5 Apr
2002
5 Apr
'02
10:24 a.m.
So close to being On Topic...
I used my '86 Dodge Ram 150 Prospector (old enough) with lift gate to
transport a VAX 4000/500 (will be on topic this June! :) 45 miles from its
previous home to mine. Aside from having the a/c compressor freeze up and
toss belts all over amid clouds of smoke and needing to fix a leaky power
steering pump, it's a good truck, 'specially because of the lift gate. (318 -
V8 power is nice, too.) I paid a bit more than $750 for it, though.
:)
-Chris, RetroComputing(Transportation) Nut.
PS: <sheepishly> Would the fellow who offered a CD of CP/M stuff please send
me his address again, off-list? Thanks! </sheepishly>
On Friday 05 April 2002 14:04, you wrote:
All this car
talk keeps reminding me I need to fix my truck so I can
haul old computers and stuff. 77' Dodge with a 318, worn cam bushings,
maybe bent camshaft. Timing jumps all over the place, even with new
distributor, chain, and gears. Bottom end is tight, and compression is
good, but I think I'll go through it completely anyway.
Good segue back on topic...
What's the least expensive, semi-reliable transportation for
hauling Classic Computers?
What I mean is, something that might be a tad flaky starting
up, but once running, is unlikely to suffer mechanical
failure in places where your license plates might as well be
from a foreign country?
Clearly, my Audi 80 sedan is useless except for the occasional
Apple //e or somesuch teeney weeney computers.
I used to have a 64 Chevy pickup, should still have it.
Is such transport possible for circa US$750.00?
-dq
-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (DougQ at ixnayamspayIgLou.com) [Call me
"Doug"] Surgically excise the pig-latin from my e-mail address in order to
reply "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." -Tom
Waits