Well, I would've skipped the article if it hadn't been written by Sajeev. Somehow Sajeev made it interesting to read about a car that up until now I've completely hated. I'm not even sure I hate the stupid car anymore! ... View more

I would be interested to know the approximate year that this car was sunk. I cringe watching old movies where cool cars such as a 1957 Chevy are destroyed, but I have to remind myself that they were just 15+ year old wore out cars at the time. I certainly don't cringe when I see cars like a 1998 Accord destroyed these days. ... View more

I voted to buy the Camry last week, but now I'm changing that vote and saying get the Fusion. Our 2006 Fusion SEL with a V6 auto was a great family car that was still fun enough to drive. And it being a Ford fits in well with some of your other collection if I recall correctly. I'm going this weekend to pick up a mid 90s F150 single cab short bed, with a 5.0 and manual transmission, that has been parked in a shed for many years due to dead fuel pumps in both tanks. I don't need another Ford, but I figure I've already got 3 older Ford trucks and an antique Ford car, I might as well get this one too since it'll fit right in. ... View more

I'd vote for buy it, replace the shifter knob since that bothers you and it's cheap, and then do nothing to the outside appearance. Drive it for what it is - a daily beater. I'm in the middle of kind of an experiment myself. My daily driver was a 2000 Ford F350 dually with the 7.3 and an automatic. Other options are a 1985 F250 and a 1986 F150, neither of which I want to daily. Diesel and gas prices are only increasing, so I bought a 1999 Lexus ES300 with 230,000 miles from a friend for $2000. The car runs and drives just fine, but the clear coat on the hood is gone, and the roof is down to grey primer in a lot of places. Other than appearance upgrades it could use a few things here and there to make it less annoying, like hood struts instead of using a cut off broom stick to hold the hood up. But the goal of this car was purely to save on operating costs. It had a recent timing belt and oil change, good tires, cold A/C, so I'm going to drive it with its flaws and all until fuel prices come back down. Unless something catastrophic happens, I should be able to get my money back out of it and maybe a little more in the next year or two. Factoring in insurance and oil changes and a little fluff for small repairs, it's saving quite a bit on the commuting. But it's definitely not a fun beater like a stick shift Camry would be. Wish I still had that 1990 Corolla Wagon 5 speed I bought last time fuel prices got so high. ... View more

Did I read this right, that you stated an 8' 2x4 can't be carried in a Maverick bed? ... View more

I enjoyed your article. I've been intrigued by the airplane boneyards out west and have wanted to visit them. But now to the real point - please don't tell me you'd consider choosing to keep a 240,000 mile minivan over a restored sentimental Jeepster! It'd be different if it was a money based decision. ... View more

Maybe, but if he wants a good truck that will do everything he wants it to do, even if it isn't that often, he'd be smart to keep that one.  He'll never get another truck near that good for as little as he has tied up in it.  And it'll hold it's value well for years to come.  I'd say keep it.   ... View more

I've not had any issues with tire shops here in MS for my dually.     I completely forgot about the "dooley" spelling.  The only time I've seen that version is on various toy packaging, namely a model kit:     ... View more

The article was definitely not romanticizing the violence. Seems like it was just a story about a culture that probably the majority of us readers don't know much about. The "Giraffe Poke" does look ridiculous, but it's still not any wider than my dually. And I would suspect that these cars aren't sitting around unattended where a blind grandma is trying to get around. While I have zero interest in having vehicles that look like these, I have enjoyed the few articles such as this one and the ones by Ethan Gaines that explore experiences that have been far different than my own. ... View more

Well, I think you knew how the article was going to go after reading the title and seeing the author. You could've skipped it. I enjoyed it though. Jack has become one of my favorite authors on this site. ... View more

Reading comprehension is a tricky thing. ... View more

Nice find! Did you mean to say it has 12' of space behind the captain chairs? If so, I had no idea the long wheel base vans were that long. ... View more

