Farewell, Mighty Grape...

That's just grape! Now you won't have to wine about high fuel prices.
Chianti you see your new truck! Everyone knows now, they heard it
through the grapevine.

See ya....

On 2006-12-08, Jay Honeck wrote:
...the NEW Grape! Yep, I found a green (Hey -- grapes can be green,
too!) '95 Toyota T-100 4x4 pick-up for the grand price of just $2500.
It's gonna need a little work to get it perfect, but the frame and body
are rust-free, it has a color-matched (yikes!) topper, and it runs like
a champ. Soon, the fuel savings will continue anew!

You should have got a Toyota HiLux. They are almost indestructable. The
BBC TV programme 'Top Gear' put one on top of a tower block that was
demolished, and it still ran afterwards. They abused it many other ways,
too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UVI99R8Q

An excellent watch.

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Dylan Smith wrote:

You should have got a Toyota HiLux. They are almost indestructable.

In the US, Toyota calls the HiLux the Tacoma. T-100's are also pretty
close to indestructable.

I saw the Top Gear video a while back, and it reminded me of my '85
Toyota pickup. After 12 years and 300,000 miles, my truck looked like
the Top Gear truck. G

It was a good grape. However all grape have to be eaten sooner or later.

Michelle P

Jay Honeck wrote:
So we took the Mighty Grape (See it he
http://alexisparkinn.com/fuel_truck.htm ), our '95 Nissan pickup
fuel-hauling truck (so-named because of its hideous purple color), into
the shop, after noting that the tail lights had ceased to function.

When the shop tried to lift the poor thing on the hoist, a terrible
creaking and cracking sound commenced -- and the little truck about
broke in half! Turns out the frame had rusted most of the way
through, and would have broken completely in two if they had kept
lifting.

So, despite still running like a champ, our mechanic has performed the
Grape's Last Rites, after running nearly 7,000 gallons of car gas
through its veins, and into Atlas....

Considering the Grape only cost $1800, plus another $700 for the tank,
pump, and various other items, I figure it owes us nothing. In fact,
after saving us over $7000 in fuel costs, this little truck has been
the best investment I've made since 2002!

We will sell it to a salvage yard, just as soon as we transfer the fuel
tank to...

...the NEW Grape! Yep, I found a green (Hey -- grapes can be green,
too!) '95 Toyota T-100 4x4 pick-up for the grand price of just $2500.
It's gonna need a little work to get it perfect, but the frame and body
are rust-free, it has a color-matched (yikes!) topper, and it runs like
a champ. Soon, the fuel savings will continue anew!

Stilll, I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for that old Grape.
That little truck had spunk, and we literally drove it until it fell
apart, dang it...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

....add a little static electricity, a few 1000W of sub woofer, 100 gallons
of mogas and the "New Grape" would re-define BOOM-box!
Since this T-100 is larger than the old grape, I think you should call it
the Grape Ape.
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Maybe you can get MTV to come in and "Pimp my Fuel Truck."

I don't think I fit their demographic anymore. Maybe my son could get
'em to come?

Actually, this truck would be PERFECT for them. No rust, anywhere (it
was actually Ziebart-treated), and only regular wear and tear on the
interior. They could put plasma TVs and subwoofers EVERYWHERE!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

With all that rust, I think now the proper name for it would be the Mighty
Raisin.
Jim

"Michelle P" wrote in message
ink.net...
It was a good grape. However all grape have to be eaten sooner or later.

Michelle P

That's just grape! Now you won't have to wine about high fuel prices.
Chianti you see your new truck! Everyone knows now, they heard it
through the grapevine.

See ya....

Gawd, Doug, that's just so terrible, it's great!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

That's just grape! Now you won't have to wine about high fuel prices.
Chianti you see your new truck! Everyone knows now, they heard it
through the grapevine.

See ya....

Gawd, Doug, that's just so terrible, it's great!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
I had the frames 'welded up' on my Dodge Darts ALL-THE-TIME (especially
prone to rusting out was that pesky A-frame).

Dang. My shop looked at it, and just shook their heads. Nothing left
to weld anything TO under there. I'd have gone that route if there
was any hope...


Well, I''m not impressed. I'm willing to bet that my '89 Ranger has seen a
lot more salt here in Detroit than your '95 Nissan in Iowa...

The parking lot at work today was glistening white - but not a flake of snow
to be seen anywhere. Sheesh. I hate salt.

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On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:48:32 +0000, in
, B A R R Y wrote:
Maybe his Nissan didn't spend it's whole life in Iowa?

Used cars get shipped amazing distances after auctions.

Maybe it came from New Orleans... Hey, at least it wasn't submerged in
salt water...