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That camo bus is real cool. Do you know the history of it? Looks like that roof would stay real cool in hot weather.
I had a dodge-lodge motorhome with a real similar cab. I really loved that old boat. Painted it camo also but don't have any pics. Used to spend weekends down on Zuma beach in it when I was young and single....
I had a dodge-lodge motorhome with a real similar cab. I really loved that old boat. Painted it camo also but don't have any pics. Used to spend weekends down on Zuma beach in it when I was young and single....
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Yeah right, you call 6 to 10 people stuffed in the lodge SINGLE?....WHATEVER.William Biffwinkle wrote:That camo bus is real cool. Do you know the history of it? Looks like that roof would stay real cool in hot weather.
I had a dodge-lodge motorhome with a real similar cab. I really loved that old boat. Painted it camo also but don't have any pics. Used to spend weekends down on Zuma beach in it when I was young and single....
It's the same year as your Dodge-Lodge. It looks like a W-500 chassis.
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I think the only time I had 10 people in there was when the beach police were doing a beer/pot raid.......well, maybe one time at a "V" run......my memory is hazy though.....
I sure would love to have a bus like that, though. But I have gotten this wayne right down on the sand at the resevoir. And got it out with out being yanked. (No m-37s or deuce and 1/2s up here that I know of for yankage...) so maybe for what I will be doing a 4x4 bus isn't needed....that thing is just pure cool. (318 truck motor?)
I sure would love to have a bus like that, though. But I have gotten this wayne right down on the sand at the resevoir. And got it out with out being yanked. (No m-37s or deuce and 1/2s up here that I know of for yankage...) so maybe for what I will be doing a 4x4 bus isn't needed....that thing is just pure cool. (318 truck motor?)
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Ted,
I think I have a few pics of the Dodge-Lodge, as I recall I took them before you added the final color. (flat black) Anyhow, I bet Brian has a bucket load of pics from back then, I will see if he can dig them up.
Remember how many cool vehicles everyone was driving back then.
In the pic Rudy just posted for Steve, that town wagon has a Poly head 318 engine, same as the one in your Dodge.
Chuck
I think I have a few pics of the Dodge-Lodge, as I recall I took them before you added the final color. (flat black) Anyhow, I bet Brian has a bucket load of pics from back then, I will see if he can dig them up.
Remember how many cool vehicles everyone was driving back then.
In the pic Rudy just posted for Steve, that town wagon has a Poly head 318 engine, same as the one in your Dodge.
Chuck
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Thanks Chuck,
pics would be cool. wish i had interior pics also....
That 318 was a torq-y son of a gun. I don't know if you were with me the time I bet keith I could start it in third gear with the clutch out and no gas (canyon country) he lost. That thing lurched about 5 times, caught, bogged way down and then grunted up to an idle....The starter seemed like it was geared real low and that 318 motor ALWAYS fired right away so I thought it a good gamble.
pics would be cool. wish i had interior pics also....
That 318 was a torq-y son of a gun. I don't know if you were with me the time I bet keith I could start it in third gear with the clutch out and no gas (canyon country) he lost. That thing lurched about 5 times, caught, bogged way down and then grunted up to an idle....The starter seemed like it was geared real low and that 318 motor ALWAYS fired right away so I thought it a good gamble.
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This is a drawing of a 1945 Dodge military rig with a civilian body and extended frame. 2 1/2 ton I believe. I'm not sure how many lives it had before I got it in 1973. It has a 251 Chrysler Industrial flathead 6. Top speed 45 mph. It took 6 months to get across country and back. Never had a starter, always hand cranked her over. Always started the first time. Except for the time I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection in Boise, Id.. I was so stoned I forgot to leave some gas for the carburetor. I must have cranked for 10 minutes. Afraid the cops would show any minute. When she finally started I heard the roar of a crowd and looked up to see a crowd on each corner. I bowed and made a hasty retreat. Hard to beat the old dodges for tough.
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