Nice to see Matt's Offroad Recovery YouTube channel getting some advertisement! It's a great family friendly show. One correction though, is that I'm fairly certain his last name is Wetzel even though he's the owner of Winder Towing. ... View more

What's your source? ... View more

Good information. It seems that a lot of tires will only have the date code on 1 side of the tire. And if the date code is 3 digits, then it is from about year 2000 or older. The first two digits are still the week, but the 3rd digit is the last digit of the year but the decade is up for guessing. But at that point it doesn't really matter the decade, they need to be replaced for an on-road vehicle. ... View more

Looking forward to it. I'm 37, had dozens of antiques and beaters, but never a motorcycle. My son's Coleman minibike is so much fun that it has us interested in getting into a motorcycle, but I'd have to do it the cheap way which means, well, cheap. I recently missed out on a late 90s Honda Magna 750 that looked good, good tires, just had been sitting up for a year and needed carb work for $500! All that to say, I would most enjoy a budget friendly test. Maybe what to look for in common inexpensive bikes. Or one of those shootouts where each person has a certain low budget to go buy and repair/upgrade and put them through some tests. But no matter what you write about it'll be enjoyable to follow along. ... View more

Well, it was lower miles and better shape than I remembered. But the government surplus 2009 model Ranger, 56,000 miles, base model 4 cylinder, just sold for $9114 including the 12.5% buyers fee. ... View more

Wish I had bought my dad's 1994 Ranger extended cab 5 speed years ago when he sold it. It was the awful but great 90s teal color. He sold it in about 2004 or so when it wasn't worth much. Those Rangers are bring stupid money now. There's an early 2000s model on a local government auction that is low miles, but even so the base model single cab 4 cylinder is at $7000 and not even over yet. I think it's a combination of just not being able to get a small truck anymore, and the Toyotas and Nissans driving the prices up. Also should have kept the 92 Nissan 4x4 single cab that I had around the same time.... ... View more

In MS, in a private sale, the buyer doesn't have to pay sales tax on a vehicle if it's older than 10 years. I just bought a 2010 Highlander, and the tag/title/taxes was a little less than $50. If a vehicle is 25 years or older, you have the option of getting an antique tag, which is $25 once. Antique tags are then good for as long as you own it without any additional yearly costs. Annual inspection stickers were done away with a few years ago. And we don't currently have any emissions testing. MS gets a bad rap for a lot of things, and on some points unfairly so, but it's a good place to live when you have antique vehicles and you also like to daily drive old beaters. Hagerty makes insuring the antiques very affordable, and the old daily drivers have cheap liability through another insurance company. ... View more

Good article. I live in MS, and I have several trucks. Old pickups, an old 1.5 ton truck, and a modern (2000 model) dually for hauling old non-running crap, or the tractor, or the 5th wheel camper. Several commenters mentioned that a lot of folks don't need a truck, that they just have them for the image. But really, that can be said about almost any vehicle. Since when did anyone need a Camaro? The only way we aren't picking out vehicles for the image, or how they make us feel, or any other reason is if we all start driving Ladas, Trabants, etc. Coincidentally, I would love to add a communist car to my not-a-collection collection. ... View more

These comments were exhausting to read through. I'm not sure why the author's opinions rile up some people. No matter what the EVs or hybrids look like, I don't plan on owning one for as long as I can hold out. My newest vehicle is a 2006, and we're looking to replace it soon with maybe an 8-10 year old vehicle so it'll be a gas burner. Living in Mississippi, you just don't see many EVs or hybrids, either due to cost or commute times. When gas got very expensive about 10 years or so ago, I parked my old 1 ton truck daily driver and picked up a low mileage 1990 Corolla Wagon with a 5 speed for $1700. Interior was mint, and the body just had some clear fading. That car got 37 mpg with about 75% highway and 25% city. I don't know all about the carbon footprints or environmental impact EVs, hybrids, or diesel/gas vehicles have. But my pocket book says that used internal combustion vehicles win 100% of the time. ... View more

