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Subject:NM: Mostly Air Cooled - Friday Stuff.
From:robby kilborn
Date:Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:00:01 -0700

After making my way across, up and down New Mexico, and counting over 100
air cooled busses (guesstimate), I thought it would be helpful to post it to
the list.
This is the route<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Tatum,+NM&daddr=Roswell,+NM+to:Ruidoso,+NM+to:Alamogordo,+NM+to:Las+Cruces,+NM+to:Truth+or+Consequences,+NM+to:Albuquerque,+NM+to:Santa+Fe,+NM+to:Jemez+Springs,+NM+to:Espanola,+NM+to:Taos,+NM+to:Pagosa+Springs,+CO&hl=en&geocode=FWF2-wEdIH_X-SkztimIKyX9hjHQg0uDMuo3Vg%3BFVmO_QEd8BrF-SlV7axlE2XihjF-18905Asb5A%3BFSWa_AEdr46z-Skhn0iP69bhhjFmq1IgQHWJ_g%3BFcwB9gEdtyyv-SlR1HMiY1DghjG9YAuYjwUHeQ%3BFcQp7QEdeuqi-SlpmAZFxxrehjG9Mj_xHdBtYw%3BFdV_-QEduXOb-SnbZnNRLoLfhjFGCdI4aSWgAA%3BFctYFwId_6Gk-Sl7gwnT3QoihzH99tm4zvjTwA%3BFT-KIAIdeYSv-SmpUpjnQ1AYhzFA34j9cyOQjA%3BFTzJIQIdXgGk-SkVHmIccJgihzE0nkDkmvRHPA%3BFZhYJQIdrpSt-SkTO_AfiDwYhzFpPdgmCLwHRA%3BFdCHKwIdNhW1-Smx_BF_2mQXhzGCt6lhg5HqkA%3BFcqvOAIdHimf-SlJtAebbts9hzF_FfhBzBaGew&mra=ls&dirflg=h&sll=35.873472,-106.572876&sspn=0.602017,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=35.072717,-105.784607&spn=1.216068,2.455444&z=9>I
took.  pmail if you need more details... at some point, I just stopped
tracking 'specifics' of where because there were so many.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Tatum,+NM&daddr=Roswell,+NM+to:Ruidoso,+NM+to:Alamogordo,+NM+to:Las+Cruces,+NM+to:Truth+or+Consequences,+NM+to:Albuquerque,+NM+to:Santa+Fe,+NM+to:Jemez+Springs,+NM+to:Espanola,+NM+to:Taos,+NM+to:Pagosa+Springs,+CO&hl=en&geocode=FWF2-wEdIH_X-SkztimIKyX9hjHQg0uDMuo3Vg%3BFVmO_QEd8BrF-SlV7axlE2XihjF-18905Asb5A%3BFSWa_AEdr46z-Skhn0iP69bhhjFmq1IgQHWJ_g%3BFcwB9gEdtyyv-SlR1HMiY1DghjG9YAuYjwUHeQ%3BFcQp7QEdeuqi-SlpmAZFxxrehjG9Mj_xHdBtYw%3BFdV_-QEduXOb-SnbZnNRLoLfhjFGCdI4aSWgAA%3BFctYFwId_6Gk-Sl7gwnT3QoihzH99tm4zvjTwA%3BFT-KIAIdeYSv-SmpUpjnQ1AYhzFA34j9cyOQjA%3BFTzJIQIdXgGk-SkVHmIccJgihzE0nkDkmvRHPA%3BFZhYJQIdrpSt-SkTO_AfiDwYhzFpPdgmCLwHRA%3BFdCHKwIdNhW1-Smx_BF_2mQXhzGCt6lhg5HqkA%3BFcqvOAIdHimf-SlJtAebbts9hzF_FfhBzBaGew&mra=ls&dirflg=h&sll=35.873472,-106.572876&sspn=0.602017,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=35.072717,-105.784607&spn=1.216068,2.455444&z=9

There were a few square/later models along the way, but mostly bay window,
and a few splitties.  Bugs as well.  If you're looking for a road trip with
a flat bed, this is it.  The weather is ideal for preserving the metal, but
the rubber on most were crap.  All you'd be getting is a lot of metal and
glass.  Several interiors were decent, but mostly brittle from the sun and
heat.

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