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  • ducttape
    1st Gear
    • Feb 2007
    • 169

    #16
    Originally posted by Wander
    The only I would add is get a Filson Mackinaw Cruiser, 24oz virgin mackinaw wool that your grandkids will fight over long after you've gone .
    Not if you're buried in it
    1967 Series IIA 88

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    • LaneRover
      Overdrive
      • Oct 2006
      • 1743

      #17
      Originally posted by ducttape
      Not if you're buried in it
      My grandkids will know how to use a shovel! (or a back hoe)
      1958 107 SW - Sold to a better home
      1965 109 SW - nearly running well
      1966 88 SW - running but needing attention
      1969 109 P-UP

      http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...2&l=64cfe23aa2

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      • mongoswede
        5th Gear
        • May 2010
        • 757

        #18
        you could always buy a heated motorcycle jacket and wire a connection jack into the cab of your truck. You will hardly notice whether or not your heater is working because that jacket will keep you so much more comfy. The jacket draws about 70 watts of power off the elctrical system which may be significantly less than the heater fan...so a slight improvement in mileage.

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        • NickDawson
          5th Gear
          • Apr 2009
          • 707

          #19
          Originally posted by mongoswede
          you could always buy a heated motorcycle jacket and wire a connection jack into the cab of your truck. You will hardly notice whether or not your heater is working because that jacket will keep you so much more comfy. The jacket draws about 70 watts of power off the elctrical system which may be significantly less than the heater fan...so a slight improvement in mileage.
          Awesome! And I doubt I'd be exhumed by surviving family - its full of wins!

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          • mongoswede
            5th Gear
            • May 2010
            • 757

            #20
            Originally posted by NickDawson
            Awesome! And I doubt I'd be exhumed by surviving family - its full of wins!

            I have a Gerbing jacket for my moto. I've ridden on the interstate with it at 75 mph when its in the 20's (F) and my core has stayed warm.

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            • NickDawson
              5th Gear
              • Apr 2009
              • 707

              #21
              I'm loving the mental image too - suit and loafters w/ wool at and heated jacket. They won't know what's coming when I show up at work!

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              • Firemanshort
                2nd Gear
                • Nov 2006
                • 282

                #22
                Nick - that was me at the MAR in the Red Stage One. I even made the flikr photo roll from the RN photog man.
                Firemanshort
                1980 Stage One
                (Past owner of 1973 Series III - Highlander)

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                • daveb
                  5th Gear
                  • Nov 2006
                  • 513

                  #23
                  I'm sure that's already true



                  Originally posted by NickDawson
                  They won't know what's coming when I show up at work!
                  A Land Rover would never turn up to collect an Oscar. It'd be far too busy doing something important, somewhere, for someone."


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                  • Firemanshort
                    2nd Gear
                    • Nov 2006
                    • 282

                    #24
                    Photo of my Ghetto Cardboard fix

                    I have installed this year's card board to the sides of the truck.

                    cheap - easy - suprisingly durable - and effective.
                    Firemanshort
                    1980 Stage One
                    (Past owner of 1973 Series III - Highlander)

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                    • NickDawson
                      5th Gear
                      • Apr 2009
                      • 707

                      #25
                      Nice! would it work equally well inside the canvas?

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                      • Firemanshort
                        2nd Gear
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 282

                        #26
                        Not inside - but outside.

                        It tucks inside the metal piece and is pinched between the canvas the metal. If it was inside then nothing would hold the canvas from billowing out and sucking huge amounts of air in.

                        Tucking it over the canvas keeps the canvas tucked in.
                        Firemanshort
                        1980 Stage One
                        (Past owner of 1973 Series III - Highlander)

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