[tcb] Re: Just got back

  • From: thingmon@xxxxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:33:06 -0700 (PDT)

Sounds like you had a great trip.  Any pictures?

As for the 'zuki, it's on the same platform as the other small GM suv's.  
Probably easier to find parts for the Chevy version in the long run.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Torrent


--- On Wed, 6/18/08, singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Just got back
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 9:56 PM
> I could harly keep it under nintey.I was pleasant ly
> pleased , great air, sounds and gas milage.Thinking
> about trading Lois's Extera for one.Very nice ride.
> --- Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > My legs are crosssed! Hope he gets better soon.
> > Great trip report. How was the Suzuki SUV? Did it
> > drive well? Was it  
> > like riding in a truck? Or was it like
> > riding in a car?
> > 
> > Katrina
> > 
> > On Jun 18, 2008, at 5:36 PM, singlecabboy wrote:
> > 
> > > Joe was supose to go but has been real sick ,
> he's
> > got
> > > a vacation to Fl. this Fri. that looks like
> he's
> > going
> > > to have to miss. Blood work didn't show
> anything
> > wrong
> > > . We'll keep our legs crossed.
> > > --- Dan Martin
> <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Great trip report Paul, Thanks!
> > >> Sounds like a blast!
> > >> Did Joe go?
> > >>
> > >> On Jun 18, 2008, at 3:32 PM, singlecabboy
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> from a whirl wind tour of the mid
> -west(no pun
> > >>> intended).Left DFW on Friday the 13th.But
> not by
> > >> plane
> > >>> , got bumpoed on all the flights to Omaha
> so I
> > >> decided
> > >>> to rent a car .Went to Hertz
> first(mistake)I
> > >> signed in
> > >>> and went to get my car , it wasn't
> there.I asked
> > >> three
> > >>> attendents if I was looking in the
> correct stall
> > ,
> > >>> they said yes , I cancelled ands got a
> Suzuki
> > suv
> > >> and
> > >>> headed up 35 North.(4:00 pm) I hit Holton
> Kansas
> > >> at
> > >>> 4:00 am, I still had 165 + miles to go
> till
> > Omaha,
> > >>> woke at 6:00 AM AND headed to the airport
> to
> > turn
> > >> in
> > >>> the rental car. A freind from Iowa picked
> me up
> > >> and we
> > >>> headed to the Omaha Show . Nice cars and
> people
> > at
> > >> the
> > >>> show.The next couple of daze we toured
> local
> > >>> collectors collections , Truley some
> > unbeiliveable
> > >>> cars in people privite collections .Very
> low
> > >> milage
> > >>> stuff .Even saw the original pick for the
> > current
> > >> VW
> > >>> tv ad. If anyone wants to know the story
> on why
> > it
> > >>> wasn't in the ad pm me. Spent all day
> Wendsday
> > at
> > >> The
> > >>> Ridge.which is a 5,000 acre motor sports
> type
> > park
> > >> ,
> > >>> with cabins and trails and hills and is
> way
> > >> cool.300 +
> > >>> buggys and 50 or so bikes are owned by
> the folks
> > >> that
> > >>> live there. Then on Tuesday I got on the
> plane
> > and
> > >>> came home .Didn't see but one
> airkooled bug on
> > the
> > >>> road , but saw some really nice stuff .I
> visited
> > >> with
> > >>> Robb Laffon from Omaha , He's on the
> list I
> > think
> > >>> .Texas ,Ok.,Ks.,Ia.Ne,and Sd. in just a
> couple
> > of
> > >> daze
> > >>> was really fun ,but glad to be back in
> TCB land
> > ,
> > >> hope
> > >>> to see some of ya'll soon.
> > >>>
> > >>> Paul Smith
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> H.B.B
> > >>> T.C.B
> > >>> Transporters at the Point 5
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Dan Martin
> > >> 1971 VW Bus
> > >> H.B.B.
> > >> T.C.B.
> > >>
> > >> http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin
> > >>
> > http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul Smith
> > > www.23window.com/thezone
> > >
> > > T.C.B.
> > > H.B.B.
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Paul Smith
> www.23window.com/thezone
> 
> T.C.B.
> H.B.B.


      

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