Disagree. I’m unwilling to drop five figures on any car, but this one is nice enough that, if it weren’t so old or so used, would approach five figures and be worth it, and to the right buyer maybe as much as $15,000 if it were in immaculate condition with stored-since-new miles on the clock.  For that much money it…

Considering the last Land Crusher I thought worth owning rolled off the line in 1997, I am not concerned.

Mother Earth News and Whole Earth catalog were cut from the same cloth. They were both kind of counterculture then and viewed themselves as quietly subversive, which maybe they were.

Manny tranny, blown five-pot and the wayback seat. These are nice details to have in hand.

It looks to me like they used the Lambo chassis for two reasons:

The individual that invented the term “foolproof” failed to take into account the ingenuity and determination of fools.

Because that’s the only way that’s going to happen.

Gee, whenever I choke my chicken it doesn’t make any sound whatsoever.

I’m a fan of a the bottom-tier hatch with a manual transmission. It’s maximum usable volume for minimum space taken up on the street per dollar spent. Tuck it anywhere, fill it full of junk but not necessarily gasoline because the fuel economy, while not hybrid-level thrifty, is certainly thrifty enough. Gets stuff…

Somebody decided his golden parachute isn’t big enough, and YA II PN is helping sew on a few more whale foreskins.

I remember one contestant having a streak on Tic Tac Dough, Wink Martindale gave them something like eight Toyota Tercels.

While I admire the immaculate condition in which this thing has been kept and presented, it is in very few ways desirable to me in any condition, this condition included.

I remember back in the late 70s or early 80s, but I don’t remember if it was Popular Science Magazine or Mother Earth News, they made and provided plans for how to make your own oil “reclaimer,” essentially a tightly re-rolled cartridge filter of toilet paper - NOT the so-called toilet paper filter you could install…

That’s 9th NE, a residential area. The Mint is at 9th NW.  They’re two totally different streets, both running N-S.

I’m tempted but only because the fuel system bugbears don’t really scare me that much.

This is the most stupendously bad advice I have ever seen.

I know the maintenance requirements on these things aren’t optional, and parts are going to be expensive, but if there were a reason to open an artery in my savings account and bleed money on a depreciating asset, I could let out a pint or two on this. It looks good.

Somewhere the sysadmin won’t let me get to.  Work computer has limitations.

You don’t hand the keys to something sporty to a teen driver, and it isn’t a question of whether he’s mature or not. How badly are you trying to blow up the insurance budget?

No. My parents weren’t car enthusiasts and insisted on buying oddballs until they went full suburb and bought a Citation. It ran and so it was good enough. I was pretty excited to have my own door for a change.