Hey everyone;
I'm still searching for that rust-free '65-66 Merc Crewcab, but they seem to be pretty scarce hereabouts...
Anyone else in this neck of the jungle?
Eric

 

What in heck are you doing there?
Don't step on any land mines, eh?

 

Eric . . . . .? ? ? ? ? ? Cambodia???
What Ringo said from me too " WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE ? "
God speed and stay safe while your in country man!

FBp

 

PLEASE!!!!!!! Don't drink the water :-{

 

I'm teaching English here, and grooving on the incredible weirdness of this enchanting country. The car hobby is one which does not travel well. Well, the love of old trucks travels, but the old trucks don't, or don't survive long if they do. I doubt there were too many Ford trucks here ever, other than those used by US and Canadian government agencies. Every old one is gone, although I'm pleased to tell you that the official Canadian Embassy vehicle is a Ford Expedition! Too new to interest me or you I think... I can't tell you what the US has; they're bunkered in pretty securely. There is almost nothing automotive of interest here, not even old French cars. I am told that the Khmer Rouge, in addition to killing countless thousands of its own
countrymen, destroyed thousands of private cars, presumably because they
symbolized capitalist decadence.
So, my choices are Camry, Camry, Camry, or some other kind of Toyota. The Land Cruiser Model 75 pu is pretty cool, and way better than the back seat of a Daelim 90cc I guess. The other day I saw a Caddy Escalade, pearl paint, 22s, complete with dealer plate from Coast Cadillac in Long Beach, Ca. Stolen? No matter - once it gets its Cambodia sticker, it's a virgin again! You can buy anything here, although there has recently been a crackdown on private ownership of AK47s.
Thanks for the welcome back.
Eric

 

Eric, Welcome back to FTE, Do be careful dude. Thems savage people over there, cut from a different bush.

John

 

Geez Eric, . . . . teaching Englais, huh?
My daughter does stuff like that internationally. . . .although she's still a student at UF in Gainesville. She's booked for 8 weeks in Mexico this summer in fact. And during the "spring break" while her fellow students were "Going Wild" on video & geting drunk on our beaches, she was in Elizabeth City NC teaching Migrant Latinos how to speak in "functional" Englais, helping them cope/ co-exist in English speaking societies. She's unlike her Dad, I'd have been partying on the beaches myself. I majored in Partying!

In V.N. if we left a vehicle parked in public very long it got stripped or stolen, we had to take extra personnel to guard the vehicle, and the doors or access to where we were going.

My blood Bro' was stationed @ 38th in Korea as a combat engineer.
They were working a quarry & had a crawler tractor (bulldozer) type front end loader. One day when they showed up to work it was gone! Tracks just stopped, the machine was nowhere to be seen. Weeks later they discovered it buried right where it sat! So I relate to vehicle shortages/ disappearances over there. Glad to be here instead now.

Watch your top knot, be aware, and take care!

FBp

 

Eric. If I were you I'd have everything I owned plastered in Canadian flags.
This would not make me feel a whole lot better :although there has recently been a crackdown on private ownership of AK47

Watch yer six there buddy , come home safe. Step gingerly.

RF

 

Dang...you get around buddy.....I echo all the above sentiments and much more.....as for the toyo things...beware of them Camry back seats....I think being strapped to a backboard is far more comfy....


Do take care and God speed to ya.....get your behind back here in good 'ole N.A.!!!!





-cs65

 

Eric: Glad to hear you arrived in one piece. Keep looking for Mercs/Fords, there must be some left by an occupying force there during the last 40 years. Any progress on the land registry project? Jeff PS thx for the d/s manifold. I scored a NOS heat-riser valve on e-Bay since seeing you. And not too expensive either.

 

Hi Guys;
When I was a kid I had an old Monterey with a 390 and an iron Cruise-O. When I had to go somewhere, usually to the beer store if I remember correctly, I would flash up the 390, drop it into D1, apply the brake, block a wheel, pour in a jug of type'F', go back in the house, and relax for a while. Some time later I would jump back into the Merc, stab the gas and, if the Cruise-O-Matic Gods were smiling, I'd find that the pump, valve body and clutches had all agreed that the Merc should be put in motion - at least for one more day.
This is an allegorical tale of every mouse-click on a computer connected to the Cambodian internet. So, if you don't hear from me too often...
Take care, all.
Eric