One week trip!!

[crispyboy]

Hey all,
My wife and I just got back from a little 1 week trip from Kentucky to West Virginia. We took the GW and the trailer. We only had rain one day and a cloudy day. The remaining days were blue bird sunny fall days. We drove about 1000 miles in total and visited 4 different parks. Pipestem, Watoga, Canaan Valley and Stonewall Jackson.
The GW did pretty good for most of the trip – I should have taken the J20 which is geared lower. We went up several grades on that were 9% and 3+ miles long. I remember on two of them that I had to go all the way down to low gear and had the accelerator pedal matted to the floor – not a pretty site – about 3,400 ft in elevation. It looks like I need to modify this engine a bit for towing. I would probably be better off putting in lower gears but I was trying to get the best of both worlds with a three speed auto tranny. I'll be posting an engine thread in the near future for some advice......

Here are a few pics.
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[firecaptain13]

Nice pics!!!! Airstreams look pretty cool behind a GW

[addicted]

It's like Airstreams and Wagoneers were meant to be together!:)

[fulsizjeep]

Sweet. :thumbsup: Thanks for sharing! Looks like a great time to get out and see the autumn colors too!

[Brizio]

Nice trip, nice pics!!!

[JeepBountyHunter]

Gives me more incentive to get my Shasta done..

[crispyboy]

I had several folks come through the campground and give us good comments about the combo. A lot of folks in WV have fond memories of their Wagoneers. I always heard "that was one of my most favorite vehicle - darn thing could go anywhere"!

[jpcoutts]

Thanks for posting and sharing your trip. You and your wife will remember that trip forever! Great scenery to boot.

[hockeydawg]

Great looking pics. I'll bet it was a great time. I've decided I'm gonna look for an Airstream once the Wag is almost done.

[Headhoncho]

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/crispyboy_photos/West%20Virginia/IMG_1558.jpg


This is either a great Paul Bunyan or Gulliver's travels imitation. Either you're 40 ft tall or those trees are 6 inches high. Awesome pics of the nature and the vehicle.


JR

[chr1s]

very nice! Im jealous.

[crispyboy]

They call them "elevator shoes"!

[ChileWaggy]

Nice combo !
Do you have more pics of the Waggy towing the Airstream ??
Congrats !

[cu4whln]

Very Nice !

Cool stuff !:cool:

[steve1]

Pics` are awsome. Great looking Jeep. Thanks

[710 Burner]

Hockydawg, that is one green wagon.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. :cool:

[83 BEAST]

very nice pics. thanks for showing.

[hockeydawg]

Hockydawg, that is one green wagon.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. :cool:

Just a little photoshop idea before I spend money on the paint. I'm gonna go with the old mopar sublime color which is just a bit less yellow than what I have in the pic.