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Truck Hunt 2016: Wherein We Buy An Excursion and Break All the Rules
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Three hundred eleven thousand miles, lifted, tuned, and salvage-titled, for sale in notoriously sketchy part of Sacramento for almost exactly what I sold my Wagoneer for. In short, this thing is everything I was trying not to buy this time around. “I kinda really like it” she said with a self-conscious grimace, sitting back in our car…
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Truck Thursday – 1987 Dodge Raider
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For your Truck Thursday, I invite you to turn on the wayback machine, and turn the dial to 1987. Radical. Check out this little brown truck.
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Truck Thursday: Long Shots: Not Just Any Old Elkie
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So the other day, this olelongrooffan was out be-bopping around these here Ozark Mountains and came across something me thinks my fellow Hoons will love laugh out loud at appreciate. Yeah, it’s a Designer Series and I’m confident the condition of this trucklet will be noticed by all.
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Truck Hunt 2016: 2001 GMC Yukon XL (aka Suburban 2500)
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At my day job, I lead early-stage technology development projects. I earn my pay by wrangling a crew of innovator-type engineers to take something from a pile of cool ideas to a mature, workable product that will go into people’s brains. My job is to strike the balance of risk: are the small sample sets…
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Truck Hunt 2016: Time for a New(er) Tow Rig
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The Wagoneer’s gone, which means my backup commuting vehicle is either my bike or my wife’s patience. Secondarily, we’re down to the miniscule towing capacity of the Mazda5. It’s time to start shopping for a new truck or SUV to do Truck Stuff. The plan was never to reduce the number of cars in the…
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Truck Thursday: 1991 Range Rover Classic 2-Door
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The original CJs, Blazers, 4Runners, Land Cruisers, Broncos and many other old off-road capable vehicles had many things in common, including the fact that they all had two doors. It wasn’t until later on in the SUV evolution that people realized that those off-roaders do a great job of getting kids to school when there…
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Truck Thursday: An Ode To The Advance Design
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My fellow Hoons, this offering by this olelongrooffan contains over 2,150 words and suffered through 40+ revisions. I might suggest finding a few minutes, a comfortable seat and a cold libation while reading about Bus_Plunge and Advance Designs. Or not. Anyways, thanks for staying tuned. So it’s been a while since this olelongrooffan has contributed…
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Find a Wagoneer, Fix a Wagoneer, Drive a Wagoneer – Dirt Every Day Gets it Right
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If you haven’t caught the latest episode of Dirt Every Day (DED:Roadkill as 4Wheel and Offroad:Hot Rod), well, you should. Despite the cold temps, it warms our Wagoneer-loving hearts.
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This Rampage is Trying Way Too Hard, But We Love it Anyway
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The Rampage joins the Plymouth Scamp and Ford Durango at the bottom of the Car-Truck notoriety scale. Based on the Mopar L-Body platform, it’s by the Iacocca-era 2.2 four cylinder engine. Fortunately this particular example comes with three pedals and five gears as well. However, unfortunate are a number of stylistic choices the owner has made. The…
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1971 4×4 Eldorado Convertible May be the Zenith of Americanness
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Forget the Escalade. Forget luxury crossovers trying to also be “coupes”. Forget (if you can) the Murano CrossCabrio. This is the vehicle that combines the presence of a 4×4 with the impractical jauntiness of a drop-top two door. We need to give credit to the builder for not just dropping the body on a Blazer frame,…
