Subject: Landon's J10 and Padre Nat'l Seashore Fishing/Jeep Trip

From ltesar3421 a t sbcglobal.net Mon Jun 11 22:14:00 2012
From: Landon Tesar 
To: john Meister 
Cc: mobius Tesar  

Hi John,

As threatened, some pictures, finally.  Smaller than a Qtime  
movie...Can you make these available to the digest?

1-4, Sporting New Plates - I'm legal !

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1-4, Sporting New Plates - I'm legal !

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1-4, Sporting New Plates - I'm legal !

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1-4, Sporting New Plates - I'm legal !

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5. First road picture:  Southbound San Antonio.  GPS is my speedometer.

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6. Corpus Christi Rush Hour, I'd been doing 52 mph into a 15 mph  
South wind for about 4 hours.  Was pretty pumped to make it this  
far.  Funny story at the last gas stop before the beach, a guy giving  
advice about beach safety to some tourists turned to me and said,  
'These people from out of town, they just don't know, people die out  
there.'  He gushed over the Jeep.  I liked his new $40K Ford.

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7. The morning after - decided to use 4WD through the soft sand, The  
long trail T/As did way better than expected in that stuff, without  
airing down.  I hit a rut in the dark hard enough to dislodge the  
clutch pushrod from its ball pivot.  When you're 8 miles into pitch  
black and the clutch goes to the floor, it's time to stop for the  
night.  I got out and the stars were drop dead stunning.  Never seen  
Sagittarius like that.
Turned out the clutch fork end of the rod was still in place.  Talk  
about a relief.  I tied it with a tie down strap...it didn't come  
loose again.
Some friends I thought I might see passed me, so I fired it up  
shortly after and caught up with them.  They were pretty surprised.   
Spent the next two days fishing, etc.

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8. Friends are gone, I stayed for another evening / night.

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9-12.  That's the setup.  Had the beach to myself.  20 miles down the  beach from the entrance.

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9-12.  That's the setup.  Had the beach to myself.  20 miles down the  beach from the entrance.

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9-12.  That's the setup.  Had the beach to myself.  20 miles down the  beach from the entrance.

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9-12.  That's the setup.  Had the beach to myself.  20 miles down the  beach from the entrance.

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13. Little known fact, you can set up a Coleman stove on a J10 fan  
shroud, I-6 valve cover, and power steering pump using the hood as a  
wind break.  Hot dogs, and green beans.  Coffee in the morning.

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14. Took a break on the way back, very bumpy, beat up the truck  
pretty well, between 2nd and lugging in 3rd, 12-17 mph.  Found the  
same ruts that caused the problem on the way in.

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Fish?  Oh, a few Whiting and lots of catfish.  Nothing worth a  
picture.  I fed the Jeep oil and gasoline, and we made it home  
running a 205 degree temperature.  I melted ice on the gearshift.
Thanks, all, for helping make this happen.

- Landon.  79 J10.

superdawg

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