Very enjoyable. I also will pick out any old photos that have vehicles in them (and road construction equipment since I work for a DOT). ... View more

Not a score - but years ago my local Pull-a-Part got in some random old cars.  Some of them were pretty far gone, but others weren't.  It was sad to see them in Pull-a-Part since they won't sell you a whole car.  You can see a few others, such as the Corvair, in the background.  The Travellall actually wasn't in bad shape except for when they set it up on the "jackstands."  ... View more

Hope the Roadkill guys see this so they can possibly replace their stolen Mazdarati. ... View more

Something odd about this comment - Marie and Joseph are the owners. The two grandsons are not named in the story. ... View more

Here's my 1952 Chevy 1.5 ton that was in a shed for a long time.  It has a 1954 model 235.  Basic maintenance got the engine running very well, and it's been yard driven, but it needs the brakes gone through.  I haven't sourced a cheap option for the 6 wheel cylinders that it needs.     Since the title of this mentions delivery vehicles, I thought I'd include my 1971 P30 also.  It had been parked 15 years and after a couple of weekends of going through the carb, starter, etc. I was able to drive it home.  It has a 292 and a 4 speed, and pretty cool 19.5" (not dually wheels) on the standard 8 lug GM/Ford pattern.  Plans may be to mesh these two trucks together.   ... View more

Not as old as some of these others, and certainly isn't as nice, but here's my 1972 John Deere 830 Utility.  Not sure why John Deere decided to reuse the 830 designation, it just causes confusion when trying to order parts.  I love the shape of the hood.  It was my Papaw's tractor for as long as I can remember.   ... View more

Automotive repairs/hacks that are immediately preceded by "this is how I did it, but don't do it yourself" are ones that I enjoy the most. The Hack Mechanic and a couple of shows on MotorTrend and YouTube are my favorite. I'm not a reader at all - other than some articles here on Hagerty and vehicle specific repair forums. But I did just get a couple of Rob's books for Christmas that had been on a wish list. So far I'm really enjoying the first one I started! ... View more

Just out of curiosity, what issues have you had personally with Quaker State oil? ... View more

Just Monday I was on the hunt for some gear lube that would work in my recently acquired 1986 F150 4x4 with a NP435 manual trans. Internet research told me that GL-5 gear oil isn't yellow-metal safe, and it seems plausible since after a couple of years of running GL-5 spec gear lube in my CJ-5 the syncros got a whole lot worse. But browsing through the shelf at several of the local auto parts stores didn't turn up any GL-4. Asking the folks behind the counter resulted in the typical no-help response. Finally I stopped at a NAPA and the guy there quickly located some in the catalog and had it for me the next day. I'm not sure if I've gotten all worked up over GL-4 vs GL-5 for no reason, but I hope this Sta-Lube 85w-90 treats me right with this truck. ... View more

It does look nice, but it's still a Hyundai.   ... View more

I'm looking forward to the next article from Ethan Gaines!  Can we expect more? ... View more

Fun article.  We too got into cheap campers about 2 years ago.  Spent $5,000 on a decent enough 5th wheel.  We have had good luck so far, having to only tinker on little things about every trip.  Recently the grey water holding tank has started leaking though, and it is where a pipe connects to the tank on top.  That means I'll have to drop the whole tank.  It's fun to go camping with the family, but every time I am hooked up to it I just keep thinking how much it's going to cost when my 20 year old 1 ton breaks down to get all this towed back home.  I could've spent 5k in a lot more fun ways (at least to me) on one of the project vehicles sitting around.   ... View more

Very cool.  I'm guessing the platform on top was something he added and is for a tent?   ... View more

I enjoyed the article.  I laughed out loud when I read that you almost never see clay in Ohio.  That sounds like an amazing problem to have!  In Mississippi it is absolutely everywhere and creates never-ending problems for roads, building foundations, etc.   ... View more

Will I still be able to click on an author's name to see all the articles posted by that author?  That function doesn't appear to work on the new site.  That's how I kept up with my favorite author, Rob Siegel! ... View more