[QUOTE=ZackN920;3153943]Sucks to read about what happened to your old van, Kamakiri. That body shot didn't look bad.
Hey Arcanine, I've never seen one of them (rebadged) Ford pickups before. The only thing close to that, that I remember is the Chevy Luv pickup. I think dodge had a rebadge little pick up too, but I don't remember the name.


Chevy Luv=Isuzu
ford Courier=Mazda
dodge d50=Mitsubishi

interestingly enough, all 3 still have ties with these Japanese company's

I always thought AMC vehicles were interesting using different manufacturers parts. Generally the engines were AMC, Automatics were Chrysler, Power seats were GM, Steering column was GM, P/S pumps were Saginaw(GM), ignition systems were Ford duraspark(usually), A/C/heat look GM. Did they use Spicer axles?

I owned a lot of Volvo's over the years. They did the same thing in the 80's. DAna rear axles, Aisin automatics, Saginaw P/S pumps, engine was Volvo, Brakes were ATE or Girling

Yeah those amc vehicles were pretty cool. They made some fairly ugly cars too but I always had a thing for the gremlins though. I don't think I'd want a vehicle made of different parts. With so many choices on the road, I have no idea what made them want to combine like that. First time I seen one of those dodge mitsu trucks, I was like wth?

I drive now a 2002 Subaru Forester and have a 1978 Old's Cutlass Ciera for a backup and over the years I had a 1985 and 1977 Chevy Caprice station wagons a 1974 Plymouth Satellite and a 1969 Pontiac Firebird.

Started with a 6 cyl 3 V8's now 2 4cylinders.

I'm still kicking my a$$ for not keeping the Firebird.I could off fix it up.


I just love those Delco radios.I snatch both out of the Caprice wagons before I got rid of them.Great selectivity and sensitivity and sound.I cant recall if I pulled the AM radio out of the Firebird but recall the days I used a Audiovox FM converter with it.The same with the Plymouth AM radio.
I use an Audiovox FM converter to provide FM on my big old RCA V301 console radio. That model RCA was the second most expensive 1941 RCA radio. I just run it through the AM antenna input, to take advantage of the variable bandpass IF. The radio has a real impressive audio and tone control circuit and that big red 15" speaker.

Chevy Luv=Isuzu
ford Courier=Mazda
dodge d50=Mitsubishi

interestingly enough, all 3 still have ties with these Japanese company's

I always thought AMC vehicles were interesting using different manufacturers parts. Generally the engines were AMC, Automatics were Chrysler, Power seats were GM, Steering column was GM, P/S pumps were Saginaw(GM), ignition systems were Ford duraspark(usually), A/C/heat look GM. Did they use Spicer axles?

I owned a lot of Volvo's over the years. They did the same thing in the 80's. DAna rear axles, Aisin automatics, Saginaw P/S pumps, engine was Volvo, Brakes were ATE or GirlingSomehow I'm not surprised they still have ties with them.
Well, you have everything pretty much listed out that the Wag uses!:lmao:
But before 1980, at least on the FSJ's, they were using GM auto's. As for the axles, They had a few of there own and they also used Dana axles. Wag's got the 44 front and back. The AC in the full size jeeps is one of the stupidest set up's(to me). It looks like an after thought(add on) and is set up to cool your knee's. What the hell's good/luxury about that?! They should have redesigned the dash at some point and put the vents in it, where air vents belong!!

Hmm, you know, the Cherokee's used Aisin/Borg Warner trannies too! Believe they used the AW4 model, very good auto, pretty reliable too! My XJ's currently got 173K and it shifts pretty good. Ive seen them at 3-400K miles and still going with no rebuild. Same with the 4.0 engine's.

Yeah those amc vehicles were pretty cool. They made some fairly ugly cars too but I always had a thing for the gremlins though. I don't think I'd want a vehicle made of different parts. With so many choices on the road, I have no idea what made them want to combine like that. First time I seen one of those dodge mitsu trucks, I was like wth?
Ha! everybody pretty much had there share of ugly cars. The most interesting car though, (and kinda ugly in a lot of peoples view) that AMC built would have to be the Pacer.
I like the Gremlins too. We've got 1 in town that I know of, and believe it or not, it's the guy's plow truck!:D He put the body on a small 4X4 chassis! It's a pretty cool set up! It don't even sit much higher than stock either!
Well, with there name being American Motors Corp. It's no surprise there made from other American manufacturer's parts. And general parts aren't too hard to find either, because of that!

I've got quite a menagerie. Here goes:

1981 300SD Mercedes (292K miles) The 588th car to roll off the assembly line of this series.
1982 300SD Mercedes (311K miles)
2002 Chevrolet Suburban (164K miles) Gotta have something to haul TVs in!
2007 Ford Explorer (95k miles) Its electronics keeps me on my toes

We have owned a total of seven Mercedes, six of which were diesel. We have also owned a 6.2L GMC diesel Suburban. That's a whole different story!

Very nice :)

And I "own" my weirdness!

I could have sworn I did this. I drive a 94 Chevrolet Caprice, ex police car 9c1 model. Equipped with a 383 stroker that me and a friend built.

http://i.imgur.com/BNuVc0E.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DfInh4F.jpg

Hey Brandon, I used to own a 96 Impala SS (basically, a 9c1 as well) also in the same color as yours - Black Cherry. I put a lot of comfortable miles on that car!

Your Caprice looks great!

-Max

Hey Brandon, I used to own a 96 Impala SS (basically, a 9c1 as well) also in the same color as yours - Black Cherry. I put a lot of comfortable miles on that car!

Your Caprice looks great!

-Max

Thanks! I bought this car in 2014 when I was still in high school, for $500, in a non working condition. I got the original motor running, and drove it for 4-5 years before swapping the motor. I love this car. I bought it with 134,000 miles. It now has over 200,000 miles. Still starts every time. :)

This summer, had a little more variety and been doing the cruise in circuit...

ONE OF THESE DAYS, I NEED to get a digicam, figger out how to work the damthing, & bestow upon you guys the pics of my '67 Lincoln Pervertable... Wish the top still worked.. THAT was almost as impressive as having a gaggle of working CT-100s. Thing has 3 hydraulic pumps, 15 little motors, 25 relays. It pretty much took itself apart, & then put itself back together for the top to go up & down. The rear doors, when you opened them up, there was an interference fit w/the top- the rear glass slid down about 6" & then rose back up. In 1983, the guy who worked on it for me told me that to build a car to the Lincoln's specs would l,ikely cost close to $40K then.

This summer, had a little more variety and been doing the cruise in circuit...
Man, sweet '78 98.

The grandmother of a girl from my old building... ages ago now... had a 1979 Delta 88, light green inside and out. I was in it once for a trip to a public pool. Also, someone in that building had a red '83 Delta 88 with a brown vinyl covered roof. Both were 4-door. Come to think of it, someone else had a dark blue 2-door 98 at one time, one of at least three cars he had while he lived there. I don't know the year of that one but it was a full-size RWD model.

192368Since high-test is $2.50 again , the 1969 Grand Prix with its 455 4 barrel Q-jet has logged more than the usual 500 miles this year. Getting the AM-FM Delco out of this beast with its wrap-around console is a magic trick. It needs a re-cap of the caps I didn't do that last time.

192368Since high-test is $2.50 again , the 1969 Grand Prix with its 455 4 barrel Q-jet has logged more than the usual 500 miles this year. Getting the AM-FM Delco out of this beast with its wrap-around console is a magic trick. It needs a re-cap of the caps I didn't do that last time.

