nice price or crack pipe
Here's
Nice Price Or Crack Pipe once again, the day after
the Opel GT Batmobile made NPOCP history! You see, for the first time we've got the majority of voters opting for the Nice Price side of the poll; admittedly, the voting is 173 to 172 at the time of this writing, but that's still a win for the BatmOpel! Today we've got another machine that might present something of a dilemma; the original 351 Cleveland/4-speed combo makes it cool, as do the factory hubcaps and the fact that it's always been a camper… but a Buy It Now of $12,500? What do you think?
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down on the street
Welcome to
Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California.
DOTS Truck Monday is with us once again, and today we're going to check out a vehicle that qualifies as both truck
and car: a '64 Ford Falcon with truck bed, aka Ranchero! Then, because polls lessen the sting of Simon Legree's workplace lash- which always seems to fall on one's back with particular malice on a Monday- we'll all vote on our favorite street-parked Alameda Ranchero.
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woodward dream cruise
The
Woodward Dream Cruise can be tough on an old car — stop-and-go traffic for miles, overzealous and crowd-pleasing engine revving, the oft-times brutal heat — so why not a stop to cool down at Micky-D's? The owner tells us he and his wife tore the little truck apart about eight years ago and totally renovated it. Everything on the outside, sans the steer head on the bumper, is original, while the interior has been customized with styling elements from the body. You can see the shape of the chrome strip running on the side in the door panels, and the logo on the seats matches the one on the tailgate. Very nicely done, sir.
Follow the fun at our Woodward Dream Cruise tag for all of our coverage of the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise, the largest one-day automotive event in the world!
nice price or crack pipe
Did Ford really build a twin-turbocharged pickup truck based on the Pinto in 1971? The seller of this "sweet rust free 1 of 1 factory built pinto race truck twin turbo 4 cyl bumper dragging beast" says they did, and that "ford picked me over
bob glidden to drive cause he couldnt handle this monster." If it's for real and there's documentation to prove it, $15,000 is a pretty good deal. If not... well the going rate on Pintocheros might be a few notches below 15K. Cast your vote and we'll see how this sorts out. Thanks to
LTDScott for the tip!
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down on the street bonus edition
It's one thing to spot a 90s Ford Escort with a truck bed and huge fins, but what a joy to see that the owner has actually named his creation using the correct
-chero suffix. We've seen too many homemade Ford cartrucks with GM-centric names, so we're just happy this one isn't emblazoned with a huge "ESCORTAMINO" graphic. We're also happy that
Crazygutgut had his camera at the ready when he spotted this fine machine in San Francisco's Sunset District. Make the jump to see the whole gallery and read Crazygutgut's description.
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down on the street
The
Ford Ranchero cartruck went through numerous platform changes over the years, with the full-size sedan-based '57-59s, the compact Falcon-based '60-66s, the mid-sized Fairlane/Torino-based '68-76s, and the bloato-mid-sized LTD-based '77-79s. We saw a beige-and-brown
two-tone '79 last summer, and now I've found another two-tone '79 on the island.
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el camino
Whereas many of the El Camino-ized vehicles we share with you, like the
Volvo XC70chero, are unique custom jobs of varying degrees of quality, the
Ford Fairmont Durango was actually built in a factory. The history is muddy, but after the demise of the Ranchero, Ford worked with National Coach Products in some capacity to help the company produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 212 of these 5.0-powered, Fox-bodied trucks. What it lacks in details it more than makes up for in style and power, and all for just $24,500. Details below the jump.
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found on craigslist
Let's say you saw the
PCH Jaguar XJ-Schero the other day and said to yourself: "Damn, I sure would like to have a Jaguar with a truck bed to haul parts, but my
ZIS 112 project takes all my time!" We understand your dilemma, and that's why we've found this 1986 Jaguar Vanden Plas with a very nice pickup bed conversion for you. The seller wants a cool 13 Gs for it, but not to worry- he or she will take your unwanted pontoon boat in trade! Thanks to splacid for the tip.
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Craigslist Nashville, go
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