Good work, Ash, as usual. I gave you a interwebs. Wait...
Whatta revoltin' development. I haven't commented here in quite a while, but I still do look at what happens here, especially on Weekends with Murrillee. Yeah, the fine quality of Murrillee's writing is what first drew me to Jalopnik, and the continued weirdness of posts like DOTS and PCH is what kept me coming back. Murrillee will be sorely missed by Jalopniks old and new. Good luck and godspeed to you, sir. Don't be a stranger, stay in touch with us all when you get a chance.
Utah's just plain bizarre. Before I left that madhouse, the cops chased a motorhome that was a rolling meth lab. Took them like an hour to stop the thing, they chased it from one side of SLC to the other.
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Nah, too nice for that. Keep the patina, drop in a new engine, go through the rest of the car, and run it in the Carrera Panamericana. Now, that would be an experience.
My Mom still misses her '61 Lark. I remember riding around in it to this day. She was proud of that car, paid for it by herself, and it really was a nice ride.
@Roberto G.: Si, e pazzo e brutto. Machina schifosa.
We have stagecoaches that operate on the streets here in Tombstone on a daily basis, but they're nothing like this. I can see the drivers fighting over who gets to drive this thing. The stagecoaches we have here, look period and weigh 2500 lbs. This Hummer is actually lighter than they are, so the Belgians and Percherons would like them as well.
@crashedpc - Wiedergänger: Then, why bother?
I love these gargantuan wagons. The LTD's were pretty cool, and this is a fine example. Nice Price.
However, we had a '71 Pontiac Safari with the clamshell tailgate. We pulled a 25 foot travel trailer cross-country with that car, no problem at all. With a St. Bernard occupying the way-back. Nothing compares to these great old barges.
@nerdtalker: My little brother has a Ford Pwerstroke that's gotta be ten years old now, and he regularly gets 20 MPG. I've driven it many a time, and that's what the readout says.
@Elhigh: I hear you, most trucks are never used as trucks, much less leave the pavement. However, some of those trucks in that parking lot may be used on weekends to haul boats, travel trailers, horse trailers, etc. If the big brute gets upwards of 20 MPG, why not commute in it? Besides, you can pick up a load of firewood on your way back home.
This is way more truck than I need, but yeah, I'd still love to have one.
That's not a bad price for a VW as rare as this. I can't remember the last time I saw one. I don't even mind the wheels.
Yeah, just like the one we had when I was a kid, except ours was green. I remember sitting on my stepdad's lap steering it. Nowadays, he'd go to jail and I'd be in a foster home, but it was no big deal back then.
That 510 wagon was a pretty good car, I remember my mom hooning the hell out of it (they traded a Porsche 912 for it). However, I also remember how cheezy the interior was, and how the window cranks and door handles broke off.
They mustard a lot of courage to do this and I relish hearing about how it all comes out. I just hope they don't roll.
This is absolutely insane, and I like that. What I really like is the fact that he needs to sell this so he can concentrate on his latest project, a steam powered paddlewheel pontoon boat. The guy's a freak, and I'd love to drink a few beers with him.
@LandofMinos, In Soviet Australia, internet censors you: I live in the boonies, and I see trucks looking like this all the time. Hell, my own truck looks worse than this on a daily basis. Yeah, I get your point, this is the way a truck should look, off the road, in the dirt, working hard. Good point.
@tonyola: I voted Nice Price because it's a good looking car and I like Pontiacs, but this puts it back into perspective. Now, THAT'S a Pontiac, and would beat this poser like a red headed stepchild from a stoplight.
Just because a car is rare doesn't necessarily mean that it's exotic or desirable. I like Italian cars and bikes, but these Lancias don't excite me. Crack.
@fodder650: Use the Google translator thingie. Enjoy in Engrish.
