Yep, nothing wrong with the 383, especially for a build. If you’re a car collector looking for an investment, then you want numbers-matching 440 or 426... a numbers-matching 383 is nice, too, but not in the same collector league.

What's more expensive - a battery pack or a nice diesel engine?

The automakers desperately want you to embrace the tablet, because it's much cheaper for them to source and install, yet charge you a much larger fortune for it, 'cuz testing?

While the price is quite dicey, at best, this thing would definitely need to be driven before negotiating any deals.

Well, color me edumacated!  I always thought rickshaws were RICKety and people-drAWn...

Heads and exhaust manifolds are interchangeable.

Yup.  That 383 is a pretty sweet motor.  It doesn't take much to wake it up, either.

Don’t know what to tell you. Odometer miles divided by gallons at the pump.

1967 Fury VIP was my high school car, complete with the undersung 383 big block. Super-reliable car, other than i had to crawl under it every 40k and bolt in a new rebuilt starter. It seemed the colder it got, the easier the car started. It could be -20°F and the engine started INSTANTLY with no starter noise. And, it…

For the JL, I would have entertained sliding barn doors, one on either side of (and behind) the grill. If done right, they would be totally invisible and simply make the slots narrower or wider depending on need.

You can still buy greenhouse vents like that. They have a wax in a gas cylinder, and when the temp gets warm enough, the cylinder extends and opens the vent... keeps the greenhouse from getting too hot. A totally passive system, and not too expensive.

I just watched the Sarah N Tuned review of the Outback Wilderness. With its open differentials, it couldn’t make it up the off-road hill that Sarah tests on, even though it also had the Geolander A/T tires. 

I see about a dozen deer every morning on my commute to work. They leisurely feed in the ditches along the highway. They are used to cars, but not all drivers are used to them. I often have people slam on their brakes in front of me when they happen to notice 2 or 3 deer feeding down in the ditch.

They don’t want to sell too many because they are probably losing money on them. They make for great publicity for Ford, though. After the “artificially limited” supply this year, they will raise prices next year (with more availability), and even more the following year (with even more available), etc.

Good point. Perhaps sync to the slowest wheel in terms of wheelspin, and calibrate via the unpowered fifth wheel.

What? No portal axles?!? J/k!

This could be a great airboat motor.

A late 90s / early 2000s Accord with four-cylinder engine and five-speed manual (mandatory, as the automatics were unreliable back then!). Costs next to nothing to own, one of the most reliable vehicles ever made, and can be made to handle great with just lighter wheels and decent tires.

I stand corrected.  I learned something new today!

Wow, I didn’t think any mfrs allowed those kinds of speeds outside of supercars anymore. I assume the car came with tires rated for those speeds... that seemed to be the law after the Ford Exploder / Firestone debacle.