Beautiful car! Very cool to have factory fm too!

I presently drive a 1999 Ford Taurus SE Wagon, with a 3.0 24 valve Duratec engine. My 53rd birthday gift from Mom, along with our present feline, Baby. Our other vehicle is a 2002 Saturn L 200 Sedan, which Mom mainly drives. The Saturn has a 2.2 Ecotec 4 cylinder engine.

In 1957 I bought a ’54 Healey 100 for $1600 and immediately replaced its engine/trany with the Olds engine/trany from the Plymouth. It was probably the world’s first big block Healey 100, 10 years before the Shelby 427ci Cobra!

In 1957 I also bought a ’56 265ci V8 Chevy 2 door hard top to replace the Olds Plymouth, since my 19 year old girlfriend Barbara didn’t like it. I pulled its 265ci /w power-glide, and replaced it with a 327ci/w turbo-hydro 3 speed. Big improvement, still got it.

In 1964 I installed a ’59 418ci Olds in the Healey, with modest body alterations, to resemble the 427ci Shelby Cobra. I then drove the “OldsHealey” to work until I retired it in about 1967. I parked it along side the garage in a covered lean-to.

In 1970 I bought a 400ci GTO off the dealer's showroom floor for $4500. It was to replace the '56 327ci Chevy/Turbo my 26 year old wife Judy was driving to work. I started to drive it to work instead of driving the '54 OldsHealey.

In 1980 Judy got a new BMW 320i Sports Coupe for $4500 to replace the GTO which had over 250k on it. I now use it as my local town-jalopy. In 2014 we got Judy a show quality ’86 BMW 635ci to replace her BMW 320i but was afraid to drive it in town. She got a 2004 Infinity SUV, drove it for 11 years and hated it. She now has a leased 2018 BMW X3 SUV. Got a $2000 allowance and left it in the BMW dealer’s parking lot!

We still have all six cars operational, ranch-housed in a detached dual 2 car garage plus a lean-to for my smaller Olds Healey and BMW 320i. In addition, we have a John Deer tractor, a Kawasaki all-terrain Mule and a gas powered golf cart all under the garage roof over hang. On occasion I will take the OldsHealey out on a deserted county road and run a timed 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds best……..There!

I've downsized quite a bit since this thread started. I now own and drive...

2004 Chevy Impala SS Indy Special Edition (only 4088 were made)
2006 Ford Escape Limited 4X4

May as well update. Sadly in Oct I have to put down my Crown Vic
due to rust. 249 K miles & still ran perfect.
So since nobody builds cars anymore I picked up a Silverado pick up
with the small V8 (apx 320 cid ). I must say this is the nicest riding vehicle
I have had since the 60's & 70's full sized cars. As quiet & smooth as my
'76 Caddy. You really feel like you are driving something. Now I just
have to learn what all them damn buttons do. That will take several
years as I keep finding more ! I also have to learn hieroglyphics :tears:

73 Zeno:smoke:
LFOD !

Current Stable:

2001 Mazda Miata in seafoam green/with tan top/5 speed (no LSD)

1990 Dodge W250 Brown/Tan 318TBI/NP435(granny 4 speed)/NP241/D60/D44

1985 Peugeot 505S Wagon, dark grey, XN6(w/ Bosch K-Jet fuel injection)/BA7/5 speed

Past:

1991 Toyota Supra N/A 7MGE/W58 5 speed (black/red)

1991 Geo Prizm GSi w/ Hi-comp 4AGE/5 speed(black/red)

1979 Toyota Pickup (Hilux) 2WD 20R/5 speed/Weber 32/36 DGEV Carb/GM HEI ignition (blue)

Desired:

Cadillac El Dorado 1967-76, preferably a 'vert

A Citroen DS21 or SM or any other big Citroen

A MKIV Supra with twin turbos and 6 speed

Desired:

Cadillac El Dorado 1967-76, preferably a 'vert

A Citroen DS21 or SM or any other big Citroen

A MKIV Supra with twin turbos and 6 speed

I've been wanting a 67-68 or a 71 up convertible too. The last year or too of the first gen FWD ones lack the cool hidden headlights, and the second gen FWD only looks good as a convertible. (The first gen never was offered as a convertible).

There's a first gen up north that aside from needing a repaint and a new vinyl top is good enough to Temp me to buy it... Winter is helping me stay disciplined though.

There's something special about the styling of the first FWD Eldorados that is timeless and classic....they could probably build that same car today (with tweaks to conform to current gubbamint standards) and it would look like a current car.... It'd probably be a super car with what they can get out of that if they fuel injected it.


I also like the first gen Toronados... just like the eldorado they made it ugly just before giving it a new body.

My only car now is the '03 Grand Marquis (I have 81K on it now), the windshield started cracking, but after I changed those ignition coils, it remains a good driver, even in the snow.

I've been kind of (not too seriously) looking around for something that would make a nice console-hauler: truck, van, station wagon... I'd like something older (I'd prefer late-50s - 60s - early-70s, but I'd go as late as mid-80s at the absolute newest), preferably with a V8, but I'd consider something with a I6 if I liked everything else about it. And I'm more of a GM guy, but I'd go for a nice Ford or Chrysler if I found one...

I've been wanting a 67-68 or a 71 up convertible too. The last year or too of the first gen FWD ones lack the cool hidden headlights, and the second gen FWD only looks good as a convertible. (The first gen never was offered as a convertible).

There's a first gen up north that aside from needing a repaint and a new vinyl top is good enough to Temp me to buy it... Winter is helping me stay disciplined though.

There's something special about the styling of the first FWD Eldorados that is timeless and classic....they could probably build that same car today (with tweaks to conform to current gubbamint standards) and it would look like a current car.... It'd probably be a super car with what they can get out of that if they fuel injected it.


I also like the first gen Toronados... just like the eldorado they made it ugly just before giving it a new body.

Yeah It's the most attainable car on my list, as I see them on my local CL in good shape and under $5000. Also theres some kind of strange perverted allure in having a 500 cu in engine driving the front wheels :D

My only car now is the '03 Grand Marquis (I have 81K on it now), the windshield started cracking, but after I changed those ignition coils, it remains a good driver, even in the snow.

I've been kind of (not too seriously) looking around for something that would make a nice console-hauler: truck, van, station wagon... I'd like something older (I'd prefer late-50s - 60s - early-70s, but I'd go as late as mid-80s at the absolute newest), preferably with a V8, but I'd consider something with a I6 if I liked everything else about it. And I'm more of a GM guy, but I'd go for a nice Ford or Chrysler if I found one...

Maybe an early two tone painted GMT-400 pickup in 2WD with a tree-fitty and a high geared rear end :thmbsp:

I've never had a convertible Eldo, but I did have this convertible '72 Buick Centurion with the 455.

I've always wanted a two tone pickup truck that was avocado green / white...

oops double post

I will probably never sell my 1969 Grand Prix with 92K mi, but I drive it so little and since 1986 I put only 15K on it. It will probably never hit 100K. What I like most is the driving position and its now-faint GM exclusive smell after it sits in the sun a bit. You cannot get that angry Rochester 4MV sound without a V8:D

The convertible Buick that Adam posted is also of that great Era, which IMAO ended with the rust-prone 1973 models. Even into the early 70s, GM made some great-feeling road machines, X-body Vega the rare exception. The 455 may not have been efficient, but because it was overkill, tended to last longer than smaller V8s

GM was first to redesign to ugly with few exceptions, Ford was the first to drop compression ratios on '71 models , heralding the "pooch era" and Mopar "experimented" with non-water-proof electrical wiring and fuel systems with dysfunctional, smog-addled carburetors :sigh:

As for a "truck" vehicle by GM, Bell Telephone used to have an odd green and white two tone Chevy vans (not good in snow). I always like the Corvair van, 1961-64 called the Greenbrier. Could you deal with the air-cooled H6 engine in your extreme cold tho?

