There are only three foot controls I really need or want to operate: accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals. Yet if the dip switch, parking brake, and/or starter button are foot-operated, I can live with that.

The driver better be ready to spiff up his dress uniform and explain himself to his CO...

Some cool cars and trucks in those posts...but the puppy is the hands-down (paws-down?) winner!

The Roxor seems to me to be more analogous to a Suzuki LJ20:

Maybe I’m not “hip” enough, but I don’t get the “patina” look. I know it’s supposed to be a low-buck build, but would it really be such a sin to put a proper paint job on it? The hack-job performed to route the air filter looks horrible, too. It’s an okay idea, but a little more work would have gone a long way.

While I applaud the damn near unkillable Slant Six and the overall basic nature of this car, I’d want fewer doors and more pedals. Even a 2-door Aspen with a manual transmission would be Crack Pipe at $4,500. A ‘78 Dodge half-ton, short-bed, regular cab with the Slant Six and a manual transmission, in similar…

Looks overcomplicated and overpriced, just like every other new vehicle. I can’t get excited about most vehicles made this century.

This is one of those movies that must never be re-made. Whatever actor played the Sheriff would be inferior to Jackie Gleason. He delivered some great lines, including the last line he spoke to Junior: “Do what I tell you, you pile o’ monkey nuts!” Nobody, nobody will convince me that that is not the greatest line in…

Yes, the Dodge D-50 and Plymouth Arrow (how and why I neglected to mention the latter is beyond me) were rebadged Mitsubishi Forte pickups. The D-50 name was only used in 1979 and 1980. When all Dodge pickups were given the Ram designation for 1981, it became the Ram 50.

David Tracy’s thoughts on this wreck could likely be summed up as: “For 6,000, I could buy one rusty Porsche or ten rusty Jeeps. Easy decision: ten rusty Jeeps.”

Doubtful. Kerry made no mention of owning a fleet of Jeeps in various stages of disrepair and heavy corrosion.

You are correct. (Jason also did not mention the Dodge D-50, which debuted in the 1979 model year.) Inclusion of the term “FWD” made for a misleading statement.

“And yes I know it’s a Brat but it will take a bunch of cash for me to let it go.”

All parties have some degree of culpability here. The autonomous car is a technology that needs far more work to be even near workable, the safety operator was skylarking, and the victim was wearing black and jaywalking at night. It’s up to the investigators to assign blame, but two things are for sure: I am…

The red object in the area you circled sure looks like a bicycle-mounted reflector...

That’s roughly 110,500 units. Even back in those days, far more RWD pickups were sold in one year. I came to post that FWD pickups never made an impact, but you beat me to the punch and backed it up with numbers!

As has been mentioned in other comments, Mopar gave us the Dodge Rampage and Plymouth Scamp, which were front-drivers. I’m not sure about the Subaru Baja, but that’s more like a wagon with the roof aft of the C-pillars hacked off. And I’ll echo the sentiment that small trucks (and small, proper 4x4s) should make a…

If I were hit by a non-autonomous vehicle and had a case, I’d sue the operator (be it a private owner and/or the company to whose fleet the vehicle belonged). Were I hit by an autonomous vehicle, I’d go after the occupants and the manufacturer...and in the case of the latter, I’d at least give them a fuck-ton of…

Ugly interior, garbage transmission, EGR and DPF delete (better hope you live in a state that doesn’t require emissions testing)...but at least you can save $1,000 if you only want the one set of wheels and tires. Still, Crack Pipe.

That would be a great read, but I knew it wouldn’t be an actual repair manual. Comprehensive repair manuals for fighters easily require an entire bookshelf.