Ford made a few Ranger EVs. There is one that tools around my side of Memphis. He had to have the battery stack rebuilt (at a fork lift place), and said there are a few hundred more of them out there. His has a fraction over 90,000 miles on it.

I used to bomb across the desert in my Excursion. I had a similar sticker for H2s. Quite often, I would stumble across one fresh from a Vegas showroom who had gone on a back country road with no mods, buried up to their axles. I ran a 10000lb hydraulic winch off the PS, and with a pulley could effect 20k of pulling…

I wasnt implying they couldn't, I really am looking forward to a clean board redesign of a badly aging vehicle that gets bad fuel economy, is too heavy empty, and has serious, common faults (balljoints and brakes anyone?) I only have 2 issues.

The one we are getting in the US? EEEEEHHH... the Econoline/E-Series is leaving some big shoes to fill. I really doubt this thing could walk into the fray and shoulder the 20000LB GVWR of the E450. Based on their naming system by tonnage/GVWR (The Transit 460 is 4.6 Tons...) We will need a T1000. An I think you…

If it were ford, they would recall MILLIONS of trucks, vans, and SUVs, 'fix' the problem by installing a fused harness, issue another recall because the fused harness was installed wrong, then expand the recall to cover a few MILLION MORE vehicles, and THEN release an updated part which STILL DOESN'T FIX THE ROOT…

There is an 09 Cobalt SS sitting at my friends we-tote lot. It, of course, has a stick. It is more fun than a bag of baby oiled supermodels, but it will sit on that lot for a long time. Eventually, the right buyer will come up to it and give it a new home. For now, I see people walk up to it, all excited by its…

They also shared a torqueflite automatic, and in some cases IH had used the AMC 401 when they ran short on their big block.

International Harvester was WAY ahead of the curve, thats for sure. My 64 IH has rattles and squeaks that other automakers could only dream of achieving at that time.

The International Lonestar? Very sexy looking rigs.

I managed to MS one of these motors. The electrical complexity only begins to scratch the insanity of them. TWO throttle bodies, along with all idle controls etc, twin crankshaft sensors (i only used one,) i had to kill many systems in the car such as traction control, and just so many other issues. I converted it…

The standard version cars were not bad. The SRT6 versions were monsters. Stomp the gas and they would slam your head into the headrest if you didn't expect it. The regular engine made 200-ish hp from its 3.2L. The SRT version made 330 hp from its supercharged/AMG flavored 3.2L, which made it an incredibly fast car.

For VIP/Executive Protection Details (the trade name for body guard work) you have a few desirable qualities. Your VIP needs comfort, protection, and a low profile helps. G-Wagons, Mogs, and most of the other stuff listed here is not low profile, and offers limited protection. You also need something with a bit of…

I suppose what i meant is, the actual financial damage to say, the insurer isn't going to be that much.

EXPENSIVE damage? I think not. At the auto auction Friday I snagged a 2007 Chevrolet Impala with 80,000 miles for 5500 plus fees (about 300 bucks).

I bought a 1997 ford explorer v6 2wd with 115,000 miles for 200 bucks and repairing a laptop. I put 4 used tires on it for 160 bucks, and drove it from Memphis, TN to Victorville, CA, then to Seattle, then up the alcan to Fairbanks. I turned around at Fairbanks, and got to Seattle. At this point the idler pulley…

My 1964 International Harvester Scout 80, pulling my 1963 Airstream Bambi travel trailer. I managed to drive and camp the entire Natchez Trace with this configuration with my girl, and only ran out of gas TWICE! (Stupid 9 gallon fuel tank...)

I cant think of too many large displacement engines that can reliably rev into the 10000 range, because of rotating mass. Would still be fun though.

That's not a stereotype, its an accepted universal constant. In the late 90s to early 02 when I owned a 740i, I became an asshat from the second I started the engine to the second I stepped out.

Mexico has some fun stuff like..

If you head south of the border, gasoline still has higher sulfur content. Your engine block would be at risk again.