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Detroit, 9:05 AM
Thu Dec 10
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12/07/09
This is J-nik. The Ford is the only right answer.
12/06/09
Anyway, I have a slight request. How about doing a posting before year end with a poll. Make that a couple of postings, about the 24 Hours of LeMons. Vote for your favorite outright winner of all the events. Then vote for your favorite IOE winner from all the events. (Yes I do have an interest in this)
Thanks Ms. Martin.
12/06/09
12/06/09
I think that the Sprinter slots in nicely between standard, full size vans and modern step vans. Kind of right size thing. Only a 50s/60s Grumman step van is in the same size category.
Other European manufacturers makes similar trucks, including Peugot, Citroen and FIAT. These are widely used by all sorts of trades and delivery uses. I have vague hopes that FIAT might bring its van here before too long.
12/06/09
..offers an astounding 14.5 feet of cargo room from the optional bulkhead to the back doors
Sprinter may not be thick and wide, but it's got length.
12/05/09
12/05/09
Close enough?
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12/06/09
oh yea she's awesome :). Happy she's not in a kitchen
12/05/09
As much as I am a Chevy fan, this time I'm going to have to vote Nash Statesman. Comparatively few were made. Fewer yet survive. Need parts? Better brush up on those library research and machining skills. It also seems to be the worst of the four in terms of material condition.
So, you will put yourself through all manners of hell trying to restore a total basket case with a barely existent spare parts source, and to top it all off, the only recognition you will get from the word "Nash" is a Nash Bridges reference. No one these days has any idea what the hell a Nash is, and thusly none will truly appreciate the shit you went through.
That is truly the most hellish of the four, and thusly I feel is the meritorious victor of this edition of Project Car Hell.
12/05/09
12/05/09
So, wicked cool hauling wagon or hippie-graffitied Pininfarina hellbeast with thirteen-letter-shit-spreader power and eighty-seven yard turning circle? Your choice, amigos.
12/05/09
Coolest? Ford, preferably with a north-south Ecoboost V6 transplant.
12/05/09
If you want a project that will be moderately practical when you're done, get the Ford wagon.
If you want a project that will be fairly sporty when you're done, get the Poly-powered Dodge.
If you want a true PCH, get the Nash.
12/05/09
12/05/09
The Ford has an undeniable coolness, and although the running gear will be a cakewalk, the wagon specific pieces (of which it's probably missing several) are going to be fun (in the most facetious use of the word) to track down.
The wagon gets my vote.
Fortunately I don't need a '50s project car, since I already have a '79 Checker.
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