I've never even considered looking for a Corvair van before, but I googled it and like it. It'd make a great console TV hauler with the back seats out, and I like the look of it.

I've owned another big GM car from '72 as well: this Impala with the 400 small block. It came with an AM-only radio, but I put in a factory AM/FM stereo with the 8-track. I also added dual exhaust, and those fender skirts I pulled off of a '74 Caprice at the junkyard (I had planned to paint them the same color as the rest of the car, but never got around to it).

I've never even considered looking for a Corvair van before, but I googled it and like it. It'd make a great console TV hauler with the back seats out, and I like the look of it.

I've owned another big GM car from '72 as well: this Impala with the 400 small block. It came with an AM-only radio, but I put in a factory AM/FM stereo with the 8-track. I also added dual exhaust, and those fender skirts I pulled off of a '74 Caprice at the junkyard (I had planned to paint them the same color as the rest of the car, but never got around to it).
It's probably a very rare find as not too many survived. Maybe there wasn't that many to begin with!

Funny that mention of the covair Greenbrier...My friend Chris has a corvair convertible. He found a first year Chromacolor console at the curb that he couldn't in the convertible a ways back. A couple weeks ago I told him he ought to get a Greenbrier for the swap meets.

Funny that mention of the covair Greenbrier...My friend Chris has a corvair convertible. He found a first year Chromacolor console at the curb that he couldn't in the convertible a ways back. A couple weeks ago I told him he ought to get a Greenbrier for the swap meets.
Hauling could've been easy! Drop the top and remove the legs and set it on it's side in the front passenger seat. :scratch2:

My only car now is the '03 Grand Marquis (I have 81K on it now), the windshield started cracking, but after I changed those ignition coils, it remains a good driver, even in the snow.

I've been kind of (not too seriously) looking around for something that would make a nice console-hauler: truck, van, station wagon... I'd like something older (I'd prefer late-50s - 60s - early-70s, but I'd go as late as mid-80s at the absolute newest), preferably with a V8, but I'd consider something with a I6 if I liked everything else about it. And I'm more of a GM guy, but I'd go for a nice Ford or Chrysler if I found one...
I sure wouldn't want a 70's model GM wagon with that stupid tailgate, plus the opening is too narrow. A real brilliant idea.
Ford might've been the wagonmaster, but the Mopars were better haulers. More useful space in the cargo area.

Hauling could've been easy! Drop the top and remove the legs and set it on it's side in the front passenger seat. :scratch2:

No legs it's a Mediterranean cabinet...goes straight to the floor...danm thing was probably wider than any dimension of the corvais passenger space.... Zenith should have been whipped for NOT including a stereo in that bulk of a cabinet. It also was heavy for a sawdust and veneer cabinet... I went and got it in my burban and it wasn't easy to load...had to get an end up on to the cargo deck then lift the other and push... neither was easy to do........it made me miss the crummy air suspension of the envoy ( I could let the air out and the deck would drop from near waist to mid calf making loading sutff like that MUCH easier.

Sounds like a job for a Corvair “Rampside”:

https://goo.gl/images/TQHDjs

jr

I sure wouldn't want a 70's model GM wagon with that stupid tailgate, plus the opening is too narrow. A real brilliant idea.
Ford might've been the wagonmaster, but the Mopars were better haulers. More useful space in the cargo area.
Apparently GM tailgate width was sacrificed to reduce blind spots. I thought car designers were supposed to get rid of problems without creating worse ones.

Cargo area comparison photo below. That half-lowered tailgate on the GM was rather misleading.

As for the Mopar, I saw one that was nearly if not completely identical to the one in the photo in late December, same colour too.

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=198191&stc=1&d=1549055612

I drive a Challenger, it's the closest you'll get to a new 1970 vehicle. It's a huge 2 door with a giant hood and 392 cubic foot engine.

https://i.imgur.com/sqpo4eP.jpg

Daily driver is a 2011 Ford Escape.
The relic now in near-mint shape after being totaled is my mom's 1991 Ford Crown Vic wagon.
It's like driving a sofa LOL
Net pic (same color and trim level)https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0j31bKPYXDk/UV1GcKIRG4I/AAAAAAAEa4g/ApXBAEXolgUROlBmMREThIaykOTALapeACCoYBhgL/s1600/91_92_crown_victoria_wagon_008.jpg

Cargo area comparison photo below. That half-lowered tailgate on the GM was rather misleading.

My buddy has a 75 Olds Custom Cruiser wagon. It's got that clamshell rear door, in fact, it's the same car as in that picture. It's pretty cool. His car is in great shape, it was a one (elderly) owner, garage kept until he bought it in like 2010 or so. Can you imagine, that old man bought this car in 1975 when he was 65 years old, for a retirement car, and lived to be 90-something to sell the car 30-some years later? Sadly, my friend keeps it locked up in his garage and it hasn't been out or running for many years. But I'm sure it's still in the same excellent shape.

Those wagons are so rare on the road nowadays, that one time I saw one totally identical to his parked on a street somewhere, and I pulled over and called him to make sure nobody had stolen his car!

My buddy has a 75 Olds Custom Cruiser wagon. It's got that clamshell rear door, in fact, it's the same car as in that picture. It's pretty cool. His car is in great shape, it was a one (elderly) owner, garage kept until he bought it in like 2010 or so. Can you imagine, that old man bought this car in 1975 when he was 65 years old, for a retirement car, and lived to be 90-something to sell the car 30-some years later? Sadly, my friend keeps it locked up in his garage and it hasn't been out or running for many years. But I'm sure it's still in the same excellent shape.

Those wagons are so rare on the road nowadays, that one time I saw one totally identical to his parked on a street somewhere, and I pulled over and called him to make sure nobody had stolen his car!

A friend inherited his Grandfather's house and car and it was a 70's olds (IIRC a 1977-8 Cutlass). He lives in the house with the original furnishings plus a bunch of MCM stuff he collects, and he let the car rot in a storage locker for over a decade. Another friend helped him get it back to roadworthy recently, though it probably isn't driven much. Ironically the same car in a different color has been rotting worse outside in that same storage complex.

My grandma also had a late 70's olds sedan in the 90's...One winter something grazed the side, it got rusty fast and she traded it for a Buick.

Had a 2005 Corvette. Got sick of the wife complaining. Got her '12 Prius and she has a Lincoln MKT. For the hauling, 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Long wheelbase!

I still can fit quite alot of equipment in the back of the Prius thou. Just lost a little manhood...

