OKAY I have my triangular ag vehicle / slow vehicle placard, fancy plastic and high-tech reflective stuff all around it. Packing up plenty of tools and some rope and tie-downs and a couple spare needle & seats & top carb gasket (ya never know...) and some lock-tite and some JB weld and some Doritos and a map and a spare fuel pump and a buncha other stufff, don't forget the keys! i stuck em in my wallet to make sure -- My goodness no GPS? G-A-S-P!!! yikes. Should i take a gas can? Fuel gauge works fine (I think)... what about a spare starter? It IS a 12-volt system with a 6-V starter after all... hmmmm... oil? might use a bit. Flares? Cant take em on the plane! Marking pen to make hitch-hiking signs with? iPod? NO WAY! I wnat to hear the music of that old 235, those square-cut gears (especially the whine of third) and all the other racket this rattle trap is puttin' out! Hoo YEAAAAA!


Stovebolts are like women; as they mellow with age, it's harder to get 'em to turn over on a cold morning, but once they're warmed up, LOOK OUT!