Malaise era engines weren’t originally designed for the EPA mandated timing and emissions modifications that were shoe-horned onto them. Hence, the poor output. You can still still get heads and timing sets for the pre-malaise iterations on many of these and reap a significant power gain.

Cart Talk is the shit.

Purchased in the 90's..... I hope they vacuumed all the cocaine out first.

That’s brilliant!

As for me, about the most desperate repair would be the time I drove home my newly purchased 78 F150 overnight from Austin, TX back to NW Arkansas. I realized after all the parts stores were closed that the rubber fuel filler hoses were both dry-rotted and I was losing about a 1/4 of my gas money on the ground. I was…

Are Freiberger or Finnegan reading this? If so, can we get an annecdote or two?

I actually like ford products, mechanically and aesthetically. That said my experience is limited to an 87 F150 w/ 302 (first daily driver) and my current 78 F150 w/ 460. The 78 is still solid after I replaced the 38 yr old ignition system and rebuilt the carburetor (non-stock holley). My dad still uses the 87 as his…

Spray-on bore liner? Can someone elaborate? This kinda sounds like an engine you replace instead of rebuild when the day comes.

Indeed, I think this pitstop tanked his chances of an early arrival.

That’s just the pits. I bet the tow driver was having a gas though. He must have been pumped hauling a celebrity. I hope this fuels a new desire to read one’s gauges on the part of Mr. Daly.

Beast of Turin.

Supposedly this is the same scheme that large poultry companies use. Require the farmers who already have massive startup debt to keep upgrading their chicken houses or the company takes back the chickens. This keeps them perpetually in debt. The only thing the poultry corporation owns (and is on the hook for) is the…

Next Episode: Snow and the Widowmaker

I wasn’t speaking to the driver so much as the structural integrity of the vehicle:

Any model that will kill you at or before the peak of your character’s development arc.

Well, if you haven’t driven anywhere but your local Walmart for the last decade.....

Done and done... ;)

Time for us all to ugly cry over the chunk of unobtanium we only stand the chance of affording in a video game. Just another fat carrot at the end of a long, loooong stick...

If you could score some seats out of a MK6 or MK7 GTI, they would be ideal and appropriate. Even my buddies Golf TDI seats are pretty darn good.