I guess I orta sell my Ginormous Y2K Ford Excursion. Don't use it much anymore, the wife has a Touareg, the Ferd gets 8-10 MPG in town, a ROUSING 14-15 on the hiway, but I just CAN'T... Didn't realize when I ordered it, that it would be my "Lifetime" car, but it is. I'm 62, have no income anymore, except Soash Security & Disability, basically can't afford ANY new car, LIKE th' damthing, made noises about sellin' it about a year back, got looked at w/Daggers by Bethany-I taught her how to drive in it when she was 8,9-its PAID For, can't get a new one, it ain't worth nothin' now-MAYBE $3500-Maybe, according to Bethany's husband, shit, may as well just KEEP it...Always wished Bethany & her brood would have it to ride around in, playin' w toys 'n' stuff in its gigantic Maw, but now, the Safety Nazis decree you have to be virtually BOLTED in place, lest ye be turned into Hamburger in the Horrible Wreck that is just over the horizon...Jeez-Oh-Pete, I Rode around in Pick ups in the beds of 'em for most of my life, & worst thing that happened was a Bug smacked me in the forehead oncet or 2X..

Had a 2005 Corvette. Got sick of the wife complaining. Got her '12 Prius and she has a Lincoln MKT. For the hauling, 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Long wheelbase!

I still can fit quite alot of equipment in the back of the Prius thou. Just lost a little manhood...

Way back, when the Ford Mustang first came out, it was tagged as a Woman's car. Not too much today!
My 2011 Prius is my daily driver. I consider it to be an Electrician's car or Electronic Techs car. I do have two Jeeps and a Dakota pickup, if that a redeeming quality. :D

I guess I orta sell my Ginormous Y2K Ford Excursion. Don't use it much anymore, the wife has a Touareg, the Ferd gets 8-10 MPG in town, a ROUSING 14-15 on the hiway, but I just CAN'T... Didn't realize when I ordered it, that it would be my "Lifetime" car, but it is. I'm 62, have no income anymore, except Soash Security & Disability, basically can't afford ANY new car, LIKE th' damthing, made noises about sellin' it about a year back, got looked at w/Daggers by Bethany-I taught her how to drive in it when she was 8,9-its PAID For, can't get a new one, it ain't worth nothin' now-MAYBE $3500-Maybe, according to Bethany's husband, shit, may as well just KEEP it...Always wished Bethany & her brood would have it to ride around in, playin' w toys 'n' stuff in its gigantic Maw, but now, the Safety Nazis decree you have to be virtually BOLTED in place, lest ye be turned into Hamburger in the Horrible Wreck that is just over the horizon...Jeez-Oh-Pete, I Rode around in Pick ups in the beds of 'em for most of my life, & worst thing that happened was a Bug smacked me in the forehead oncet or 2X..
Every time I see the news, there seems to be a big nasty accident on I94 between the IL line and Milwaukee. IDK, if the semi accident made national news, but all the drivers' were lucky they didn't perish. That was a few days ago!

Way back, when the Ford Mustang first came out, it was tagged as a Woman's car. Not too much today!
My 2011 Prius is my daily driver. I consider it to be an Electrician's car or Electronic Techs car. I do have two Jeeps and a Dakota pickup, if that a redeeming quality. :D


That makes me feel better! Haha. At least when it breaks I can go thru and sub out the affected battery module in the pack. Been there, done that. Also headgaskets are a peach to change. 300k mi on it now.

The Escalade has the nice 6.0 LQ9 engine. about the same lower end as the LS2.

All in all gets the job done. wife drove the Prius into a parked car last December. Bent up fender and all but ahh who cares.

I guess I orta sell my Ginormous Y2K Ford Excursion. Don't use it much anymore, the wife has a Touareg, the Ferd gets 8-10 MPG in town, a ROUSING 14-15 on the hiway, but I just CAN'T... Didn't realize when I ordered it, that it would be my "Lifetime" car, but it is. I'm 62, have no income anymore, except Soash Security & Disability, basically can't afford ANY new car, LIKE th' damthing, made noises about sellin' it about a year back, got looked at w/Daggers by Bethany-I taught her how to drive in it when she was 8,9-its PAID For, can't get a new one, it ain't worth nothin' now-MAYBE $3500-Maybe, according to Bethany's husband, shit, may as well just KEEP it...Always wished Bethany & her brood would have it to ride around in, playin' w toys 'n' stuff in its gigantic Maw, but now, the Safety Nazis decree you have to be virtually BOLTED in place, lest ye be turned into Hamburger in the Horrible Wreck that is just over the horizon...Jeez-Oh-Pete, I Rode around in Pick ups in the beds of 'em for most of my life, & worst thing that happened was a Bug smacked me in the forehead oncet or 2X..

Those Triton V10s really like visiting gas stations. the 6.0 in my truck is about on par.

That makes me feel better! Haha. At least when it breaks I can go thru and sub out the affected battery module in the pack. Been there, done that. Also headgaskets are a peach to change. 300k mi on it now.

The Escalade has the nice 6.0 LQ9 engine. about the same lower end as the LS2.

All in all gets the job done. wife drove the Prius into a parked car last December. Bent up fender and all but ahh who cares.
I had a 2006 Prius, where I had the battery pack out twice. Once at 205K and 235K. Just go through the packs and the one that reads under 7 volts is the one that needs replacement. Get them on the Eplace site. They all seem to come from the east coast. They're used as taxis in NYC and other large cities.
I sat in the bank drive through yesterday with the AC on, for 5 min and the engine never ran. The AC runs off the invertor pack, 3 phase AC. How's that for good engineering. :thmbsp:

A new project.

1947 Plymouth Special DeLuxe Business Coupe. Bought it in early July, and am gradually getting it serviced and back on the road.

That coupe is sweet!

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE!

That coupe is sweet!

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE!
The car manufacturing firms make a lot of profit on all the extras.
Evidently the car buyers want all these items. The good old days are over, when people bought a car they could truly afford. :sigh:

hi volt, I might have to own a late 40s Plymouth one of these days....my kind of car! The 4drs are dirt cheap, too.

We have an '04 Winnebago class C on a Ford Econoline chassis with the V10. S-M-O-O-T-H engine, they really worked overtime ironing the roughness out of that thing. It's hard to check the mileage as I can never seem to fill the tank to the same level from time to time, but on one very long trip (to Branson) I averaged 10mpg. Imagine, a 15,000 lb house running 70 mph down the interstate, or it can drive Uncle Sandy's Mighty Valdez through 10 miles of Miracle Mile in Knoxville! Funny how that works.

I still have my '49 Packard & '51 Fordor, both are for sale and when one sells I'll keep the other. My favorite is whichever one I'm driving at the time! I've been daydreaming a lot lately about what I might own next; one guy hinted he might be willing to trade a '63/64 Thunderbird for the Packard, which might be interesting. Then, I spotted a '27 Buick sedan for sale. Rear seat legroom? You could hold a square dance back there!

And the mention of self-driving cars? Supposedly my step-brother has programmed his Tesla to park itself when he gets to work (he just hops out at the office door) and when he's ready to leave it comes and gets him. I don't know...to me, it's nice to be somewhere, hear a car alarm, and know without a doubt it's not me!

"its PAID For"

#1 attribute I'm looking for in a car. They all are, except the wife's Volvo v60, which is 3/4 paid-for.

Keeping the 2003 Suburban, at 120k miles it's barely broken in, but sadly rusty.
Still, with Quadrasteer, it's currently irreplaceable with a new ride.

Keeping 50+ year old Sunbeam Alpine.
Keeping 30 year old, 9000-mile Honda Pacific Coast (just got it...)
Keeping 20 year old, 90k-mile Lazy Daze Class C
Keeping 2005 Mini Convertible (54k-miles) until my wife wants some other cute car...

My '69 & '67 Clincolns are my "Tomcattin'" cars.. They get Atrocious mileage, are way too big, aren't especially roomy, considering their size, and yet...You'd have a fight on yer hands if you tried to take 'em away... Part of the fun of having a Tomcat car is just THAT-Having a car for basically JUST showing off... Seeing in & BEING seen in. Some of the best times I've had in my life were when I'd get the Pervertable out on a warm night, loading it up w/friends, & Hittin' the High Street-Main Drag... Seein' & waving to EVERYBODY, & have 'em wave back at you...Used to be, doing THAT was NOT considered to be antisocial, anti this, anti that or even mean & nasty. It was just kids havin' FUN, which is all I ever did in it.

"its PAID For"

#1 attribute I'm looking for in a car. They all are, except the wife's Volvo v60, which is 3/4 paid-for.

Keeping the 2003 Suburban, at 120k miles it's barely broken in, but sadly rusty.
Still, with Quadrasteer, it's currently irreplaceable with a new ride.

Keeping 50+ year old Sunbeam Alpine.
Keeping 30 year old, 9000-mile Honda Pacific Coast (just got it...)
Keeping 20 year old, 90k-mile Lazy Daze Class C
Keeping 2005 Mini Convertible (54k-miles) until my wife wants some other cute car...

With you on that. So far every vehicle I own has been bought with the cash I had at the time, and no financing.

I seen that quadrasteer in the manual for my 02, and kinda wonder how it compares to the standard front steer of mine? Wonder if it reduces townig payload? Rust repair on burbans ain't fun... mine had got in a fender bender by it's previous owner and got a combined dent fix rust patch...all done with nothing but a crap ton of body filler and paint....2 winter's in it rusted under most of the previous crap work... removing the old BS and rust and rebuilding the missing parts with metal has been an interesting time consuming experiment...one I hope not to repeat on a utility ride.

I'm still driving the Lincoln too. She just turned 70K and celebrated by eating all her belts, and springing a leak in the lower steering/power brake hydraulic hoses....2/3 are still original since when the first sprung a leak it was such a pain to remove I decided not to open the other 2 cans of worms....1 definitely opened it's self...one day I gotta pour some money into that car and nicen it up.

Towing payload is 9600 or 9800 lbs. vs. 10K with the 6.0L. I think the 8.1 was 12K. No Quadrasteer with the 8.1 due to torque limitations of the rear end. (Which is actually the Dana front end off some 4x4 truck, I was told.)

There are people who have transferred QS to a Savannah van of similar vintage, so "portability" would make things interesting.

It is certifiably great for towing maneuvering. Low speed and highway. That ad wasn't kidding...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0pbf4uNp3I

On the rust, I've got some new rocker panels for it, and a plan to re-engineer the inner rockers with something more structural, and tack the outer rockers on for 'looks', not structure. Things haven't sagged yet, so I'm hoping that addressing it this fall will work out. The new metal will be galvanized...

I usually buy my cars broken, bent, or salvaged.. Fix 'em up myself. I cant stand financing.. The wife wants a new Escalade... Nope... Sorry babe.. Ill look used..

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

Automatic transmissions were not a problem at all... right up until they started making 8, 9, and 10 speed units. Even though the engineering is ok on those, they never seem to work right because a computer can't anticipate a driver's every move. With a 3 or 4 speed, it really didn't matter because they didn't have to shift every second.

CVTs are just misunderstood. Like any new tech. That, and getting parts can be impossible. So yeah, I wouldn't advise getting a CVT, just because parts are scarce and/or expensive!

Gas direct injection would be perfect if they could just vent the crankcase to the atmosphere instead of letting all that oil into the intake to get burnt onto the valves. Pity.

With auto transmissions it's a driving preference thing, I just feel like they always shift at the wrong time. (notable exception is the later Ford CVPIs) For me driving feels wrong without the tactility of working a shifter lever and clutch. And yes there are very good auto transmissions out there that outlast most manual ones.

Also for small sports cars (like my NB Miata) auto transmissions are stupid. period. It's part of the driving experience for this type of vehicle. I don't think I would even buy a Corvette if it was auto, and yes the new midship 'vette is auto only, damn shame :thumbsdn:

To be fair about CVTs all the ones I've driven have been half-baked slip-o-matic jobs that are doomed to failure (coughNISSANcough).

And finally for the GDI solution, just run port injectors along with the direct ones to wash the crap off the intake valves :lmao:

Can driving a bicycle can be counted? :headscrat
(it dosen't have a motor).

Sure-Why not ?!?

Quick story: I had a few errands to run around town Sunday afternoon & decided to take my 70 year old Packard. I pulled into my last stop and this little kid comes riding up on his bicycle, maybe 5-6 years old. He was really excited, "Mister, mister, that's such a cute car!" He then said something to make all of us feel old:

"It must be from the NINETIES!"

Cringe...

I'd have replied nah, folks were riding buggies in the 1890's!

Some of my least favorite periods for cars of every make is the ~49-54 models that came once most makers finally ditched their pre-war designs. Most cars then if you removed all the chrome changed the grille and the lights and removed the extra bars in the middle of the front and side windows would be darn hard to distinguish from a 1990's car...

Many of the 62+ model cars also were kinda plain and boxy like 80's cars just with differences in chrome grille and lights.

There were some exceptions in both eras, but that has been my generalization for a while.

The finned era cars of the late 50's and the pre-war body styles (that got warmed over for a few years post-war) feel like the only cars not to have the same boring lines kept in cars of my time (as a child of the early 90's I saw plenty of 80's beaters still crawling the roads).

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With auto transmissions it's a driving preference thing, I just feel like they always shift at the wrong time. (notable exception is the later Ford CVPIs) For me driving feels wrong without the tactility of working a shifter lever and clutch. And yes there are very good auto transmissions out there that outlast most manual ones.

Also for small sports cars (like my NB Miata) auto transmissions are stupid. period. It's part of the driving experience for this type of vehicle. I don't think I would even buy a Corvette if it was auto, and yes the new midship 'vette is auto only, damn shame :thumbsdn:



I presently own six cars and none of them have automatic transmissions. All of the slushboxes I've tried to drive over the years continually hunt for the right gear, so I guess I just don't know how to drive an automatic.

Last year I test drove a car with an automatic and a turbocharger. To me, it was a bad combination. You hit the accelerator, the transmission downshifts, the engine RPMs pick up, the turbo spools up, and then the engine red-lines so you have to let up on the accelerator :sigh:. I ended up buying the same model but with a 5 speed manual.

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I presently own six cars and none of them have automatic transmissions. All of the slushboxes I've tried to drive over the years continually hunt for the right gear, so I guess I just don't know how to drive an automatic.

Last year I test drove a car with an automatic and a turbocharger. To me, it was a bad combination. You hit the accelerator, the transmission downshifts, the engine RPMs pick up, the turbo spools up, and then the engine red-lines so you have to let up on the accelerator :sigh:. I ended up buying the same model but with a 5 speed manual.
That's kind of the nature of a turbocharged engine, though. It needs to rev high to produce power. If you drive at real low rpm all the time, you're not gonna get much power or efficiency.

You hit the accelerator, the transmission downshifts, the engine RPMs pick up, the turbo spools up, and then the engine red-lines so you have to let up on the accelerator :sigh:.

Sounds herky-jerky :thumbsdn:

We've racked up 45,000 miles on our Tesla Model 3 since April last year. Only problem has been a failing air conditioning compressor (it didn't totally fail, it was getting noisy). Some back of the envelope math says it's lost about 5% of its original range... on par with other cars and if the trend continues to match it won't fall much more for the rest of the cars life.

