NP for the good bones. I’d strip out the drivetrain and transplant the drivetrain from a totaled GMT800 Tahoe, maybe the whole wiring harness too. They’ve already done the springs and the rest of the body is plenty serviceable.

Honestly, I saw a ‘93 Typhoon at a car wash yesterday. Still looked fairly fresh and knowing that it would bury a ‘93 LT1 at the strip makes me think that GM could make a Corvette-branded SUV work in 2023. They really tried with the TBSS in the ‘00s but the execution was poor compared to the performance of the…

Don’t let The Man get you down, Warren.

No. That Caprice wagon can also haul 4x8 sheets of plywood between the wheel wells with the two rows of rear seats folded FLAT and the tailgate closed. It could also tow a boat or a camper at highway speed cross-country. This little ‘Yota can’t do any of that.

Funny you should mention the Corvette. There was a Corvette sitting on the showroom floor when my parents were going over the final numbers on the wagon. My Mom noticed that the sticker price was roughly the same on both cars, and jokingly asked the F&I manager what the payments on the Vette would be compared to the…

Reluctant CP. Here’s why:

Yeah, Ford wasn’t the only one who got duped by PPG on the ELPO process. GM and Chrysler got duped as well, and vehicles painted with BASF products on top of raw ELPO had even worse adhesion issues. ELPO is a great product because it’s a solid rust inhibitor, but the early water borne paints just wouldn’t adhere to…

If the difference is only $500, I’d rebuild the original engine and sleep better knowing what parts were actually used and who did the work. Even better if you know the shop has experience with AMC rebuilds and the tools/jigs to do the machine work correctly. If it’s a difference of >$1,500, I’d take the chance on the…

Hey man. You can literally see GM Fairfax Assembly from downtown Kansas City. You have to go clear up to Claycomo for the Ford plant!

Gen I Viper styling with C4 reliability and an automatic? What’s not to like? It’s the best of both worlds. You get 99% of the handling, 100% of the styling, 100% of the rattle, and you won’t burn your arms or shins on the doors. The only thing missing is the torque, which is only down 120 lb.-ft, maybe a second or…

First: the used car market has been on a bubble with prices the last few years and it’s finally crashing. Why would anyone spend $30,000 on a truck with over 100,000 miles at 10% interest when they can go buy a brand new one at $40,000 with incentives and 0% interest? Especially considering everyone knows that the…

A friend of mine was the engineer for our local AM broadcast station, 50 kw transmitter. He took me over to the shack one time for a tour. The inside of the shack was illuminated by fluorescent lights that were switched off. There was enough RF in the air to light up the bulbs when the transmitter was on, and the only…

People need reliable transportation to work. The idiots who buy $70,000 trucks and spend another $10,000 in wheels and lift kits aside, the only thing on the lots at most dealers are $30,000 CUVs. When it costs $4,000 to rebuild an engine, transmission, or rear end on a vehicle, most people are just going to put the…

Reverse: Hot Take. Alan Kulwicki would have been the greatest driver in NASCAR history if he hadn’t died.

Between the frame rails under the cab and bed.

They’re using the shuttered Warren Transmission plant for masks, and Kokomo to assemble the ventilators, which is pretty much what I predicted in the last thread on this issue. Makes way more sense to use those assets than tearing down a vehicle assembly plant for manufacturing small components.

I’m literally crying right now. You are the best automotive writer I’ve read since Brock Yates. Another writer who didn’t care about IMSA, gear ratios, or other nonsense.

Honestly, if they included $300 billion to the Big Three to ditch ICE for all but medium and heavy duty vehicles in the stimulus, it’d cover the development and retooling costs and we’d have 10 million EVs on the road in the US in three years.

Auto manufacturers have built medical equipment in the past. Some of the first heart-lung machines and iron lungs were produced by auto manufacturers and their subsidiaries. It’s been so long since we’ve outsourced all of it that it’ll take a minute to get back up to speed.

A few things to consider: