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The Ultimate Toad

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Bob Allison - 22 Mar 2006 07:42 GMT
I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and
I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.

<http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

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So many fools, so few comets.

Bob
in Carmel, CA

Frank - 22 Mar 2006 12:50 GMT
> I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a
> friend when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it
> out to me and I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.

<http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
> L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

Who would have thought, an RV as a toad?

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Sam Askins - 22 Mar 2006 13:03 GMT
>I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
>when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and
>I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.
>
><http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
>L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

I wonder if that toad had brakes?  

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lanman - 22 Mar 2006 13:49 GMT
>I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
>when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and
>I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.
>
><http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
>L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

Hmmm. Safety aside, I wonder if you'd get better overall gas mileage
towing in reverse order.  
Robert Allison - 22 Mar 2006 15:16 GMT
> I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
> when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and
> I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.
>
> <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
> L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

Hey Bob,

You have an interesting name.  Email me.

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Georgetown, TX

Frank Tabor - 22 Mar 2006 18:47 GMT
>I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
>when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and
>I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.
>
><http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
>L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

Considering the brand of Coach it is, that's the best it's ever run.
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Neon John - 22 Mar 2006 20:49 GMT
>I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
>when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and
>I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.
>
><http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
>L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

Kewl.  I bet that guy's onto something.  I bet a MH like that with a
blown engine could be had for next to nothing.  Remove the drivetrain,
weld on a tow bar, rig up some brakes and away you go!  A very cheap
way to go RV'ing in comfort.

Not much different than the trailers from yesteryear that had a sprung
axle under the tongue.  That let a small vehicle pull a much heavier
trailer.  There is one of those parked in the RV park near my cabin.
I've been meaning to take a photo....

John
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Jim - 23 Mar 2006 17:23 GMT
Yep, I'll bet it's a 'dead' class A. either being used as a travel
trailer, or on its way to becoming a 'park model' (that'd be both a
descriptive term and an intended pun).

Somehow, I'm reminded of a historic British naval painting, showing one
of the last sailing warships being towed to the breaker's yard by a
small early steam tug... "The Fighting Temeraire", IIRC?

Jim, "He who laughs last, thinks slowest."
John Andrews - 24 Mar 2006 02:10 GMT
> Yep, I'll bet it's a 'dead' class A. either being used as a travel
> trailer, or on its way to becoming a 'park model' (that'd be both a
> descriptive term and an intended pun).

...snip...

But, you cannot back this thing up because of the steering
caster.  So, it is probably not a quasi-travel trailer.

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Dapper Dave - 24 Mar 2006 15:53 GMT
>John Andrews <andrewsjp@chartertn.net> wrote:

>> Yep, I'll bet it's a 'dead' class A. either being used as a travel
>> trailer, or on its way to becoming a 'park model' (that'd be both a
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>But, you cannot back this thing up because of the steering
>caster.  So, it is probably not a quasi-travel trailer.

That would make parking it a bit of a problem, wouldn't it?

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Jim - 24 Mar 2006 18:36 GMT

Re: The Ultimate Toad  

andrewsjp@chartertn.net (John Andrews)  wrote:

>But, you cannot back this thing up because of
> the steering caster. So, it is probably not a
> quasi-travel trailer.

Guess he'd just use pull-thru sites, then, like folks with a 4-down toad
sometimes do. Or maybe it can still back under its own power.

Jim, "No matter what you do, someone will take it too seriously."
CHI-MoM - 24 Mar 2006 02:19 GMT
>I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
> when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
> L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

Now what would be the sense in doing that??/

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351CJ - 24 Mar 2006 22:02 GMT
>I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
> when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and
> I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.
>
> <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU
> L5lEBKMy.pWnW>

OK then.  Bob did you get a chance to tell the guy there is such thing as a
trailer?
Bob Allison - 24 Mar 2006 23:57 GMT
> OK then.  Bob did you get a chance to tell the guy there is such thing as a
> trailer?

Nope.  He went by like a man on a mission.

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Bob
in Carmel, CA

JC Dill - 25 Mar 2006 08:01 GMT
Hey Bob,  

What part of Carmel are you in?  I grew up there, my dad is still
living in the Highlands.  You can reply offlist if you want - my email
addy is valid.

jc
JerryD(upstateNY) - 24 Mar 2006 23:59 GMT
Someone on an RV board posted this.
I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and I grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU L5lEBKMy.pWnW

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So many fools, so few comets.

Bob
in Carmel, CA

OK then.  Bob did you get a chance to tell the guy there is such thing as a
trailer?
JerryD(upstateNY) - 25 Mar 2006 01:47 GMT
Obviously posted to the wrong board.
sorry

Someone on an RV board posted this.
I was In Big Sur  last weekend.  I was in a pull out talking to a friend
when this drives by.  He saw it before I did.  He pointed it out to me and I
grabbed my camera.  Got these shots as it went by.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/somebobpics/album?.dir=/1edb&.src=ph&.tok=phU 
L5lEBKMy.pWnW

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So many fools, so few comets.

Bob
in Carmel, CA

OK then.  Bob did you get a chance to tell the guy there is such thing as a
trailer?

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