-J

I've been doing some dangerous daydreaming this week: my '51 Fordor is as close to a personal "daily driver" that I have since we downsized our fleet. If my wife has to go somewhere and I want to go out it has to be in the Ford. Well, it's at the mechanic right now getting some overdue love including a front-end rebuild, carb rebuild and, uh-oh, it seems it blew the head gasket between the middle 2 cylinders. (Meaning, it doesn't overheat but almost no compression on those 2 so it runs terrible.) With it out of service for a while, and winter weather fast approaching, I've been browsing Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. Hmmm, wonder what $1000 (or so) will buy, sez I? Some tempting stuff in that price range: '81 Dodge Ram with a slant 6, auto and power windows (!), back brakes don't work. '95 Dakota 4wd with a bad transfer case, replacement sitting in the bed. AMC Eagle wagon (really!) that "needs front suspension work, parts included". A couple rusted out first-generation S-10's & some Rangers/Mazda's, all in running/driving condition. A '73 LeSabre sedan. I drove by the low-end used car lot just across the state line and spotted out of the corner of my eye what I thought was an R-body Chrysler (c.1979 "full size") but turned out to be a '75 or so Pontiac Grand Ville Brougham 4dr hardtop. Once among the most expensive cars Pontiac would sell you, today this one has degenerated into something close to what only a demo derby driver could love.

Will I really pull the trigger on one of these beasts? It would be easy enough to do: where I live you can very easily tag any of them as Historic and, with a phone call to your insurance agent, you're on the road...no inspection. (Safety First!) The dear Mrs. seemed skeptical, though she did kinda like that Buick (that was her second car). Time will tell!

Will I really pull the trigger on one of these beasts?
I'd at least want to buy something immediately driveable... having a car repaired being the reason you're looking to buy in the first place. In what shape was that Buick? My friend has a '78 or so Lesabre and it's the rustiest pile of junk hoopdie you'll ever see scraping along the road.

Having a 4X4 is nice when the municipalities near you are cheap and don't plow enough to keep up with the snow at important times like work commute... and you end up having to drive through 2-5" of slush for miles on end... having a vehicle sure footed to pass in those conditions is WONDERFUL.

Agreed, I sure don't need another project. I'm not sure that I want to tackle anything worse right now than a battery or some burnt out bulbs. At least, if I bought something it wouldn't have to go far-maybe 25-50 miles a week, and hardly ever see the highway. Well-I say that. I've said that about other old stuff I've owned, then went on to drive it all over.

The Buick didn't look too shabby in the photos; the seller called it a "9 out of 10" which is way generous! Somebody put custom wheels on it; it's apparently spent the last few years parked in a field with a few other pre-downsizing Buicks so it probably needs the fuel cleaned out, a tune up, the brakes gone through. About the time I had it ready to roll Spring will be here and the Ford will be long since back on the road.

I would buy a crappy Ford escort or corolla or something that runs and drives but not good enough to get attached to... lol

Having a '67 Clincoln Pervertable w/a non functioning top, quite honestly, ain't much fun THIS time of year.... Altho, several yrs back, we had a 24" blizzard in mid April, I got it out, Top down, of course-and spent a nice afternoon cruisin' around, everybody pointin' & laughin' at me... Careened into several snow banks in parkin' lots, the snow/sludge flew over the tops of cars... Hey, Fun is where you make it...

Having a '67 Clincoln Pervertable w/a non functioning top, quite honestly, ain't much fun THIS time of year.... Altho, several yrs back, we had a 24" blizzard in mid April, I got it out, Top down, of course-and spent a nice afternoon cruisin' around, everybody pointin' & laughin' at me... Careened into several snow banks in parkin' lots, the snow/sludge flew over the tops of cars... Hey, Fun is where you make it...

Your reminding me of a couple winters ago when we got a big snow that wasn't plowed especially in an empty lot of a mostly vacant stripper mall (given the neighborhood/customers that name ain't far off the mark) on the way home from work. I got to do 4WD doughnuts and skids on snow taller than my running boards....A solid 10 minutes of fun till I decided leave before you get stuck, find a light post, or the police have enough time to have more than no change in hell of showing up.

I used to drive my 93 LeBaron in the winter. Drove it down Lake Shore Drive every day to college. Parked on residential streets because parking permits were expensive. The only thing crappy about driving a convertible in the winter is when you have one without heat. Well, for some reason, many 90s Chryslers have piss poor heat. Most of the time, it wouldn't blow warm air until I got off of Lake Shore Drive, and of course by that time, I was about one minute from school. I eventually rectified the heat situation by installing an auxiliary water pump from a Mercedes inline with the heater hose. I tell you, that works wonders. It's still not great, but getting even a bit of heat after maybe 5-10 minutes of driving is a hell of a lot better than not having even a whisper of warm air for 40 minutes in below freezing temps.

Still, it was my car and I knew it well, and I'm a very competent driver. One time, in probably about 2 or 3 feet of snow, I plowed straight into a parallel parking spot, and this guy was standing outside of his house and he was yelling at me about how crazy I was (I'll take this time to remind you of my user name), and that I'd never be able to get out of that snow. I told him to come back at 3pm and watch me. He didn't, but I had no trouble getting out.

I used to drive my 93 LeBaron in the winter. Drove it down Lake Shore Drive every day to college. Parked on residential streets because parking permits were expensive. The only thing crappy about driving a convertible in the winter is when you have one without heat. Well, for some reason, many 90s Chryslers have piss poor heat. Most of the time, it wouldn't blow warm air until I got off of Lake Shore Drive, and of course by that time, I was about one minute from school. I eventually rectified the heat situation by installing an auxiliary water pump from a Mercedes inline with the heater hose. I tell you, that works wonders. It's still not great, but getting even a bit of heat after maybe 5-10 minutes of driving is a hell of a lot better than not having even a whisper of warm air for 40 minutes in below freezing temps.

Still, it was my car and I knew it well, and I'm a very competent driver. One time, in probably about 2 or 3 feet of snow, I plowed straight into a parallel parking spot, and this guy was standing outside of his house and he was yelling at me about how crazy I was (I'll take this time to remind you of my user name), and that I'd never be able to get out of that snow. I told him to come back at 3pm and watch me. He didn't, but I had no trouble getting out.
My old envoy had shit heat the first winter I got it. The engine wasn't really getting up to temp in winter either so I replaced the thermostat (I lucked upon a freak 50s weekend in winter) I learned the one oriley stocked was just as open in closed state as the one I pulled out. After confirming the one they gave me wasn't an anomaly I grabbed one from IIRC advanced and that one was actually closed in it's closed state (instead of ever so slightly restrictive like the one the thing came with).

I had a '96 Dakota that, after a number of years, got so it just would not warm up in the winter. The oil would get full of water since it never heated up enough to boil off the condensation. Tried a couple thermostats, no change. A sheet of cardboard in front of he radiator sorta helped, a little. Then one day I decided to try flushing the heater core. Bad looking stuff came out...and that was it. After that the engine came up to temperature just like it should and I had no problems with heat. I just thought it strange that a blockage there could throw the whole system off.

I think they did a better job designing cars back when my Lincoln was built-I remember the day I was trundling around in that big snow, I had the windows up, heater on full blast, & it really wasn't bad at all Now I wasn't in the back seat, but up front it was pretty comfortable. Beautiful sunny day, too. And the snow was goin' "Bye-Bye" pretty quickly, too, but it was still BIG fun..

