I’ve heard of people freeze-drying old documents to restore them? I’ve heard of it being used with investigations where they have to decipher some waterlogged piece of paper or something... Might be worth looking into. 

Kia builds a version of the Gladiator, STILL.. With the same sheet metal http://military.kia.com/en/kia/vehicles/km45-series/km450-chassis-shelter.do That’s actually what I thought this was going to be at first, if memory serves me they built a version of the Wagoneer at one point, although all I can find now is this…

I grew up watching them along with MotorWeeek, normal Saturday moring! This Old House, The Woodwright’s Shop, New Yankee Workshop, MotorWeek... 

Buddy of mine has one. They are S L O W, but will pretty much go anywhere and get decent mileage to boot. Also, they are built on the same platform as a Montero, so most parts are pretty easy to get. 

Norm Abram didn’t host, Bob Vila was the original host. Norm Abram was, and still is as far as I know, the carpenter. 

My DD is a Prius, I have a feeling even a bone stock one would feel like a sports car... 

I don’t understand the mentality of people who go through all the trouble of doing a swap like this, and then don’t bother to fix the piddly shit like the top, the body damage, and the wonky gauges. I don’t care how much you have invested in the swap, if I’m paying that much for a car, I don’t want to have to fix any…

I wonder what one of those would do with a 2.3 turbo... 

It’s a possibility that the grey water tank is for the sink, and the toilet has its own integrated tank that’s separate...

RX400h or ES300h for daily driver duty, and then a GX470 for when you have to get there in a snowstorm. (Or a pair of Range Rovers, so you have one to drive while the other is in the shop) :-P 

The first time I saw Hamtramck I thought it was Hamtrack and the extra m was a typo, and then I spent the next ten minutes going over in my brain how the fuck do you pronounce that? “Ham-tram-ick” is what the Google turned up.... But given the pronunciation of Mackinac I could be way off :-P

Drivetrain is the same, IIRC the chassis is as well although I’m pretty sure the Sienna is longer, not sure if the wheelbase is longer or not (haven’t measured) but engine/transmission/most of the suspension is the same, albeit beefier on the Sienna.

Yep, we didn’t get the 4th gen wagon because Toyota didn’t want people cross shopping it with the Sienna, which is built on the same platform. (I have aspirations to put a 5 speed with a TRD supercharger on a 1st gen Sienna and go annoy people at the drag strip.....) 

I don’t think they did this with the Camry, but with the Corolla, the CE used to be the “mid” trim (VE was the base model) for 98-02, I had a 99 Corolla CE that was decently loaded, didn’t have the sunroof or the alloys, but it had power windows/locks, AC, and a finicky CD player, but was a 5 speed manual. Still going…

Maybe not in Canada, and probably not in XLE trim, but you absolutely could get the V6 with a manual trans until 2002, after that it was only available with the 4 cylinder (in lowering trims up to 2012 where it was only available on the stripped base model)

Fun tidbit: The 4 cylinder and V6 used the same transmission,…

Can concur, there was a customer at the Toyota dealership I worked at that had an 86 4Runner with ~600,000 miles on it. Engine was on I think it’s second rebuild, didn’t so much need it just the owner was one of those “It has 280,000 miles on it time for a rebuild” types. Guy bought it new and drove it like 150 miles…

I used to have a 505 STI turbo diesel, it had a bad turbo gasket so it was really only good at turning diesel fuel into noise and smoke, but at least it had comfortable seats to sit and wait for the tow truck in! Friend’s mom had two of them (One of which was the one I used to have), and in her second one she was…

2nd or 3rd gen Prius or a Prius V. (The V is less “Prius looking”) Good on gas, maintenance is basically oil changes and tire rotations, and they’re cheap, the V will probably even fit the surfboard inside (Don’t let the size fool you, they’re like a Tardis inside. I’ve fit all sorts of crap in mine that I didn’t…

I used to be a dealership technician, and while there are a lot of shady dealers out there, I’ve always felt going to a reputable dealer is the best thing to do. Their technicians are trained on your make/model and don’t have to worry about being able to work on anything that comes through the door. Now, I do realize…

Best of luck at the new digs :-) Following you on Twitter now lol (and most of the other Jalop writers that popped up lol)