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Submission Thursday: A Whole Bunch of Unimogs!
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Hollis writes: Hey, I figured you guys might be interested in seeing these pics. I was driving through La Junta, Colorado (generally a less than remarkable town on the plains of eastern Colorado) yesterday, and I passed a dozen or so Unimogs in one place. Naturally I had to stop. Turns out the guy who…
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1962 Ranchero Makes a Predictable Entrance to the Hooniverse Fleet
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Please welcome my new 1962 Ford Ranchero to the fleet! The image you see above marks the fourth vehicle that’s been towed to my driveway in the last four years. This fine example of the Falcon platform’s versatility sports a 170ci straight six, a three-on-the-tree and…not much else. Power nothing, non-functional window rollers, rusted-out floors…
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The Problem with Wagoneers, As Illustrated by Two eBay Examples
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Classic 4×4 continue to rise in value. Boomers with money bought up all the mainstream muscle cars and the metrojack movement is nearing its zenith, meaning those withing to co-opt some classic style are looking to Land Rovers, Land Cruiser Wagons and Wagoneers to match their overpriced under-muddied boots. Blazers, Broncos and CJs are just…
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For Sale: Bimmerworld 1999 Volvo VNL 420 with Great Dane Transport Trailer
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The problem with owning a race car is that race cars are not street legal and need to be transported to the race track. But if you’re serious about racing you will want to transport more than just your race car. For each race you will need tools, jack and stands, spare parts, and extra wheels. Then…
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Truck Thursday: What the hell kind of a Land Cruiser is this?
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My Ariel Atom owning/selling friend sent me this picture. He saw this weirdness on his way to work this morning, somewhere on Route 93, north of Boston. What the hell is it? Is it an new Toyota chassis with an old body on it? And if so, what they hell were they thinking with those…
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Truck Thursday: Another Edition Of Oops I Did It Again
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Recently this olelongrooffan was headed up to catch a VDub show in the next burg up on State Road 93 when I spotted this Mini Monster Truck on the rear of this flatbed in the utility area of the Germain Arena. Well, as Vdubs were on my mind, I decided to pack this bit of…
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The Hella Sweet Tow Rigs of LeMons at Sonoma Raceway
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Last weekend I had the pleasure(?) of dispensing justice upon the miscreant drivers of the 24 Hours of LeMons “Good Enough Grand Prix” at Sonoma Raceway. It was a small field comprised of teams that had been wait-listed for December’s Sonoma race mixed with a bunch of die-hards. As a result the BMW count (particularly…
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Kirkland Classic Car Show – the trucks, and nothing but the trucks
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Sunday July 28 was the Kirkland Classic Car Show, hosted by The Legends Car Club. The show itself was a massive turnout, with all of the streets in downtown Kirkland full of cars and trucks on display. If you’ve never attended a car show in Kirkland, let me set the scene for you. Sitting on…
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Truck Thursday: V.I.S.I.T: Long Shots: Series One Land Rover
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So the Miami Beach style bungalow this olelongrooffan calls home down here in the town that thinks its Lake is Worth something is about a fifteen minute drive from the dust factory I call my woodshed these days. While the ride is a tadbit shorter if I happen to utilize one of Eisenhower’s Highways to…
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Truck Thursday: 1988 Mazda B2200 is terrific and troubling
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For some reason, I found myself reading the Best of Craigslist the other night. Some of them are funny, most are irreverent, and a few are just weird. This ad, though, stuck out to me. Is it the attempted humorous descriptions of its features? Is it the canary yellow paint and white fiberglass front bumper?…