Some cars require flow through the heater core for proper engine cooling... Not sure why it would cool the engine TOO well...

I did go a kick tires on a "beater" a couple weeks back, an '88 Dodge D-100. Yes, they still made the 100, the el Cheapo package, my Dad had one. This one ran but with a high idle (likely either a vacuum leak or an idle motor issue) and was just your typical, well, beater. Rusty in the usual places, torn seat, peeling paint, plenty of big dents. I think $800 cash would have brought it home, maybe a little less. But...dear Mrs. made it very clear...NO. I was not parking that piece of JUNK in her driveway! Well. She did say that if I bought her a new(er) vehicle I could use our "old" pickup as a beater. I think, sometimes, that she understands men about as well as I understand women :)

My daily:


shoulda had it 10 years ago tho...getting too old to go tear-assing around. I find more value in the wifes new highlander right now

Up to 5 cars now:

2010 Subaru Forester XT (EJ257/4EAT)
1990 Dodge W250 (318/NP435)
1985 Peugeot 505 (XN6/BA7/5)
2001 Mazda Miata 5mt base
1959 Ford Custom 300 (223/3 speed manual)

The Subaru I got in March to replace the ailing Miata, it's also a much more comfortable DD. And the Ford was free so I couldn't resist. It's pretty rusty (for a New Mexico car) first gear doesn't work, and the interior is shot, but the engine runs well and it drives ok.....manual drum brakes are manual drum brakes so don't skip leg day!

The Miata and Peugeot are for sale because I don't need 5 cars!

manual drum brakes are manual drum brakes so don't skip leg day!

Manual drum brakes on a 2010 car? Maybe your booster is busted.

Manual drum brakes on a 2010 car? Maybe your booster is busted.

Reread the paragraph he's talking about the 59 Ford...

I see. I have experienced a 60s Ford with single-master non-power brakes. I'd rather ride a bicycle.

I'm in the process of resurrecting this little guy. It sat behind a garage for a decade before I got it. I plan to leave the exterior as is - it has lots of character.

Neat!

Neat!

Thanks. I have a soft spot for '70s-era Japanese trucks, and finding this one was like hitting the jackpot. Very few of the first-gen Ford Couriers made it into the 21st century, and while mine is a bit rough, it still looks better than 80% of the ones still out there.

It needs a ton of work before it can be driven again, but the good news is it's structurally and mechanically sound. My only regret is that the bumper and turn signal got damaged while it was being moved - parts are nonexistent for these trucks.


-Tim

93 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera S Had it for 10 years bought off my ex high school principal , this car wont die!

94 Buick Roadmaster Limited. LT1 engine , gran touring suspension , all the toys but leather and sunroof . Got this for my 50th , my wife said I could get a "special car" for myself:D. Needs some work, actually more than I thought but these aren't exactly getting anymore plentiful these days so it is definitely worth saving :thmbsp:

04 Toyota Sienna van. It's a Toyota what else can I say?! :D Its got lots of room for hauling consoles... Hmmmm I'm sure a Sony KV-3000R would fit in there with the seats out.....:)

93' Explorer Sport 5-speed mom bought new in 93' and became mine in 02' and still daily drive to this day. This thing is so solid I just never needed or wanted to replace it.

10' Corolla S - My wife's daily she bought when we were dating and paid off. It's holding up just like the Explorer has...but that's expected being a Toyota and all.

1999 Dodge Dakota, 4x4 with the 5.2 Magnum V8. It's rusty but trusty, but the 10mpg is really killing me lately.

1999 Dodge Dakota, 4x4 with the 5.2 Magnum V8. It's rusty but trusty, but the 10mpg is really killing me lately.
I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota 4X4 with the 4.7 V8. First year for that engine.
It got upper teens on the hi-way. It's been in storage for a while, which is not good. The check engine light is on. I did a scan and showed a fault stating one cylinder is running lean.
I bought my 1st Dakota, a 1991 with 141K miles on it with a 318.
The 318 is practically bullet proof. I bought three used and one new. They all went well over 100K miles, without major issues.

I only drive my bike :)

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Picked up an 05 Audi A4 Quattro wagon last week. 2.0/fsi/turbo. Something is goofy with the ABS/speedo/tach and the xenon headlights are about to expire but otherwise it’s sound

Picked up an 05 Audi A4 Quattro wagon last week. 2.0/fsi/turbo. Something is goofy with the ABS/speedo/tach and the xenon headlights are about to expire but otherwise it’s sound
Change your oil every 3000 miles, no excuses. Just did timing chains, cylinder head, valves, and rod bearings on one of those. Guy owns an oil change shop, still too stingy to change the oil, it was like black mud. 60k miles. When I called for parts, the parts guy had a list ready to go - a good indicator that a lot of those motors fail in that way. Incidentally, it was a 40 hour job, something like $7000. And not something to entrust to any old joe schmoe.

Actually, your motor might be a bit different. But still. Come to think of it, I had a Passat with that motor that we did chains on, as well. Yes it has two chains and a belt.

Also, direct injection, so you'll need to clean the valves every, oh I don't know, maybe 10k miles. Buy a can of Seafoam, the aerosol kind for cleaning intake valves, and use that.

I'm in the process of resurrecting this little guy. It sat behind a garage for a decade before I got it. I plan to leave the exterior as is - it has lots of character.


Very nice... and what a clean garage!

Change your oil every 3000 miles, no excuses. Just did timing chains, cylinder head, valves, and rod bearings on one of those. Guy owns an oil change shop, still too stingy to change the oil, it was like black mud. 60k miles. When I called for parts, the parts guy had a list ready to go - a good indicator that a lot of those motors fail in that way. Incidentally, it was a 40 hour job, something like $7000. And not something to entrust to any old joe schmoe.

Actually, your motor might be a bit different. But still. Come to think of it, I had a Passat with that motor that we did chains on, as well. Yes it has two chains and a belt.

Also, direct injection, so you'll need to clean the valves every, oh I don't know, maybe 10k miles. Buy a can of Seafoam, the aerosol kind for cleaning intake valves, and use that.

Yeah I'm pretty strict about 3k oil changes, for my forester they (Subaru) originally recommended 5k oil changes and it caused lots of dead turbos and spun bearings.....there's also a little screen in the oil feed for the turbo that likes to disintegrate and kill the turbo. The engine in the Audi has a belt for the cams/water pump and a little chain for the balance shaft/oil pump I think. This one I bought came with a shop manual lol. And I'll look into the valve cleaning, its probably due......

Yeah I'm pretty strict about 3k oil changes, for my forester they (Subaru) originally recommended 5k oil changes and it caused lots of dead turbos and spun bearings.....there's also a little screen in the oil feed for the turbo that likes to disintegrate and kill the turbo. The engine in the Audi has a belt for the cams/water pump and a little chain for the balance shaft/oil pump I think. This one I bought came with a shop manual lol. And I'll look into the valve cleaning, its probably due......

Check out FCP Euro for anything your Audi needs, I buy all my Mercedes parts from them. They have a lifetime replacement program for their entire inventory including wear items and oil... free oil is good motivation to keep up with oil changes.

Yeah I'll take a look, I may be due for pads/rotors/hardware soon. On the intake valve cleaning, everything I've read about the 2.0 tfsi engines involve pulling the intake manifold and cleaning the ports manually. Not much about the seafoam method.....

