If you win: “it’s all in the reflexes.” If you lose: “son of a bitch must pay”

You just have to out-crazy the crazy at the pull-yer-own lots.

Simple. A dark blue beetle.

Frame swap, engine swap, transmission swap, interior swap, wiring swap, paint swap, wheel swap, lightning swap. I’d say it totally transformed my car.

I replaced my 1979 Olds Delta 88's 110 hp diesel, 3-speed auto, and open diff rear end with a 425 hp LQ4, a 4L80E, and a Ford 9"with a locker.

As I often ask in these articles:

as the father of 2 boys that’s tragically funny.

Restore it then drive it. That’s what Steve would have done.

I went to a Tech/Voc school. One week of class, one week of shop. In Senior year, as long as you had transportation, you could go out of co-op and local businesses ate it up because it was cheap labor and looked good to say “we are helping school kid develop skills”. I wouldn’t trade it for the world - I learned a ton…

I live not too terribly far from their HQ in the Outer Banks and have stopped by multiple times. They’ve got a swag store, plenty of old display rigs and have recently added a track with a multi-seat monster truck that takes people for rides (I haven’t done that but I’ve seen it). Good people there and he’s…

oh noes! stuck in the mud!

Obviously you buy a G8 GXP.

Nope, not a 4x4, just looks like one. Sold it to my brother earlier this year when we got the Caravan. He gets much more use out of it than we ever did. I still miss having two Mazdas in the drive though

After a couple of months...

This was basically the only thing I wanted for Christmas in 1995....

An Explorer with a truck bed is a Ranger.

Actually, you start out being sent to find the deck softener and bulkhead remover.

I’m still pissed that it’s not actually a Cleveland... 400M≠400C