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I have a few aftermarket two knobbers here, you can have em all for the shipping costs, including that one, if you want.
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I drive now a 2002 Subaru Forester and have a 1978 Old's Cutlass Ciera for a backup and over the years I had a 1985 and 1977 Chevy Caprice station wagons a 1974 Plymouth Satellite and a 1969 Pontiac Firebird.
Started with a 6 cyl 3 V8's now 2 4cylinders. I'm still kicking my a$$ for not keeping the Firebird.I could off fix it up. I just love those Delco radios.I snatch both out of the Caprice wagons before I got rid of them.Great selectivity and sensitivity and sound.I cant recall if I pulled the AM radio out of the Firebird but recall the days I used a Audiovox FM converter with it.The same with the Plymouth AM radio. |
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Sucks to read about what happened to your old van, Kamakiri. That body shot didn't look bad.
Hey Arcanine, I've never seen one of them (rebadged) Ford pickups before. The only thing close to that, that I remember is the Chevy Luv pickup. I think dodge had a rebadge little pick up too, but I don't remember the name. Been working on the Waggy some...When warm enough. Changed brake lines and front calipers, and I got the squishy brakes fixed. Cleaned it inside and out, and did a little work on some of the rust. I've got a carb rebuild, fuel pump replacement, and steering box swap to do next. Then I'll (hopefully) be able to daily drive it, with out having to worry about anything. Got lots of better pics of it now! Here's a few... |
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I only drive my bike (When I do -- I havent in along time)
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She went with a lion's roar and went down fighting anyway. I wouldn't expect less of good old American iron in the hands of a dedicated owner. |
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Patches' replacement is doing much better now that I've dumped a bunch of money into it.....I've replaced the driver's side CV axle, oil pan, valve cover gasket, EGR valve and transducer, oil change, tune up, tires (got a great deal on 4 used mounted on rims off CL), brakes, rad hoses, rear shocks, door lock actuators, a couple door seals, and repaired the ABS.
Since I have TV trips coming up and it's snowy and cold out, I took it to a friend's shop to diagnose a coolant leak that I couldn't find, and a transmission leak that I thought was the side gearcase cover. The coolant leak was the water pump, and the transmission leak ended up being a cracked solenoid pack. Total bill on that was just over $500....owch. It's throwing an intermittent P0420 code for the EGR that replacing the EGR didn't solve, so in the spring I'll have to yank and clean the intake. One problem though....I was doing the front valve cover and I noticed that one of the intake bolts moved when I grazed it with my knuckle. Someone must have tried to tighten it to clear the code, and the sucker must have snapped off. The previous owner just stuck the rest of the bolt back in the hole, and must have walked away whistling with his hands folded behind his back looking up at the sky..... Either way, I'll get it done. Done worse Still, all in all, I now have a touch under $1200 into it. And in the end, it'll be a FAR more reliable vehicle than a $1200 vehicle I would buy elsewhere, because anything in this price range you KNOW will need work of some kind. Some worse, some better.....but in the cheap minivan genre, it's difficult to find one that anyone ever cared about.
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[QUOTE=ZackN920;3153943]Sucks to read about what happened to your old van, Kamakiri. That body shot didn't look bad.
Hey Arcanine, I've never seen one of them (rebadged) Ford pickups before. The only thing close to that, that I remember is the Chevy Luv pickup. I think dodge had a rebadge little pick up too, but I don't remember the name. Chevy Luv=Isuzu ford Courier=Mazda dodge d50=Mitsubishi interestingly enough, all 3 still have ties with these Japanese company's I always thought AMC vehicles were interesting using different manufacturers parts. Generally the engines were AMC, Automatics were Chrysler, Power seats were GM, Steering column was GM, P/S pumps were Saginaw(GM), ignition systems were Ford duraspark(usually), A/C/heat look GM. Did they use Spicer axles? I owned a lot of Volvo's over the years. They did the same thing in the 80's. DAna rear axles, Aisin automatics, Saginaw P/S pumps, engine was Volvo, Brakes were ATE or Girling
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Well, you have everything pretty much listed out that the Wag uses! But before 1980, at least on the FSJ's, they were using GM auto's. As for the axles, They had a few of there own and they also used Dana axles. Wag's got the 44 front and back. The AC in the full size jeeps is one of the stupidest set up's(to me). It looks like an after thought(add on) and is set up to cool your knee's. What the hell's good/luxury about that?! They should have redesigned the dash at some point and put the vents in it, where air vents belong!! Hmm, you know, the Cherokee's used Aisin/Borg Warner trannies too! Believe they used the AW4 model, very good auto, pretty reliable too! My XJ's currently got 173K and it shifts pretty good. Ive seen them at 3-400K miles and still going with no rebuild. Same with the 4.0 engine's. Quote:
I like the Gremlins too. We've got 1 in town that I know of, and believe it or not, it's the guy's plow truck! He put the body on a small 4X4 chassis! It's a pretty cool set up! It don't even sit much higher than stock either! Well, with there name being American Motors Corp. It's no surprise there made from other American manufacturer's parts. And general parts aren't too hard to find either, because of that! |
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I've got quite a menagerie. Here goes:
1981 300SD Mercedes (292K miles) The 588th car to roll off the assembly line of this series. 1982 300SD Mercedes (311K miles) 2002 Chevrolet Suburban (164K miles) Gotta have something to haul TVs in! 2007 Ford Explorer (95k miles) Its electronics keeps me on my toes We have owned a total of seven Mercedes, six of which were diesel. We have also owned a 6.2L GMC diesel Suburban. That's a whole different story! |
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Very nice
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