I have 17 ram 1500, 19 kia sportage, and i have a brick nose 90 bronco. Ram and kia is on my channel some. Bronco is still at my cousins but should be on there soon. I have a few other cars that i plan to flip as is in sell one i may just flip over lol.
oh boy....my father has his little rice rocket, 2000 vw jetta diesel the thing is chipped, tuned, straight piped and rolls coal like a truck he turns 18 when he drives it, and as it passed 250k miles, the exhaust tip rotted off it brought me and him closer, as out love for the "jetta" grows also, he loves the 200$ "lightweight rims" on my side, being a kid, i cant afford cars, so i build mopeds! lol the recent list was a 1977 yamaha champ with 700 miles and a 1978 coloumbia commuter slow, but chicks dig it!
Have owned GM products for 43 years as daily drivers, until the last poc 2008 GMC Acadia changed my mind, before that 2006 Buick Terraza. Daily drivers are now Hyundais.
A coal rolling Jetta is definitely "Sauerkraut"...the only rice it would see is if the "Minute Rice" box broke on the way back from the store.
Do any of you remember "The Tappet Brothers" from public radio? Someone called in and asked about buying a Jaguar XJ. The brothers went on and on about what a lovely car it was to look at, the extreme level of comfort, the joy of driving such a superb riding and handling road car. The caller then said something like "Then I should buy one?" The Brothers (one was ray, but I can't remember the name of the other) then said "No, buy two, so you will have one to drive while the other is in the shop for repair."
Update... Both the Malibu and Triumph went to new homes in 2023. In December, I picked up my current project. It's a 1991 Chevy C1500 regular cab, short bed, step side lowrider:
When I bought my '79 C3 I had the same experience as you did with the plug wires. Other then the wires, overall I have worked on many cars that were worse to service.
Some fun, huh? Next, I have to replace the heater control valve. On the C-2, it sits in a bracket that is screwed to the firewall. With factory A/C. I have to remove the compressor and all the hoses to GET to it since the past owner just shoved (the wrong one!) into whatever space was available around near the firewall and discarded the factory bracket. They repro it, so I have it, but WHY throw away part of your car? The whole deal will be a pain, but I have to replace the hoses as well with repros--I have them--and drain the radiator, take off all the hoses, remove the compressor, and THEN reformat the hot mess the previous owners made. This valve in the C-2 is hard to find--a REVERSE one that operate exactly opposite of the normal ones. I found a couple of them for REALLY great prices--I don't think the owner knew what he had--but what a crazy set of steps just to replace a simple part. Don't get me started on the A/C relay which is between the top of the fender and the inner wheel well housing. Took me about an hour with LOTS of working-on-the-car words... Oh, well, I guess that's why it is a hobby, right? Cheers!
I've been through about 4 Jags and 3 Fords in the last few years. I think we have our daily driver fleet pretty stable right now. 17 F250, 18 Range Rover, 18 Jeep Wrangler, 23 Jag F Pace SVR Edition 1988. For classic cars, we only have my 69 GS and my 71 Monte Carlo (which is in bodyshop jail). We would like to get a C2 or C3 Vette, and a 66-67 Ford Fairlane. The wife wants a rat rod type of vehicle, also. I would also like another Buick that is a little on the unusual side, with V8 power. Something I can thrash around and not worry too much about keeping it mint. More cars are not going to happen until I get a garage built. Thats the next project in the upcomming year or 2.
