You mean the 1998 truck that’s really a 1988 truck?  It’s past the 25 year safety & emissions  threshold so just drop a small-block V8 in it and have an even more serious offroader.

“Gumball Rally” is a timeless classic. The fact that they used real cars, Raul Julia really drove the Ferrari, the Lincoln Tunnel at the beginning (can you imagine that sound in real life?) and the L.A. River at the end of the race are all just brilliant.

Will that powertrain fit in a Caterham 7? Hmmm...

$6500 for a donor car and the impending creation remains British?

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Agreed on the Jalopness (Jalopicity?).  If it was brown with a plaid cloth interior, it would be a Jalopgasm.

I always loved, and still do love, the honest and simple design purity of these cars. The engine itself is nearly indestructible. But the ancillary electronics, sensors, etc scare me. My ‘81 244GL was, of the 27 cars I’ve owned, far and away the most unreliable car I’ve ever owned. “Will it start?” was a game I played…

“Pentagram: Because The Devil is In The Details”

Is it your life’s ambition to own a broken-down, non-running vehicle on every continent?

Bob & Doug should have popped the hatch and yelled at the onlookers:

Carvana has a 2011 Nissan Xterra PRO-4X with just under 73K miles and it can haz manual transmission!

Keep the Durango because it just makes sense. Keep the Crossfire because weird & rare...

To quote Ricky: “I love hatchbacks and wagons and basically cars that are just a little outside the normal boring grocery-getter sedans. I also want a manual. I don’t mind wrenching but it’ll eventually be a daily, so it’s gotta be quasi-dependable”

My friend, you just described the Hyundai Veloster. You can pick up a…

I had a 1981 244GL back in the mid-90's with very low mileage (bought it with under 30k miles) that constantly failed to start due to some sensor here, an electrical glitch there,etc. Out of the 27 cars I’ve owned, it was far and away the most unreliable of them all. I ultimately traded it for a 1986 BMW 528e with…

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Sell the truck, sell the XC70, take the donor 240, step up on the budget and do a Ford 4.9 V8 conversion on his own Volvo 240. I’m sure he can find an old Fox Body donor Mustang or Capri somewhere.  He’ll have a simple reliable tank that can be tuned up with a Swiss Army knife and a roll of duct tape

It’s definitely a CP; I sold my man-trans 1988 E28 535i with Racing Dynamics Suspension, Dinan Chip & Exhaust, Borbet Wheels and a killer sound system for $6500... back in 1999. With similar mileage. And my car was a 2-owner Southern California (zero rust) car.

They must be smoking a special kind of crack in Minnesota.

Actually not based on the Ranger. This was a Mazda original design. The Ranger-based trucks were introduced in North America in 1994 as the B2300, B3000, and B4000

I couldn’t resist this, given how far this thread has gone off the rails...

I would hop on a plane to Wisconsin and pick up this 1-owner, 77K mile 2002 Dodge Durango SLT with 4WD, Hemi 5.7, extensive and impeccable clean Carfax service history, and road-trip it back to Asheville... for $6995.00

The guy wants $5500.00. He doesn’t specify that he wants 5500 dollars.