One of my first 4WD vehicles was an early '70s International Scout, the
Travelall's baby brother. One of the two current 4WD SUVs here is the fabled
Toyota OM-4Runner. Even though I've beefed up the Toyota's suspension a
little, since it actually does go off road fairly often, there's no comparison.
I sometimes had to look under the Scout just to reassure myself that it
actually did have springs and shocks. It was modern as a tomahawk, but the
darn thing was built like a tank and would go anywhere -- and did. I bet you
could shoot off the top of it in a hurricane.
Walt
-------------- Original message from AG Schnozz : --------------
> > I would tend to agree. And modern vehicles, even trucks, have
> > much
> > softer springs for the comfort of their passengers than
> > something like
> > Ansel's Int. Travelall. And I bet he used blocks to keep it
> > from
> > rocking.
>
> Back in a previous life I had a really hard riding Toyota 4WD
> truck. If the springs and shocks were any harder you could have
> used it to roll asphalt. However, when parking it was still
> possible to make those springs squeek. :)
>
>
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