I think you just answered your own question. Google makes buckets of cash selling people's personal info and browsing habits. I'm not going to make selling mine any easier for them. I was perfectly happy to use their services before they started insisting that I trade my personal information for the ability to tailor…

You miss my point. First, YouTube IDs don't work without a Google ID anymore (I was forced to either delete mine or create a Google ID to associate it with over two years ago). Second, search preferences are completely reset to default every time you close your browser, unless you have and are logged in with a Google…

I can change my browser's default search engine with two clicks. Creating a Google ID (that I don't want) takes a lot more than that, as does changing my search preferences every time I go to Google in a new browser session (these settings are no longer persistent unless you're logged in with a Google ID).

I quit using Google when I noticed that my search preferences were reset to default every time I closed my browser (after many happy years of them being stored on a cookie). It turns out that if you want your preferences saved, you must A) create a Google ID and B) be logged in when you're using the search. Yahoo…

They're random. Sometimes there will be three of them among the six links on the right, sometimes none.

Wow. You give me credit for a lot of things I never said. Respect? A) You have none. B) I never disrespected you. I simply corrected something you said that was incorrect. You made up the rest in your little butthurt imagination.

You were told wrong. The current comment system has been around since (IIRC) 2009 (when the "jerk with a bad attitude and a big mouth" brigade started rolling in). Anyof your posts in this thread would have gotten you banhammered back then. Pity it's only used on people who criticize the site these days.

You are a perfect example of why I hardly ever come here anymore. You are (by your own admission) "a jerk with a bad attitude and a big mouth", you would have been banhammered in a heartbeat back in the day. Did you bother to click the second link in the post you replied to? If so, did you learn anything from it?

I was so prepared to start this comment off with a whole lot of "bro, jalopnik is free" and "chill out bro", then i realized i wasn't a douche bag and i don't use the term bro.

This site goes back to 2005. Thanks for playing, though! [jalopnik.com]

If you check my profile, the comments go back to 2, but here's one from 2006 (and I remember commenting earlier than that, but can't recall the article). [jalopnik.com]

Well, since the Land Rover prototype was built on a Jeep frame, I think it's a no-brainer.

Does anybody remember "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche"? I said it then, and I'll say it now "Real Men Eat Whatever They Want". Same goes for beer. I may impugn your taste for drinking crappy generic light beer (this includes Miller Lite, for the record), but at the same time, I will respect you for drinking what you want…

Everybody dismissed Mike as "That Nutty AMC Guy" until the Pacer and Gremlin Alliance successfully took over the world. Now they call him "Mr. the Dog".

@F1_nothing_else_matters: Any asshole can make a sign absolving themselves of responsibility for circumstances within their control. These signs do not actually absolve said assholes of legal responsibility, however. (IE: Putting up a sign saying "Trespassers Will Be Shot" does not make it legal to shoot trespassers).…

Congratulations, Murilee. May you and Saucy Minx® number two have a happy and productive marriage!

@tomic: I've seen that page before. It's one of the first I found when researching my own '63 American. Great little car!

@ferric oxide: Power steering? Trust me, you won't need it unless you're planning to put a smaller steering wheel in.

@TheSwagger: If you're dead set on using the 4.0, pick a later Rambler. The '63 American would require firewall surgery or removal of the forward crossbrace (not a good idea) to get it in there.

@sirbasilfawlty: A Jeep 4.0 won't fit in a '63 American without major surgery. The 196 which is a few inches shorter fore and aft is a fairly tight fit as it is.