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    LOVING A VINTAGE VEHICLE AND LETTING IT GO

    Dec 01, 2020 4 minutes
    By Erin McGrady

    Love has a way of sneaking up on you. Blindsiding you. Pulling you into orbits that you never intended to travel. And why do we go? Because of chemistry, because of attraction, because of mystery. Because. Even though said romances can often be swift and fiery, I’ve never been one to turn away from the promise of something fun, exciting, and meaningful. Love, you say? Where do I sign?

    In this case, my heart had settled on a 1976 Toyota Chinook.

    We’d been searching earnestly for an adventure vehicle for several months. We owned a 1998 Toyota 4Runner and, while it was fun to weekend in, waking up in tents made us cranky. Several deep dives into the internet

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