a crane. Not all that hard to get the thing going on flat land, but stopping that baby would be no mean feat! I think the 1W tag is probably the correct weight class for the Volvo (heavier vehicle tags sported two w's), and maybe the guy put the tag on the front so the cops would be less inclined to stop him?

My least favorite thing about towing here are the fairly narrow, curvy two lane roads, with few sidewalks. Once in a blue moon you come around a curve and find a pedestrian or jogger on the edge of your side of the road, and a dump truck or something big coming the other way. Ah, the taste of adrenalin in the morning!

[bumpdraft]

I’m thinking that car would have been more in the weight class of a 1D tag. Look how small it is next to what I think is a Chevy. From what I have learned the 64 Volvo was about 23-24 hundred pounds. That would definitely be quite the sight to see it going over the bay from the airport to the beach. I’ve never seen one except on internet, but they apparently had a M tag for a car dealer and the pic is a little blurry on tag, but the letter looks to be wider at the bottom than at the top. That tag is haphazardly attached, maybe with magnets?

[KenB]

On the tundra/tacoma question for 10K miles a year, the difference between 12 mpg and 20 mpg at $3.50/gallon is about $1200. If you add in the cost of crashing because no brakes, I'd say stay with tundra. Or better yet buick road master.

Now if you look at 100 hours at 35 gallons per hour WOT (350hp V8) versus 16 gallons per hour (3L merc 150, 2.8L yammy i4 200hp), that's a bigger number. So my advice is to get a tacoma, if you plan to use it as an outboard engine.

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by bumpdraft

I’m thinking that car would have been more in the weight class of a 1D tag. Look how small it is next to what I think is a Chevy. From what I have learned the 64 Volvo was about 23-24 hundred pounds. That would definitely be quite the sight to see it going over the bay from the airport to the beach. I’ve never seen one except on internet, but they apparently had a M tag for a car dealer and the pic is a little blurry on tag, but the letter looks to be wider at the bottom than at the top. That tag is haphazardly attached, maybe with magnets?

The Volvo B series engine has 5 main bearings in a 4 cyl engine.
That pic is hilarious.

Whoa Nelly.
Top responsible speed?
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