Indeed. I have a 12V cummins in my Dodge, and the new gasser trucks are rated to tow more than my diesel! And yet, as many loads as I've hauled, as many trailers as I've towed, as much crap as I've thrown in the bed and on a trailer, I've never, ever thought, "Well, this is nice, but if it only had a bit more power..." Oh, and I get 21 highway MPG when its not towing.
Amen. Right down to the rusty/ faded clearcoat on the roof. And...is that a diamond porthole window? Outstanding. The mis-matched wheels are even more win.
No one's mentioning what was my favorite commercial- the Cha Cha Cha changes BMW diesel. Even though they make fun of old, smokey diesels, and old, smokey diesels have a special place in my heart, it was still entertaining.
bet you had fun in your Amazon! They are great snow cars!
@..In The World: True. I guess the modern gasser trucks fill roughly the same market niche as my 20 year old Dodge. They can tow ~10,000 pounds and get 20 mpg. And gas is cheaper than Diesel.
But still, I love my old beast...odometer quit a few months ago just shy of 254,000 miles.
But still, I love my old beast...odometer quit a few months ago just shy of 254,000 miles.
@4th_Dimension: My '91 Dodge Cummins gets 21 mpg. What happened?
I would pay more for a pristine, original 1800ES than I would for this bastardized pile of shite, and a top notch 1800ES, NOS or repro everything, should fetch about 25K. So this is, conservatively, at least twice the price it should be.
Edit: The s10 chassis was, even 20 years after the 1800 went out of production, inferior to the Volvo's underpinnings.
Edit: The s10 chassis was, even 20 years after the 1800 went out of production, inferior to the Volvo's underpinnings.
@bygeorge: Festivus for Trucks!
@mzs: Me too, Mike. Incidentally, I just picked up another Amazon wagon- the doppleganger for yours in fact- dark green with a tan interior. Mine is a '68, and was sitting in the woods in Virginia for the past 15 years, but its remarkably solid and complete. I know the engine will turn over with some starter fluid and an oil change.
I love the Challenger. It's sex on wheels. But its at least 500 pounds too heavy, and you can't comfortably ride with your arm out the window.
The Camaro is ugly. The roof is too low- some customizer needs to do a reverse-chop top. I can't imagine driving or parking the thing as-is.
I want to hate the Mustang, I really do. But I can't. Its awesome, despite (or perhaps, because of) the old-school stick axle, you can roll down the window and put your arm on the opening, its compact and sporty, and it's made by the only company that stuck with it through thick and thin since the '60s.
if I had to buy one of these cars, and my girlfriend's family (bowtie folks through and through) wouldn't disown me, it would be the Mustang.
The Camaro is ugly. The roof is too low- some customizer needs to do a reverse-chop top. I can't imagine driving or parking the thing as-is.
I want to hate the Mustang, I really do. But I can't. Its awesome, despite (or perhaps, because of) the old-school stick axle, you can roll down the window and put your arm on the opening, its compact and sporty, and it's made by the only company that stuck with it through thick and thin since the '60s.
if I had to buy one of these cars, and my girlfriend's family (bowtie folks through and through) wouldn't disown me, it would be the Mustang.
@Tigerjuice: Because then we'd need twice as many parking spaces and they would all have to be hundreds of feet from the store. Now that would be a geographical oddity!
1992 Dodge Ram 250 Cummins Turbodiesel Extended Cab 4x4. It won't get you away quickly, but it will haul all your crap and you'll be 600 miles away before you have to stop for fuel.
I believe the correct turn of phrase would be "The cut of Henry's jib."
No cash for a non-clunker.
@Franzouse: Sorry, I thought you were referring to the 123 above- yes the 'vert in the ad is a 560SL- or at least some SL car- they all looked pretty much the same. Those Euro bumpers do look nice- wish we could have gotten them!
I've seen 2 door coupes of this body style go for more, so this seems pretty nice pricey. The proper steering wheels are easy to find (hell, there's at least 4 or 5 123 bodies in the U-Pull-It near me right now) and Euro-bumpers, if you desired, are a credit card swipe away.
As much as I love the diesels, they can be a tad smokey, which would detract from the overall convertible experience (unless you were in, say, North Jersey, where the exhaust of a 123 diesel is actually cleaner than the ambient air), so in this case, I think the gasser is a plus. Too bad it's a slushie, though.
As much as I love the diesels, they can be a tad smokey, which would detract from the overall convertible experience (unless you were in, say, North Jersey, where the exhaust of a 123 diesel is actually cleaner than the ambient air), so in this case, I think the gasser is a plus. Too bad it's a slushie, though.
@Franzouse: No 560SL love? Those are pretty cool- with the appropriate lenses and bumpers, of course.
@gargravarr: Yeah, you could be me: my g/f has a '68 Camaro and a '69 Karmann Ghia.
@Botswana Meat Commission FC: No shit. Their cops are Nazis. When they arrest you, they put you UNDER the jail.
@BroncoMech: I'll thank you to keep riding that horse. Giddyap, oh Grammer Nazi!