For daily use a Volvo V70 from 2002. For the summer months a 1966 Ford Mustang convertible with a V8 engine. Also two motorcycles, a 1983 Honda MTX and a 1986 MT. The Mustang came to the Netherlands in 1998, comes from Florida USA. I restored it in 1998/1999.

Nice Mustang! Be careful not to bump those so-called bumpers.

My first new car was a 66 Mustang coupe with a small V8, same red paint as yours, with "parchment" interior. It was made late in the model year, and a few of the parts under the hood were from the 1967 line. Of course, it didn't have such fancy wheels.

What color is your interior?

My Mustang has a white interior in the Pony version. I also have the air conditioning, but no longer installed. Photos taken during the drive in the cinema, is a meeting of the Dutch Mustang club. In the back seat a radio with FM for sound of the movie.

Beautiful!

Nice! I even spotted a couple fox bodies in that picture.

I shoulda took pictures of the ports on the Audi. It was nasty! I used a walnut blaster to clean em out. I also ended up changing the fuel feed from that weird banjo fitting to a hose/barb type because I couldn't get that banjo to seal. I also fixed a coolant leak and have the speedo working but I gotta send that ABS module out for rebuild. Next job is the timing chain on the back that links both camshafts, its making a lot of noise!

Hi, this is my second car, and first on weekends.
It's a german made Opel Rekord Caravan 1971. My grandad bougth it brand new, and I inherited it.
Condition is far than perfect, but I love driving it.
Opel: on quiet nights you can hear it rusting...

https://imgur.com/a/VSykC0s

Hi, this is my second car, and first on weekends.
It's a german made Opel Rekord Caravan 1971. My grandad bougth it brand new, and I inherited it.
Condition is far than perfect, but I love driving it.
Opel: on quiet nights you can hear it rusting...

https://imgur.com/a/VSykC0s

That car looks pretty nice to me! I think they stole the body lines
from the GM mid size cars. ( Olds, Buick, Pontiac, Chevy.).
At first glance I would guess "Olds Cutlass F85".
BTW what is the motor ? Our old mid-size cars came with in-line 6
or a selection of V8's up to 455 cid & over 400 hp. They could be
hard to control !

73 Zeno:smoke:
LFOD !

That car looks pretty nice to me! I think they stole the body lines
from the GM mid size cars. ( Olds, Buick, Pontiac, Chevy.).
At first glance I would guess "Olds Cutlass F85".
BTW what is the motor ? Our old mid-size cars came with in-line 6
or a selection of V8's up to 455 cid & over 400 hp. They could be
hard to control !

73 Zeno:smoke:
LFOD !

Sure, being Opel a subsidiary of GM in those years.

The engine is fully designed in Detroit (named CIH, cam in head engine).

The body is german design, with that Coke shape (" Hüftschwung ") , was consider very sexy for european eyes at that time. There was a straigth line body project, fortunally didn't saw the ligth.

There was two series, the simple models, named Rekord with 4 cyl engines and the elegant series named Commodore with 6 cyl engines. Motors from 1500 cc to 2600 cc. Two and four doors sedans, coupes, stwagons, very few convertibles.

I don’t want to bore translating hp to CV, liters, etc, since the soul of a car is not in the cold numbers.
Yes, there were lights cars with an outdated steering and suspension system, but soft to drive, very reliable and economical. In the mid 60s, american cars become too big and expensive here.

"An even more sporty model than the GS, the Commodore GS/E, debuted in March 1970. It had a 2.5 L engine equipped with Bosch D-jetronic fuel injection system developing 150 PS (110 kW), which gave the car a top speed of 197 km/h (122 mph)" (wiki).

After the end of production in Germany, it was made in Brazil, like the Chevrolet Opala ( Opel body - Impala 6 engines), there with others terminations, and more powerful but hungry engines.
In Brazil it was manufactured till early 90s, replacing most of chrome with black plastics.

Mine is an anemic 1700 cc 82 hp four cylinder, four gear manual. When you press the gas pedal, she says: what? Ha, you want go? hahaha. Ok, let's go to get more of your trash TVs and radios.

Sure, being Opel a subsidiary of GM in those years.

The engine is fully designed in Detroit (named CIH, cam in head engine).

The body is german design, with that Coke shape (" Hüftschwung ") , was consider very sexy for european eyes at that time. There was a straigth line body project, fortunally didn't saw the ligth.

There was two series, the simple models, named Rekord with 4 cyl engines and the elegant series named Commodore with 6 cyl engines. Motors from 1500 cc to 2600 cc. Two and four doors sedans, coupes, stwagons, very few convertibles.

I don’t want to bore translating hp to CV, liters, etc, since the soul of a car is not in the cold numbers.
Yes, there were lights cars with an outdated steering and suspension system, but soft to drive, very reliable and economical. In the mid 60s, american cars become too big and expensive here.

"An even more sporty model than the GS, the Commodore GS/E, debuted in March 1970. It had a 2.5 L engine equipped with Bosch D-jetronic fuel injection system developing 150 PS (110 kW), which gave the car a top speed of 197 km/h (122 mph)" (wiki).

After the end of production in Germany, it was made in Brazil, like the Chevrolet Opala ( Opel body - Impala 6 engines), there with others terminations, and more powerful but hungry engines.
In Brazil it was manufactured till early 90s, replacing most of chrome with black plastics.

Mine is an anemic 1700 cc 82 hp four cylinder, four gear manual. When you press the gas pedal, she says: what? Ha, you want go? hahaha. Ok, let's go to get more of your trash TVs and radios.

Yes, just googling "Caravan Chevrolet Brasil" shows the Brazilian cousin. Some equipped with 4100cc (4.1L) inline 6. Interesting the very close side design for both.
My grandfather had 17 of these Opala's (the sedan version), all with the 4.1L motor.

I drive daily a Chevrolet Omega (brother in England is the Chevrolet Carlton, for example); very robust car. From 1994 and surviving well! Excellent confortably for travels!
My wife have a '73 Beetle, and I also have a '82 Gol with the 1600cc Beetle motor (nicknamed "little kettle" in a direct translation).

Yes, just googling "Caravan Chevrolet Brasil" shows the Brazilian cousin. Some equipped with 4100cc (4.1L) inline 6. Interesting the very close side design for both.
My grandfather had 17 of these Opala's (the sedan version), all with the 4.1L motor.

I drive daily a Chevrolet Omega (brother in England is the Chevrolet Carlton, for example); very robust car. From 1994 and surviving well! Excellent confortably for travels!
My wife have a '73 Beetle, and I also have a '82 Gol with the 1600cc Beetle motor (nicknamed "little kettle" in a direct translation).

What an amazing car is your first VW Gol, must be cool drive a car with the Beetle front engine, air cooled, and front wheel drive. Very noisy?
Here were sold all Gol generations, but starting with the water cooled engine.

Rekord and Opala actually were not cousins, We can say, they were father and sons, and I always thougth that loses some refinamentes crossing the Atlantic, like the tail ligths, rectangular headligths, cockpit, but gained with a stronger suspention system, a more versatile engine, due to lower compression, and thicker steel panels. Opels were horrible with rust.

And the Opel Omega is a "grand routier" an excellent rear wheel drive car, developed mainly for long relaxed trips and many brothers (sisters?) on the world. Sometimes I see an Omega Suprema, (station wagon) black with lowered suspention, and is really cool.
Obrigado.